NDLI: Regaining Balance Within: Dance Movement Therapy with Chinese Cancer Patients in Hong Kong

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Author	Ho, Rainbow Tin hung
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Balance is an important concept in Chinese culture. Holistic health in Traditional Chinese Medicine is defined by a balanced and integrated body, mind and spirit. Although the importance of living in a state of balance is implanted in Chinese people, the concept moves into the background, becoming ignored or disturbed, when an individual becomes overwhelmed by physical and psychological distress, such as a diagnosis of cancer. Dance Movement Therapy (DMT), which works at both the physical and psychological levels, also asserts that total well-being is a function of the interconnected body, mind, and spirit, making it a particularly suitable and potentially powerful intervention for Chinese clients who find themselves out of balance. This paper demonstrates how a mix of eastern approaches such as meditation and tai-chi like movement, eastern philosophy such as living in the moment and nonattachment, and DMT’s western emphasis on spontaneous movement and expression, can help Chinese clients, accustomed to containing expressive behavior, regain and embody the traditional wisdom of balance. Steps in this approach include acknowledging the influences of Confucianism and traditional education, loosening the established controls and disciplines, awakening the traditional wisdom of mind-body interconnectedness (as well as the ‘sentimental side’ that lies inside), and regaining the sense of balance of body, mind and spirit.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	99
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01463721
Journal	American Journal of Dance Therapy
Volume Number	27
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15733262
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2006-02-24
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Chinese cancer patients dance movement therapy balance holistic health impulse control emotional control Education (general) Personality & Social Psychology Health Psychology Clinical Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Psychiatry and Mental Health

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