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How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...psychology, the causes of tension and knowledge of “three hundred exercises”. Sunita was emphatic, though, that “the gift and ability to impart such a subject can never be decreed by letters”. In this, Sunita anticipated many of the debates about the nature and validity of “yoga teacher training programmes” today. As Sunita understood in the 1960s, possessing...
The art of performing under pressure
Health, Sports & Psychology

The art of performing under pressure

...Psychology of the Perfect Penalty, I sat down with him for an in-depth interview. “It is about the one-shot moment,” he told me. “You're the only one who is striking that ball; it’s all on you.” One of his first clients was Luke Donald, who was ranked 32 when they started working together in January 2010. Alred introduced the following changes: he gave Donald a...
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...Psychology, Politics and Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University, has been working to try and increase opportunity for athletes with IDs to be included in the Paralympics: For athletes living with intellectual disabilities (ID), the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games are as accessible as they have been since the Sydney Games 16 years ago, yet the amount of events open to...
A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...psychological and social influences of health. However, being healthy is much more than the ‘absence of disease’. It’s about how you feel, how you function in the world around you and how you view yourself and others. A definition of ‘health’ from the World Health Organization is: ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not...
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...psychology, particularly behaviourism and psychometrics. Two specific examples arising from these two very different approaches to literacy are Freirian literacy programmes and dyslexia assessment and related interventions. Perry (2012) explores ways in which critical and social literacy practices, like Freire’s programmes, attempt to focus on responding to the wider...
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...Psychology courses Maeve Higgins once set herself a task. The Irish-born comedian wanted to see what life would be like if she stopped laughing at things that weren’t funny. Turns out it wasn’t as easy as she thought. “It was so effing hard,” she says. “Laughter is a lubricant and is expected, and it’s really hard not to do it.” It’s coming up for 11pm on...
Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education

...psychologically beneficial (DWP, 2006). However, work can also impact upon us negatively; work related stressors or reconciling the time demands of personal responsibilities among professional demands are among just some of the things that can lead to poor mental health. A protective feature for workers can be to have a good working relationship with their employees. The...
Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list
History & The Arts

Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list

...psychological and allegorical) is the investigation of a man’s inner self, through the works he has wrought, the words he has spoken, the many lives he has ruined. The same technique was used by Joseph Conrad in Chance (1914) and in that beautiful film The Power and the Glory: a rhapsody of miscellaneous scenes without chronological order. Overwhelmingly, endlessly,...