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Practices

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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5 practices

Cool the body first Five minutes Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 5

Who it is written for

A practitioner 5 Someone I care about 3 Me 2

Where you are right now

Getting ready for something 4 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 18 Involves someone else 5

Theme · Cool the body first

Medication and how it works 43 The cost of avoiding 15 Screens and attention 13 Systems for daily life 12 What anger actually is 10 Moving your body 8 Bringing the future closer 8 Your nervous system 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Your sense of time 8 Rebuilding trust 8 Exercise, food and other supports 8 What worry does 7 Treatment and medication 7 Knowing your partner 7 Facing it a step at a time 7 Remembering to do it 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Feelings and focus 5 Cool the body first 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Choosing your response 5 Equanimity and perspective 5 Emotions as signals 5 When everything feels flat 5 Listening and understanding 5 When you use something to cope 4 Structure and routine 4 The moment before you snap 4 Touch and bodywork 3 Food, caffeine and fuel 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 3 Rituals of connection 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 3 Shared spiritual life 3 Tolerate distress 3 Growing empathy 3 Shame and stigma 2 Shame 2 Being seen and judged 2 Get started 2 Treatment and medication 2 Panic and the body 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Grounding and settling 2 The fear underneath anger 1 Posture and how you carry yourself 1 Practising under provocation 1 Affection and touch 1 Repair after rupture 1 Rest and pacing 1 Making it stick 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Help someone grieving 1 What you are actually defending 1 When you go numb 1 Feeling from the inside 1 Breathing 1 Ask and say no well 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1

Approach

Body based 3 Mindfulness 2

When

Any ordinary day 4 Under stress 1

If someone already has a practice in their life, hang the new skill on that rather than handing them something foreign.

Someone who does yoga already knows what a hand gesture is for and will not find it odd. Someone who prays already has fixed times in the day and a…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 20:14

People arrive at anger work braced for a lecture and an instruction to breathe deeply. Handing them something they did not see coming buys you their attention.

This matters most with people who did not choose to be there. If the session matches what they expected, they can sit through the whole thing without…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 30:23

For a child who is boiling over: eyes closed, fingers gently over the ears, and a long humming breath out. They can feel the buzzing inside their own head.

Blocking their ears is something an upset child often does already, so you are borrowing a movement their hands know rather than teaching a new one.…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 78:10

If open awareness sounds like too much, put it plainly: look at the background instead of the thing in front of it. That is the entire instruction.

People who bounce off contemplative language will happily follow a physical direction about where to point their eyes. Say background, say the space…

Five minutesCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 3:191

Open gazing and long unfocused staring do not suit everyone. If things start to feel unreal or far away, stop and look at something you can name.

This caution is usually left out, and it should not be. Practices that are open, unguided and without an anchor are the ones most often followed by…

Five minutesCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 16:80

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