This is a brief of the lab that I want to work in : SomaSense is an exploration space envisioned to bring together individuals who are unafraid to ask uncomfortable and honest questions about how we live, operate, imagine, experience, and define ourselves as 'humans'. Our starting point has been the sentient and purposive human body - the ‘soma’, and how this soma in many ways defines how we perceive, engage with, modify, or even craft, ground up, the environments that are around us. We want to critically ponder on the aspects of human experience that may go amiss when we inadvertently forget to acknowledge the very existence, or needs of this soma, this ‘tool of tools’ that we inhabit.
Therefore, at SomaSense, we go both inwards and outwards in order to inform our designerly and artistic practices. Inwards, to re-connect with our own individual somas through activities that may encourage body consciousness, and outwards, to recognise the intricacies and complexities of our varied soma-based relationships in the world.
For the current research duration, we will engage with the ‘made’ and their ‘makers’ in the somaesthetic realm – we will critically learn from relevant practitioners’ works and what informed them, with the ultimate goal of developing a more nuanced approach to our own practice – a practice that is more holistically informed and consciously equipped to respond to, support, and hopefully even more sensitively nurture our current and future worlds.
Potential enquiries to engage in:
• How are we continuously (re)defining our relationships with our environments, our objects, and the technologies around us?
• How do we begin to ‘connect back’ - to reinforce or even re-establish our relationships with nature, and therefore, ourselves? What might then living in tune with the larger, more-than-human worlds around us look like?
• What does it take for a practitioner to speculate and design for more balanced futures through a deeper understanding of embodied experiences? How are the current practitioners attempting to do this? What can we learn? What can we experiment with, differently?
6. Learning outcomes:
• An ability to recognise, understand and articulate the nuances of soma-based interactions through direct and conscious perceiving, questioning, and distinguishing between observations, information from different sources, theories and knowledge forms.
• A working vocabulary to engage, understand, and communicate such nuanced, or layered understanding.
• Lay the foundation to a more somaesthetically conscious designerly/artistic practice (that may over time, inform directly or indirectly, the interventions one might bring into the world.)
7. Potential Deliverables:
• A collaborative map and shared repository of knowledge around somaesthetics-based work in the fields of design, technology, art, or as relevant to the student’s larger field of practice or interest (this can be mutually decided).
• Literature review or a draft paper (individual or co-authored).
• Open to other creative formats of exploration (this can be mutually decided).
and my work involves on Cancer profoundly impacts both patients and their caregivers, often leading to social isolation and emotional distress. This study examines the complex challenges encountered by these groups, highlighting the scarcity of comprehensive support systems in India. By understanding the critical needs of patients and caregivers, the research identifies key opportunities for developing interventions aimed at creating a supportive community. 
The proposed intervention leverages technology to create a network that connects individuals based on shared interests. Unlike traditional support systems that concentrate solely on medical care, this network is designed to provide emotional support and foster social interaction, enabling individuals to engage in activities and discussions unrelated to their illness. 
This approach addresses social isolation by fostering connections grounded in common preferences, allowing patients and caregivers to rediscover aspects of their identities beyond cancer. Through this empathetic community, patients and caregivers can attain not only support but also a renewed sense of self and connection, thereby significantly enhancing their quality of life. 
Please give a small write-up on the synergies that is seen with my work and with SomaSense LAb.