ABSTRACT
The author realises that reflection and contemplation of personal experiences can provide an effective way to account for the complexity of embodied practices. Often it is the case, in many qualitative sociological research studies, that claims for incorporating inductive approaches do not necessarily avoid the influence of deduction. The author demonstrates how qualitative research can be meaningful, especially within the context of exploring embodied experience. Rather than explore and elaborate on ideas that emerge during the research, there appears to remain an unnecessary expectation to provide generalisations and forms of quantification, regardless of the subjectivity apparent in the initial research question. The 'interest' displayed by the researcher at the onset of a research project is generally influenced by their own personal biography, contemporary discourses of knowledge and, possibly, areas of research that fit into a academic zeitgeist are equally significant.
