Holistic Body Based Healing, Regulation, and Learning

Self regulation is your ability to monitor and manage your energy states and your reactions to your thoughts, emotions and sensations. It...

Grounding tools are activities or items which give some intense or distracting sensory input which brings a person back to the present...

Interoception. One of those strange words an Occupational Therapist probably made up to explain another one of all the myriad of things...

Every parent has probably been there- you overestimated your super mom abilities and decided to pick up some quick groceries on the way...

Here’s a list of grounding techniques to help calm yourself when anxious or stressed. Find one or two that work best for you. If focusing...

Children’s brains organize from bottom to top, starting from their brainstem and moving to cortical, ‘higher thinking’ areas last. Some...

Heavy work activities- using the body against resistance- are regulating for most children. They can be used to either calm an over...

Generally, activities that are purposeful or goal directed are more calming than random movement activities such as running around,...