Healthcare is changing. The cost of health care services has caused many people to lose control of their care and to feel that their lifestyle has to be limited because of injury, disease or pain.   People want to regain control of their bodies and their health and to do all of their activities pain free.  Betsy Shandalov is an Occupational Therapist and Yoga Instructor who uses yoga to treat adults and kids with injury and or disability.  Yoga is a healing practice that restores control of our bodies.  Through the practice of integrating our mind and our body, yoga helps

Recently, yoga’s Eastern Philosophy has become popular in the Western World. Integrative Medicine is client centered care with the focus of healing the whole person, mind, body and spirit. It educates and empowers people to be active participants in their own care and to take responsibility for their health and wellness. At YOGA OT Betsy encourages a partnership between herself and the client; She supports the individualization of care and creates a culture of wellness. She works with the client to encourage independence in all areas of daily living. Her clients feel that they are healthier and happier,

Is your child overwhelmed with activity?  Highly sensitive to our changing environment?  Have trouble sleeping?  Struggling for ways to find calm and balance?  Yoga to the Rescue!!   Kids/teens that do yoga have better confidence, concentration, and do better in school.  They sleep and eat better as they learn what is good for their bodies.  Kids with disability or that need extra structure love yoga because it is fun and predictable but gives them a routine that they feel connected with and can do whether they are at home, school, or with friends.  Yoga kids learn about what their body needs

As therapists you can expand your critical thinking skills by adding yoga, an ancient treatment philosophy that draws on all of our knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and psychology to maximize client function? “Yoga” has been practiced for thousands of years and literally means the union of body, mind and spirit. For many people around the world, yoga as a practice, has always been an integral part of their lives. Recently, yoga’s eastern philosophy has become very popular in the western world. There are yoga studios in nearly every city and people are raving about