Professional Pathways in Health Science

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Professional Pathways in Health Science
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Professional Pathways in Health Science
As nurses, we are committed to health promotion services so that patients can participate
in wellness promotion programs for the betterment of their health. Compelling evidence
indicates that a person should strive to have a healthy body and mind for maximum productivity
(Harvard Medical School, 2014; Stumbo, Wolfe, & Pegg, 2017). Likewise, nurses have to seek
health promotion campaigns that aim to enhance the well-being of their patients upon utilization.
This week, I participated in a health promotion event conducted by Falun Dafa. The
health event by Falun Dafa was related to the week’s reading on therapeutic recreation
achievable through exercises. The health event, UTS Falun Dafa Meditation, and Reading, aimed
at equipping its attendees with the skills and knowledge they need to how Falun Dafa can be
practiced for a healthy body and mind.
While the practice of Falun Dafa continues to be criticized, I found the campaign quite
educative and in-line with many modern-day and scientifically proven forms of achieving
physical and mental wellness. After all, the Havard Medical School (2014) indicates that a
healthy mind lives in a healthy body and vice versa in addition to establishing that a healthier
body and mind allow for maximum productivity by enabling the body to process energy more
efficiently and effectively. This is the same principle used in Falun Dafa.
Overview of Falun Dafa
Falun Dafa focuses on cultivating one’s mind and thought, or Xinxing, to increase Gong
energy. Xinxing encompasses virtue and karma, white and dark forms of matter respectively, in
addition to forbearance, abonnement, and discernment.

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Falun Dafa also focuses on the body. Here, the cultivation of the body is achieved
through specific exercises. According to Falun Dafa, the purpose of exercises is to strengthen
one’s energy mechanisms and supernatural abilities which empowers that person.
The Falun Dafa mind-body that achieve peace of mind that allows one to excel, both self-
cultivation and physical activities are necessary, but the former should take precedence.
Relationship with Scientific Principles
To the practitioners of Falun Dafa, the practice is meditational and therapeutic in nature.
According to the speakers in the event, people who practice Falun Dafa have reported feeling
empowered, physically and mentally, after practicing the art. After listening to and practicing the
Falun Dafa, I am obliged to agree. I could feel the empowerment and energization. Reconnecting
with myself helped me reevaluate my life goals and plans.
From my experience, I felt like Falun Dafa is a form of recreational therapy which has
the potential to enhance one's physical, mental, emotional, and social status. According to Husch
(2016), the primary goals of recreational therapy are restoration to previous productive life
functions; remediation for improving the body’s function and independence; rehabilitation to
achieve health or wellness; reducing illness and diseases, and, and elimination of secondary
issues associated with the body. These goals align precisely with the sole purpose of Falun Dafa,
a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Falun Dafa seeks to help a person identify with oneself so that self-evaluation of one’s
emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing is conducted. Similarly, Mazza (2015), establishes
that recreation therapy promotes health and wellness by helping a person identify existing
problems, identify solutions to the issue and evaluate progress in fixing the existing problem.