An exploration of movement- & community-based interventions for wellbeing
My research sought to examine the impact of a Yoga & Mindfulness class taking place at the Castlehaven Community Centre, aimed at women with depression and anxiety, and which is also accessible on social prescription. I also aimed to explore social prescribing as an additional pathway through which more vulnerable individuals might access support as well as take part in health and wellbeing activities at the centre.
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.