We all move. If we stop, we cease to live. Even those with lifestyle diseases or neurodegenerative disorders, move. Their arteries pump blood, their lungs inflate and deflate, and their vocal cords vibrate. The very verbs we use to describe these basic autonomic and metabolic functions are packed with potential kinetic energy...they are performative. "Pump" as in on a swing, "inflate and deflate" as in a bagpipe playing the timeless notes to Amazing Grace, and "vibrate" a

Happy OT month everyone! My ikigai for OT is that being an OT makes me feel more “me” than being anything else. That’s a little heady for early on a Tuesday. To borrow from another Japanese concept of “kintsugi” which is the art of mending broken china with a golden bond in such a way that the brokenness transforms the china into something even more beautiful. There were seasons I thought I was broken and yet through my own spiritual journey, sharing life with good people, an

My girl cousins and I on my mom's side have a cousins chat and to keep it alive and thriving we ask one thought provoking (more or less) question per week. Cousin Sharon started this ritual and is the biggest contributor to it's success. One prompt for the week was say whatever mundane thing you were doing in that moment and add the phrase "like a boss". At the time I was drafting an email reply "like a boss". So often we are not confident in our skills and tihs exercise

Sensory processing may be one of the most overlooked drivers of human behavior. “the organization of sensations for use” Ayres’ Assumptions: 1.Learning is a function of the brain that depends on sensory information 2.Sensory integration is a developmental process 3.Successful integration and organization of sensory information result in and is further developed by adaptive responses 4.Enriched experiences affect change in the nervous system due to experience-dependent neuropl