Kelly Beins - Sensory OT Consulting

04/28/2026

I’m looking forward to speaking in behalf of with Taylor Hayden, LPC LCMHC on a topic that deserves more nuance than it often gets: “Safe Enough: Practical Strategies for Effectively Supporting Neurodivergent Clients”

Listening therapies are increasingly part of the conversation, but simply adding them into care isn’t enough. Are we using them in a way that actually expands capacity & shifts outcomes? Relationship is the container for change and the quality of that container shapes what’s possible within it.

We’ll be discussing how to deepen our work without getting stuck in the age old question of sensory or behavior, power struggles or behavior-only paradigms. If you’re ready to move into intentional and evidence-based integrative care, I’d love for you to join us.

Register on the Unyte website or see my story for the link! Can’t wait to connect in this way!

04/08/2026

San Antonio looked a lot different the first time I was here with friends a couple years ago!

But as I prep for the presentation I’m doing on Sat & the Yoga class I’m teaching on Friday, I’m struck by how lucky I am to be here. Not the literal “here” but at this stage.

Sharing things I’ve learned.

Learning things other people share.

And good people to be around.

Conferences can be draining, as can travel be for me. But when I zoom out & return to my “why” it’s pretty simple. Help other humans.

And this week I hope I can be helpful.

03/28/2026

03/18/2026

How could I not? St Patrick’s Day calls for a nod to the Irish even during yoga. 🍀

Tonight’s class was a Flow that emphasized “presence” with these beautiful writings by John O’Donohue.

Presence was accentuated by some subtle (& not so subtle) core activation, twists & all the warrior poses evincing gentle strength.

As the sun & moon bookend our days & the moon guides the tides, we also began our practice with Sun Salutations, the High Crescent was our anchor throughout and Half Moon pose led us to Savasana

“May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame…Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention…May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder”.

🍀

01/25/2026

Upset is everywhere and so is opportunity for healing; one nervous system at a time.

Apathy may on the surface look like lack of care. But it disguises the hurt and the hopelessness and confusion that abounds more deeply for some, amidst really hard things.

Villainizing recycles hate.

Shame is a breeding ground for hurt and vice-versa.

Self-kindness & compassion isn’t selfish or ignorant, it’s necessary.

Choosing hope and small acts that can interrupt the stress response creates glimmers of better living. When my world shifts it creates potential to shift someone else’s and it doesn’t take changing the entire world to make that happen. It takes changing my world, one small way at a time.

01/16/2026

Jumping on the 2016 Train. The year was good to me. Good to us.

I remember being acutely aware of how close I was getting to “the next phase” yet still in the thick of it (middle & high school).

Girls in 7th & 9th. Opened a new OT Clinic Space & published 2 OT children’s books. Celebrated Weddings & just because. Time with family just because.

Thanks for the memories 2016. It would be easy to be sad because I so miss a lot of these times. But instead I’m grateful for how good life really was and is.

10 years ago. Wow. Well done 45 year old Kelly. I’m proud of you.

#2016

01/10/2026

I had the opportunity to prep in studio for the class I’m teaching tomorrow . I am grateful for this little place that has become my yoga home. Loving this YTT journey! The epitome of effort & ease.

01/05/2026

Enough said. But not in the typical “coffee is going to make me productive dammit” kind of way. In the “warm in my hands, comforting aroma, familiar favorite mug” kind of way.

It could be the former but I’m choosing the latter. With bulletproof collagen to re-start some intentional shifts. It is January after all.

#2026

12/26/2025

Gifts come in all shapes & sizes!

#2025

12/26/2025

What makes Christmas special? The love & intention we put into it. All the preparation in the world won’t make life (or Christmas) go as planned, but I do believe that when love is the intention, there will always be something special remembered. Even through the hard.

#2025

12/10/2025

This past Sunday I graduated from my yoga teacher training (YTT). It was on paper a 7 month journey. In reality it’s been about 15 years since I found yoga (or since it found me)!

I can’t summarize the transformation as a result of YTT because I’m still in it. I still feel like I’m transforming. What I realize now that I’ve had some space from the energy (and emotion) of the weekend is that we are all always transforming and that transformation will (I hope), forever be a part of the journey. Yoga just gives us a way to transform with more ease.

I’ve had the opportunity to cross paths with some pretty amazing humans through this experience and I’ve had nothing but support from the amazing humans I already have in my life. From the daily practices at home, the hours of study, random hotel yoga sessions, the full weekends every month and the numerous studio practices we’ve logged and learned from this year, I’ve received many gifts. With sincere gratitude I’m excited to move into offering yoga to others in some shape or form yet to be determined! A gentle reminder to anyone who needs to hear it, when you show up for yourself consistently in whatever way that looks like for you, things shift. Life starts to give you more opportunity to shift and the changes are cumulative. We also need each other. Life can be hard and “It takes a village” isn’t just for raising children it’s for life.

I get to start offering yoga this Saturday at 11 am my first yoga home.

12/04/2025

Perhaps controversial but this has been brewing in me for some time. As a provider of mental health services for many years now, I believe we’ve done entire generations a disservice. We’ve talked about mental health awareness with a lens on identifying problems without also helping to build solutions. It’s because it’s hard. There aren’t one-size-fits-all strategies that are affordable, scaleable, or globally & culturally realistic. I get that.

But what if we begin to focus on what it takes to build resilience and what resilience really means and looks like in our own lives?

Awareness, supports, AND solutions are needed. It starts with us, the adults and providers who are supporting adults who are supporting children.

Let’s prescribe more movement, more story time, more free-play. Let’s prescribe more sunshine, more conversation, analog alarm clocks, more car-rides & more shared meals (even if they’re only 10 mins long).

The absence of mental health problems is not mental health. It’s the absence of a mental health problem.

Moving beyond awareness takes creativity and a community of like-minded others. Let’s help our clients and loved ones find that within and beyond us.

“It takes a village” brings on a whole new meaning when we think in terms of mental health not mental health problems.