I’m very honoured to give this lecture as part of the DiPIKA (Digital Preservation of Kerala Archives) Project new series. All welcome. In person if you’re around Thrissur on December 10th, or else online (QR code to join in the poster).

When I set out to turn my research into a PhD, my hope was that the thesis would be useful to people invested or interested in kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘. So I was touched and thrilled today to find that someone had found it interesting enough to take the trouble to print it out for easier reading.

A bit about my work on @mantrams.bsky.social

The talk I gave for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies a couple of weeks ago is now on YouTube, for anyone who missed it and would like to catch up. youtu.be/xlqc74S5lC4?...

I’m giving a talk online for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies on May 19th. It’s free to register and attend, and will be available later on YouTube if the live time doesn’t work for you. @mantrams.bsky.social @istb-univienna.bsky.social yso.soas.ac.uk/product/lucy...

Well that was pretty extraordinary. Teyyam in Kannur.

Hello Kasaragod, aren’t you beautiful? A little awkward, but very beautiful.

#standupforscience Vienna

The MANTRAMS Project is on Bluesky 🦋 And there’s a free event coming up. Do join.

Happening Thursday. Do come if you're in Vienna!

Things you find while packing. It’s an awkwardly sized certificate, so it had lain upsidedown in a drawer for a while. I’d just forgotten which one.

December roses for all of us flowering in adversity. The bud somehow survived Storm Darragh.

Hakama cleaning and folding rituals after yesterday’s British Aikido Federation course in Cardiff. These (totally impractical) training garments stand both for relative status (or gender) and also submission to the system. A beautiful day after the storm, fallen tree before the dojo, and fun.

My favourite commentary so far on the ‘middle class women of a certain age’ debacle. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

2 Exciting PhD opportunities on the ERC MANTRAMS Project for sound studies specialists, sensory anthropologists or related. In beautiful Tübingen, which I can heartily recommend. uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...

Lovely evening at SOAS last night watching and discussing The Wrestler’s Cane. Mesmerising!

Film screening happening tomorrow at SOAS. I'll be talking to director Philippa Frisby about The Wrestler's Cane, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Join us! yso.soas.ac.uk/courses/the-...

Yay! Great people to add to my (very sparse) Yoga & Embodiment Studies list @ruthwestoby.bsky.social @ameliawood.bsky.social @theowildcroft.bsky.social Any more out there?

Late night digging through some references for thesis amendments and came upon this glorious voice and artist (she writes too). #vidyarao www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbuf...

Useful to know. And a bit reassuring.

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The clouds finally parted so I’m sitting next to a ladybird stealing a moment between studio and laptop.

Just out. I have a chapter in this on kaỊari, its relationship to performance and South Indian contemporary dance. ✨