Author: geeky yogi

I’m Dr Rachel David, the Geeky Yogi. I wear many hats: scientist, researcher, writer, editor, science communicator, behaviour change specialist, yogi, sewist, knitter and poet. Sometimes I combine all my passions successfully. Sometimes I make a mess. But that’s life! Follow my adventures into the world of science and wellbeing.

Diffusion

And so I walkedI walked through ground carpeted in leaves the colours of autumnI walked through air flavoured with smoke … More

Winter

Those early morningsit’s so cold outside, the airfreezes the windowsYou expect nothing otherthan my presence, I expect only yours. We … More

Living with rheumatoid arthritis – could yoga help? (plain language summary)

You probably know at least one if not multiple people with autoimmune disease, whether that’s type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease or rheumatoid arthritis (also called RA). All of these are conditions where the immune system has gotten ‘confused’ about what is self and what is non-self, and starts attacking the body, whether that’s the pancreas (diabetes), the gut (Crohn’s disease) or the joints (RA). Could yoga help?