Reclaiming the ‘lived-body’: Mind-body dualism, agency & embodiment

In opposition to Western biomedical practice, where the individual is relegated to a ‘passive recipient of care’, creative health – a still nascent field of research and practice – invites a more active, indeed, embodied stance. In prompting action and movement, and encouraging a turning inwards, embodied practices in particular have great potential for restoring agency and thus creating the conditions for health.