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Making meaning together
I ran the first session of the Yoga Studies Reading Group this month, and I’m…
How to read an academic article
I’m starting a Yoga Studies Reading Group with Nourish. Each month I will select one resource…
What is it that inspires you?
I think that all good educators are valued not just for what they know, nor…
In translation again
There’s a lot of interesting research into the effects of language acquisition on the brain,…
2019
This time last year I was recovering from my viva and starting work on my…
Disciplines and Dialogues
It’s a busy time for yoga scholars and writers at the moment. Next week sees…
Everything here is true…
Here in the increasingly odd limbo between thesis submission and viva I am reaching out…
Reaching Out
A fortnight before the Autumn Equinox and this is my harvest. Thesis submitted. Ten days…
Post-lineage yoga
It’s a funny business, a PhD in the Humanities and Social Sciences. At least here…
Summer travels
I am at home at the moment, taking a couple of days to catch up…
Summer school of yoga
As a yoga teacher, I became a researcher partly to better understand contemporary yoga, and…
The Responsibility of Writing
There’s a point, when the data is mostly in, and the analysis underway, and you’ve…
A Harvest of Fieldwork
As I recover from another academic conference, and contemplate the news that I’ve been awarded…
Krakow
I’m not long back from my first international academic conference: “Yoga darśana, yoga sādhana” in…
Expertise and engagement
One funny thing about doing a PhD is that you enter into the status of…
Pain
I’m co-writing a paper with a friend at the moment. It’s a fascinating process of…
Wild Things and Fallen Angels
This September, I gave my first academic paper at the BASR conference. Here’s an edited…