Submitted by Alie Oyster, BSN, RN OHNA Secretary Nine years ago, I completed a yoga teacher-training program. Tuning into my body through the physical asana and mind via my readings of the yoga sutras, I discovered a lot about myself. I learned to slow down and work from my inner…
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How the holistic practice of Therapeutic Touch (TT) has impacted my life. Well, believe it or not, my story must start a long time ago, when I was just a child; well ok, let’s say a teenager. For reasons I won’t go into, I felt there was some hypocrisy in my…
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What Holistic Health and Nutrition Has Brought to Me Contributed by Tammera J Karr, PhD BCHN, Director-At-Large My journey into the world of Holistic Health began in the late 1970s when a great aunt gifted me with an herbal nutrition book. At sixteen, I intuitively knew the movement into a natural,…
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By Toni Gilbert, RN (ret), MA, ATC “I know what you are!” my friend Lynn Keegan exclaimed on her second visit to my home. “You are a Bohemian!” I blinked in surprise. “What was a Bohemian,” I wondered. I had heard the term but wasn’t sure if it was a…
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Submitted by Sierra Bassett RN, BSN OHNA Director-At-Large “The only thing you can count on is change.” My father often repeated this saying to my sisters and I as we were growing up. It is a saying that continues to play an important role in my life, especially in my…
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By deonne wright RN, OHNA Communications Coordinator A holistic nurse’s journey must begin within him/herself. The AHNA Scope and Standards of Practice state, “The nurse’s self-reflection, self-assessment, self-care, healing, and personal development are necessary for service to others, growth/change in the nurse’s own well-being, and understanding of the nurse’s personal…
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Standing Strong in Times of Change By Marina Ormes, OHNA Director Times of challenge for a nation or a planet are similar to times of challenge for an individual facing illness or injury. A healing response is needed and appropriate. Each of us must look at our own attitudes and…
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Holism From a Bird’s Eye View I consider myself to be a rogue nurse. A few years ago I was burned out after working inpatient behavioral health with children and adolescents, and later, in outpatient radiation-oncology. I was disgusted with the treatment protocols for children with behavior issues. Pharmaceuticals and…
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Submitted by Susan Rhedmon, RN, CMSRN, HNB-BC OHNA Secretary I have now been practicing as a nurse for ten years, working in hospitals and volunteering in clinics. I am part of a pool of nurses known as the “Resource Team” for a prominent system where I live in Portland. We…
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Submitted by Cordy Anderson, RN, BSN, CCMHP, QTTT OHNA Treasurer As an RN who practices holistically, I became a Therapeutic Touch Practitioner in 1984. Since 1994, I have been attending the annual Therapeutic Touch programs at the Indralaya Theosophical Camp, located on Orcas Island in the Puget Sound San Juan…