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“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Body. Mind. Spirit.

Health is more than medicine. It is not a service we receive, or a diagnosis we carry. It is an active state of coherence — a lifelong relationship between the body, the mind, and the internal systems that regulate them both. Women have always known this. But modern systems have not caught up.

Despite decades of research, dominant narratives around women’s health continue to centre image, imbalance, and invisible suffering. Mental health is still too often reduced to instability. Physical health is still shaped by aesthetic ideals and reductive biology. The third dimension — spirit — is almost entirely erased. And yet across somatic disciplines, ecological frameworks, and ancient medical traditions, spirit is understood as essential: the field through which health moves, connects, and heals.

This section offers a reframe. We explore health as a system of relationships — hormonal, neural, emotional, and cultural. We bring attention to the science of regulation: how breath, rhythm, sound, and touch modulate the nervous system. We look at healing not only as recovery from illness, but as the cultivation of vitality, connection, and capacity. Not a return to normal — but an evolution of what’s possible.

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The WHO constitution states: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

WHO Health and Well-Being

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This section of Sketchbooks & Scientific Notes advances a new health paradigm — one that honours both biological complexity and embodied intelligence. We publish evidence-informed writing, case studies, and translated research that bridge the gap between scientific literature and daily life. Topics span from pelvic health and nervous system science to the role of creative rhythm, sensory nourishment, and social context in sustainable wellbeing.

We’re not here to retell the problem. We’re here to build a better system — one that starts with respect for the body, honours the mind as intelligent, and returns spirit to its rightful place in the health conversation.