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Your body

You cannot think your way out of a body that is braced. This area starts there: the breath, the ground under you, moving, eating, resting, and the small physical things that change how the rest of the day lands.

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Twenty minutes Any ordinary day Clear all

Theme

Moving your body 21 Your nervous system 11 Food, caffeine and fuel 8 Touch and bodywork 7 Grounding and settling 6 Breathing 5 Feeling from the inside 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Rest and pacing 1

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 60 Five minutes 165Twenty minutes 63 Longer 32

Approach

Medical and treatment 29 Body based 27 Mindfulness 6 ADHD skills 1

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 63 Under stress 7 In a change 2 Coming and going 1 After a row 1 When apart 1

Real rest, closeness and unhurried prayer all ask for the same thing: being still while feeling safe. That is harder than it sounds if stillness has ever been dangerous.

It is why some people cope beautifully in a crisis and find a quiet evening unbearable, and why intimacy and slow worship are often the last things…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 78:10

If you cannot feel your own state yet, a device that shows it on a screen can stand in until you can.

Ear clips and phone apps that display your heart rhythm turn something invisible into a light changing colour, and for people who have spent years…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:260

If a practice feels like homework you are failing at, turn it into a game. Some feedback tools do this for you, bringing colour and birdsong to a grey screen as your heart rhythm settles.

Trying hard to relax is a trap. The effort keeps you keyed up, and then you have one more thing to be bad at. Play sidesteps that entirely. It is the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 16:78