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"Define your wholeness through your creativity." by Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro "Define your wholeness through your creativity." I wrote this quote as an ending to an article but found that it was the beginning of the next chapter in my life–arts in healthcare. Integrating arts in healthcare saved my health. I was on the verge of exploratory surgery when I discovered that my healing journey consisted of a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and dance. In the words of Ms. Thomas, Doctor of Oriental medicine, "When the body is treated through our methods, for example, acupuncture, energy blockages as well as stagnant feelings and emotions are being released. We can use art forms, such as dance, to continue that release (2011)." Combining arts and health is a natural process to healing. Although the field is emerging, the concept is primal. The earliest shamans, medicine men and women, would encourage dance to release negative energy and toxins from the body, release feelings of fear and anxiety, and connect to balance. Arts in healthcare integrate the arts, including literary, performing, and visual arts and design, into healthcare and community settings for thera-
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peutic, educational, and expressive purposes (http://thesah.org, 2011). The journey of well-being and healing are often times unsuccessful as the core, inner self becomes lost through changes in lifestyle that often occur as individuals attend doctor's visits, take medications, and have limited or loss of mobility. We begin to establish an altered self- perception, resulting in a disconnection between mind and body. Reconnection has been found to strengthen our perception, and speed up our recovery. Dance provided an outlet for me to regain balance, be surrounded by people that support me and care for me, and work through the energy blockages that created my health condition. It is because of this experience that I began to dedicate myself to arts in healthcare and create programs to help others through Fortunata Healing Arts. If you are interested in reading more about arts in healthcare, you can visit the Society for Arts in Healthcare at http://thesah.org or the Center for the Arts in Healthcare Research and Education at http:// www.arts.ufl.edu/cahre/. Please see Jenenne's ad for Fortunata Healing Arts this page.