Ergo Healing Cyprus

Ergo Healing Cyprus Specialised therapy centre assisting children/teens to reach their potential🩺
Messy and Sensory Play specialists🧦
Bookings: 97623203
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LEGO play on a vibration board 🧩✨While it may look like simple play, this activity supports so many important skills at ...
05/01/2026

LEGO play on a vibration board 🧩✨

While it may look like simple play, this activity supports so many important skills at the same time.
The vibration gives the body extra sensory input, which can help children feel more grounded, organised and focused.

As children build with LEGO, they strengthen their fingers and hands, improve coordination between both sides of the body, and practice planning what comes next. Giving the body sensory input while the hands are working often makes it easier for children to stay calm, engaged and confident in what they’re doing 🤍

At Occupational Therapy, we use play like this to support regulation, concentration and everyday skills — because learning happens best through meaningful, joyful play.

🖤 Learning through movement, trust and the bodyDuring this session, we explored gentle swinging while reducing visual in...
04/01/2026

🖤 Learning through movement, trust and the body

During this session, we explored gentle swinging while reducing visual input. When vision is limited, the body naturally starts to rely more on its internal senses — how the muscles move, how the body is positioned in space, and how balance is maintained.

Through this kind of activity, children learn to:
• feel and understand their body better
• improve balance and core strength
• organise their sensory system
• build confidence and trust in their movement

It may look simple, but experiences like this help children feel more secure, calm and regulated, which later supports attention, coordination and everyday participation — at school, at play and at home.

Sometimes, when we quiet one sense, others get the chance to grow 🤍

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A little Christmas magic from creations we made together at  ✨So much care, curiosity, and tiny hands at work 🤍Wishing e...
25/12/2025

A little Christmas magic from creations we made together at ✨
So much care, curiosity, and tiny hands at work 🤍
Wishing everyone a warm and peaceful Christmas 🎄

Today's parents’ seminar was a powerful reminder that behaviour is communication — and when we slow down to understand w...
13/12/2025

Today's parents’ seminar was a powerful reminder that behaviour is communication — and when we slow down to understand why a child behaves the way they do, real change begins.✨

Together with Montessori Training Centre – A Child’s Workshop Kindergarten and Charisma Special Education, we explored:
• what sits beneath challenging behaviour
• the role of sensory processing, emotional regulation, and development
• practical ways parents and educators can respond with clarity, consistency, and connection

The discussion, questions, and shared experiences highlighted one key message: children do well when they can — and adults play a vital role in creating the conditions for success. Thank you to all the parents who joined us with openness and curiosity, and to our collaborators for their shared vision and commitment to supporting children holistically. 🙏🏻

When professionals and families work together, children feel safer, understood, and more capable of thriving — at home, at school, and in life. 🫶🏼

🌸 When gentle exploration becomes brave discovery 🌿For many children, textures can feel unpredictable or even uncomforta...
08/12/2025

🌸 When gentle exploration becomes brave discovery 🌿

For many children, textures can feel unpredictable or even uncomfortable. What looks like soft petals to one child might feel “too much” to another. Through calm and nurturing sensory play, we help children move from avoidance to curiosity, one small touch at a time.

In this flower garden of textures and colors, every movement is guided by safety and trust. The child decides when to reach, what to feel, and how long to stay. This is how sensory integration begins — not through pressure, but through connection.

Each petal becomes an invitation to explore, to tolerate, to enjoy. Over time, children learn that the world of textures can be safe, soothing, and full of wonder. 🌈

💛 Sensory play is not only about touch. It is about confidence, regulation, and emotional growth.

🎅🎄 Santa Clay Play with Creare Cy 🎄🎅Yesterday we got our hands beautifully messy with our Santa Clay Play event in colla...
07/12/2025

🎅🎄 Santa Clay Play with Creare Cy 🎄🎅

Yesterday we got our hands beautifully messy with our Santa Clay Play event in collaboration with .cy 🤍

Little hands explored, created and shaped festive clay Christmas ornaments for their own trees — strengthening fine motor skills, creativity, focus and sensory regulation, all through playful holiday magic 🎨✨

Laughter, concentration, a bit of mess, and lots of Christmas spirit filled the room 🎄
Thank you to all our amazing little artists (and families) for making this event so special 🥰

More messy magic coming soon… stay tuned 🎅✨

🍁 Every leaf tells a story 🍃In this simple autumn setup there is more happening than meets the eye. Each felt leaf picke...
04/12/2025

🍁 Every leaf tells a story 🍃

In this simple autumn setup there is more happening than meets the eye. Each felt leaf picked up, matched, and placed strengthens attention, motor planning, and sensory awareness. Each choice of color and texture gives the child’s brain new information to organize, explore, and make sense of the world around them.

When we slow down and notice the process instead of the outcome we see how therapy becomes play and play becomes growth. 🌈

Small movements create big milestones. 🧡

🐻✨ When a hug becomes therapyWeighted teddy bears aren’t just cute. They are comforting companions designed to help chil...
01/12/2025

🐻✨ When a hug becomes therapy

Weighted teddy bears aren’t just cute. They are comforting companions designed to help children and adults feel calm, grounded, and secure.

💛 The gentle even pressure of a weighted bear feels like a deep hug. It activates the body’s proprioceptive system and sends signals of safety to the brain.

Here’s what that means in everyday life 👇

🌿 For hyperactivity it helps the body slow down and supports focus and regulation during play or rest.
🌙 For anxiety it provides comfort and a sense of calm that helps reduce restlessness.
💤 For sleep it creates relaxation and comfort that prepares the body for bedtime.
🤗 For emotional regulation it teaches children to self-soothe and find safety in gentle sensory input.

Whether during story time, car rides, classroom transitions or bedtime routines, a weighted bear offers more than warmth. It offers peace. 🌈

💬 Have you ever noticed how a simple hug can shift a child’s whole mood? Imagine that same comfort wrapped inside a teddy. 🧸

🐻🌿 We’re going on a bear hunt… and getting VERY messy! 🌿🐻Squishy mud • sneaky grass • splashy water • silky powders • wo...
29/11/2025

🐻🌿 We’re going on a bear hunt… and getting VERY messy! 🌿🐻

Squishy mud • sneaky grass • splashy water • silky powders • wobbly textures 👣🤲
Little explorers followed the trail with their whole bodies—stepping, scooping, pouring, squishing, balancing and feeling it all.

This messy play session wasn’t just fun (though it absolutely was 😍). It supported
✨ sensory exploration
✨ body awareness & balance
✨ fine & gross motor skills
✨ confidence and independence
✨ social interaction & turn taking

At Ergo Healing, messy play is meaningful play.
It helps children understand their bodies, regulate their senses, and feel safe to explore the world—one muddy step at a time. 💚

Ready, steady… we’re not scared! 🐾

🌼 Setting Boundaries Without PunishmentChildren don’t need harsher consequences — they need calmer adults.When a child p...
24/11/2025

🌼 Setting Boundaries Without Punishment

Children don’t need harsher consequences — they need calmer adults.

When a child pushes limits, they’re not trying to make life hard for us — they’re showing us that something feels hard for them.

Boundaries are not about control — they’re about safety, predictability, and connection.
They help children feel:
🪷 “My world has structure.”
💞 “My adult can handle my big feelings.”
🌈 “I’m still loved, even when I make mistakes.”

Positive Parenting means guiding children with empathy, respect, and consistency — not with fear or punishment.
It’s about modeling calm communication, validating emotions, and setting limits that teach responsibility through relationship.

In this post, we share 6 gentle, practical ways to build cooperation and emotional regulation using connection-based boundaries — inspired by our sensory-integration and occupational-therapy approach.

✨ Comment BOUNDARIES below and we’ll DM you our free mini guide —
“Setting Boundaries Without Punishment: 6 Positive Parenting Strategies that Work.”

💖 Save this post to revisit later, and share it with a parent, teacher, or therapist who believes that kindness and structure can coexist.

🧩 With care,
The Ergo Healing Team

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Megaro Mitsi 2, Arch. Makarios III Avenue 14
Nicosia
1065

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 18:30
Tuesday 08:00 - 18:30
Wednesday 08:00 - 18:30
Thursday 08:00 - 18:30
Friday 08:00 - 18:30

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