Journal
Here you'll find writing on mindfulness, neuroscience, mental health, physical wellbeing, and yoga.
These topics often overlap: attention, behaviour and embodiment are all part of the same ecosystem of experience, and the aim here is to explore those connections in a thoughtful and practical way. Some posts draw from research, others from lived experience and teaching. The intention is to share ideas that are useful, considered, and occasionally a bit different from what is typically said.
September 8, 2025
In times of heightened mental demand, such as the return to routine in September, our inner world can become noisy and overloaded. This article explores how higher-order thinking—like planning, reflecting, and managing competing mental tasks—can tax our cognitive systems, leading to fatigue and emotional depletion. Drawing from neuroscience and embodied practice, it proposes that yoga offers a counterbalance: a way to redirect attention toward simpler, grounding sensory experiences that reduce cognitive load. Through mindful movement and somatic awareness, yoga offers not just a temporary escape, but a tool for long-term mental resilience and clarity.