A model for the facilitation of mental health through belly dancing as movement

D.Cur.Movement is an integral aspect of daily living. Movement allows the human being to express, find meaning and reflect a part or the whole of the unfolding of the stories of their lives. In nursing movement is the dialogue and interaction between professional nurse and patient. The essence of the dialogue is the movement towards caring and healing between the professional nurse and the individual. The purpose of this research is to develop, describe, evaluate and provide guidelines for the operationalisation of a model as a framework of reference for nursing to facilitate the individual faced with mental health challenges as an integral part of wholeness. The research objectives are: •To elicit the experience of belly dancers within the belly dancing environment. •To elicit the experience of belly dance teachers within the belly dancing environment. •To describe a model to facilitate mental health as an integral part of wholeness of the individuals faced with mental health challenges. •To evaluate the model to promote the facilitation of mental health as integral part of wholeness of the individuals faced with mental health challenges. •To describe the guidelines for operationalising the model for facilitation of mental health as an integral part of wholeness. A research design consisted of theory-generative, qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual in nature. The purposive sample consisted of eight individuals participating in belly dancing