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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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Cool the body first remove filterBoth of us together remove filterBody based remove filterClear all
Who it is written for
A practitioner 2Someone I care about 2Me 1
Where you are right now
Struggling right now 1Coping, mostly 1
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 46Involves someone else 4Both of us together 2
Theme · Cool the body first
Growing empathy 6Touch and bodywork 3Cool the body first 2Grounding and settling 1Your nervous system 1
Approach · Body based
Body based 2Mindfulness 1

If someone stands up mid argument, stay where you are. Rising with them turns a conversation into a stand off.

Therapists who sit with couples notice that the person on their feet usually sits back down within a minute or two when nobody gets up to meet them.…

A minuteCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 31:19

In a hostile exchange, try a slow hmm instead of a reply. It sounds like someone thinking, and it puts a long out breath in the way of whatever you were about to say.

The sound we make when we are unsure is already in everyone's repertoire, and it reads as puzzlement rather than as a threat, so the other person has…

A minuteCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 50:39

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.