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Sally SJ Brown

@sallysjbrown.bsky.social
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Research Fellow, yoga teacher, allotment gardener, cyclist, mum. Health, wellness, equity, inclusion #actuallyautistic

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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Such beautiful, historic surroundings for the @scosocmed.bsky.social conference at @qmul.bsky.social The perfect place to hear and talk about #publichealth #healthpromotion #healthinequalities #healthresearch Great to be here www.socsocmed.org.uk/annual-confe...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Had a great time teaching kids yoga @northerngreengathering. So important to think, talk and act now about the climate crisis! Thankyou organisers and @caro_bridie_gower_ #kidsyoga www.instagram.com/reel/DcKs_HT...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's out! My first ever book! Published last week, it looks at barriers to yoga access for marginalised groups and is based on my doctoral research. I feel quite giddy🤣 bookstore.emerald.com/the-diversit...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My book on diversity in yoga is about to be published! To see this in print will be quite a moment. I also hope it raises some questions and starts some conversations. Please buy, read and share, thankyou 🙏 #yogabook #yogadiversity #accessibleyoga #yoga #yogaresearch tinyurl.com/583p6cfd
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
So lovely to get this picked up and shared by my lovely lbu comms colleagues 🥰 Am so pleased this important issue is being highlighted #inclusiveyoga #communityyoga #accessibleyoga
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Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett University @lbu-rae.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
'NHS patients are being socially prescribed #yoga - but not everyone will benefit' - A fantastic new article on The Conversation by @sallysjbrown.bsky.social has also been featured in The Independent: 🗞️ independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-yoga-benefits-classes-prescribed-b3006667.html #research #NHS
independent.co.uk
NHS patients are being socially prescribed yoga – but not everyone will benefit
A researcher and yoga teacher with a focus on inclusion and marginalised groups has explored why yoga is so often lacking in diversity
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Incredibly excited to see my article on diversity in yoga published in The Conversation. I have always been so impressed by the work this platform does. Am so proud and a bit giddy to be a part of it... Please like and share! 😀 theconversation.com/nhs-patients...?
theconversation.com
NHS patients are being socially prescribed yoga. But is yoga ready to help them?
Yoga helps with health and wellbeing and is recommended to NHS patients in the UK, but new research shows people who could benefit most find it hardest to access.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A very true analysis of the situation in higher education. Well, who would have thought this would happen when right-wing ideology insisted knowledge as well as water, transport etc should not be centrally funded but profit driven!? 😶 newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org
Lorna Finlayson, Irreversible — Sidecar
On Britain’s universities.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It was a real privilege to speak about my yoga diversity research in such great company on the latest episode of the Yoga4Health Podcast. Loved hearing about all the great work going on. Listen here... pod.link/1847834455 #yogainclusion #diversity #accessibleyoga #yogaforall #yoga4health
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Find out about lack of diversity in yoga. I'm presenting the findings of my doctoral research on May 20th for the Centre for Health Promotion Research webinar series from Leeds Beckett University. Link below #yogaresearch #yogadiversity #yogainclusion www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chpr-semin...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Just putting this out there for people who need to see it.... Thank you Cody Watts for posting www.facebook.com/share/p/14TM... #autismstigma #don'tjudge #neurodiverdence #actuallyautistic #differentnotless
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Well done to @qmucu.bsky.social for speaking truth about the implosion of the UK HE sector. Too many people are in denial. There are no jobs for us newbies and now they're coming for those fortunate enough to be established. Read this list of the ongoing cut and closures qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
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UK HE shrinking
a live page of all the redundancies and restructures happening across UK Higher Education. Page is updated regularly.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
What a beautiful yoga view we had this morning! Look what you're missing folks! Start the day with movement, mindfulness and amazing Autumn leaves... Join me at 7.15am Wednesdays at We Are Wellness, Headingley, Leeds #morningyoga #morningyogapractice #motivation #yogasoul #hathayoga
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Staying home this bank holiday? Come along to my Hatha class at 11.30am Saturday at We Are Wellness? 😁 Book your spot for some mindful, marvellous movement!... wearewellness.co.uk/timetable/ #yoga #yogainleeds #hathayoga #accessibleyoga #sallybrownyoga #wellbeing
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Thankyou to the kind people who turned out to support the Gipton Wood yoga Fundraiser in Leeds LS8 last weeked. Under those ancient oaks was by far the best place to be in the heat 😁🙏 #communityyoga #yogainthewoods #yoga4all #accessibleyoga
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Had a lovely time at the Northern Green Gathering teaching Accessible kids yoga. Such a warm, inclusive, diverse, non-commercial and inspiring space ❤️ #AccessibleYoga #yogaforall #diverseyoga #yogainclusivity #communityyoga
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
So today my thesis was published... ! Interested in why yoga isn't more diverse? Give it a read.. #PhD #thesis #yogaresearch Leeds Beckett University #researcherlife #phdlife #yogaforeveryone #accessibleyoga shorturl.at/iZfmJ
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Listen to the amazing @elenamayamusic singing on a national tv ad! She produced the track too for Stagecoach. Please like and share. She deserves to be huge! linktr.ee/elenamaya @elenamayamusic www.elenamaya.com #newtalent #singersongwriter #talent #vocals #leedssinger youtu.be/FeCQtTm3GIc?...
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Introducing "we've got you" | Stagecoach Bus 2025 Brand Campaign
YouTube video by Stagecoach Bus
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Blimey... I feel like a professor McGonagall. But also very proud to graduate with my doctorate. Thankyou all my lovely supervisors at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social and my very lovely family for all your support #graduation #doctorate #academia #earlycareerresearcher #phd
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Loved playing a small part in the creation of this. Great to create more green in the built-up area of Leeds Harehills. Mothin Ali Green Party coucillor is an inspiration 😁 youtu.be/9YLqFBcGgyA
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Building Community Resilience - Micro Garden
YouTube video by My Family Garden
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This is absolutely the only answer. We all need to start doing this. Greed is not good. #degrowth #ecology #savetheplanet www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
bbc.co.uk
BBC News - Can 'Degrowth' Save the World?
The degrowth movement views endless economic growth as an unsustainable fairytale.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Enjoying the fresh air and running a yoga-inspired calming and centring session for the staff as part of the Leeds Uni Summer Celebration. @universityofleeds.bsky.social #summer #yoga #relax
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
And here she is.... ! The summer solstice sunrise. Giving thanks to the giver of life... and I did a couple of Sun Salutations too 😀 #sunsalutation #summersolstice #yoga
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
So pleased to be spreading the positive health and wellbeing effects of yoga a little more. Teaching a new Hatha class every Saturday 11.30 at We Are Wellness Headingley, Leeds. First class today, is free! #hathayoga #yoga #AccessibleYoga #yogaforall wearewellness.co.uk
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Happy to be presenting at #britsoc25
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Looking forward to some really interesting presentations today @britsoci.bsky.social #britsoc2025
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
What's going on at #BBCRadio4 #Today? Three 'interviews' in two days with no challenge or interrogation by the interviewer on sensitive subjects ADHD diagnosis, gender and mental health
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Genuinely shocked at this..
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Absolutely! That doctor was outrageous on the radio. How can anything be 'over' diagnosed? If its clinically indicated then it is diagnosed. End of.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Dont like all this dance music on Six Music breakfast show :( where are the guitars? @6music.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better? This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So loving @debg_debg Deb Grant on @6musi.bsky.social this week... a much needed lift at a miserable time www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
bbc.co.uk
Radio 6 Music - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 6 Music on BBC Sounds
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Feeling somewhat nervous about developments in international relations 😱
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Yes, this worries me hugely... for society and myself.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I fear its too late to stem the tide of concrete, but good to have an informed counter argument.
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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🚨 Inequality in the UK is one of the highest in Europe. What can be done to address this? 📅 Join us at LSE on 24 February for "Peak Injustice: Solving Britain's Inequality Crisis." Hear from Professor Danny Dorling & more. buff.ly/3EiVrxF.
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Peak injustice: solving Britain's inequality crisis
6.30pm Mon 24 Feb | Danny Dorling, Danny Sriskandarajah, Kitty Stewart, Polly Toynbee | Free public event at LSE
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Wow. I can't believe this debate on BBC Radio4! So women are a minority in high achievers because they lack 'masculine energy'? Really??! Here comes the manosphere and Trump inspired anti-feminism backlash! @bbc @antisocial www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I'm covering Yin yoga tonight at We Are Wellness, Headingly. It might be cold outside but it will be warm and cozy inside for some juicy slow unwinding. Come and join me! #yinyoga #wellness
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Brexit Curse British food sales to Europe plummeted by a fifth since 2018. In real terms exports down 20%; imports down 11%. With divergence in environmental, animal care standards, this market won't be recovered. UK isn't the 51st state. Must rejoin the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Minister reveals alarming drop in British food exports to EU since Brexit
Exclusive: Food sales to the EU have crashed by a fifth since Brexit, a minister has revealed, as Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure to slash red tape for UK firms selling in Europe
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Curse of Private Equity PE has devoured water companies, transport systems, communications networks, power providers, schools/hospitals through the PFI scheme. Govts are handing GP surgeries, dental services & the NHS to it. Result will be the same. Govts serve money not people. archive.ph/N5eKT
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Private equity firms need to stay away from the British tech industry - Ben Moorhouse
The UK has become a prime target for Private Equity (PE). For years, PE firms from overseas have poured money into our water companies, transport systems, communications networks, power providers and ...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Very pleased to be published as co-author in Springer journal Systematic Reviews. This realist review of blended IRL and digital services for disabled people will be so valuable. #openaccess @leedsbeckett.bsky.social @daniellevarley.bsky.social @lbu-rae.bsky.social rdcu.be/d41VC
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Hybrid Service Delivery for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations working with adults with learning disabilities and/or autism: a realist review protocol
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
That's it. That one man has been permitted to own Twitter, fill the sky with satellites, bribe an electorate and intervene in nations' politics is petrifying and wrong. I have left his platform and only post here now. The world
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
This really should be widely heard...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
For anyone like me who despairs of the modern world, this amazing overview by @RoryStewartUK is essential listening open.spotify.com/episode/5oei... …
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Anyone alone this festive season... come along to the free dinner in @gipton organised by green councillor @MothinAli just call to get a spot #harehillslove #giptonandharehills #community #Leeds @BBCLookNorth @yorkshirepost
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Indeed...
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Fantastic bands at @LiveatLeeds. The awesome punk sound of Stan's band @hungryhungree and then Marika Hackman and then find of the day Gia Ford. Now enjoying the wonderful @Elena._.Maya @dominoclubleeds #livemusic #musicLeeds #leedslife @elena._.maya linktr.ee/elenamaya
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Sunrise over Leeds. Happy to be moving over from a dodgy megalomaniac's plaything.
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Sally SJ Brown @sallysjbrown.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Some amazingly uplifting music from Senegal at the Howard Assembly Rooms Leeds. Loved dancing to Seckhou Kaita and his koura and band #leedsmusic
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