CLIENT
Massey University Honours Project – Design students

BRIEF & GOAL
When students feel overwhelmed and stressed by their workload, movement and mental health are often the first things to be neglected, aside from nutrition. Focusing on user-centered research, I workshopped student yoga classes and collaborated with yoga instructors — both students and professionals, to gain deeper insight to yoga as a practice. As part of this initiative, I designed a book called Y+D, which helps design students foster mindfulness and empathy by incorporating movement through yoga. The book is aesthetically reflective of design principles which designers use, while also guiding them through a range of yoga exercises as they go through the different chapters. The goal is a somatic way of learning (body+mind) and achieving mindfulness through movement.