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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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Posture and how you carry yourself remove filterA minute remove filterInvolves someone else remove filterClear all
How long you have · A minute
A minute 3Five minutes 1Twenty minutes 1
Who it is written for
Me 3A practitioner 3
Where you are right now
Struggling right now 2Getting ready for something 1
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
Involves someone else 3On my own 2
Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself
Staying regulated in conflict 14Affection and touch 12Systems for daily life 10Answering bids 9The cost of avoiding 9Repair after rupture 7Listening and understanding 7Grounding and settling 7Medication and how it works 7Treatment and medication 5The moment before you snap 5Knowing your partner 5Breathing 4Rituals of connection 4Structure and routine 4Posture and how you carry yourself 3Moving your body 3Rebuilding trust 3Practising under provocation 2Choosing your response 2Cool the body first 2Food, caffeine and fuel 2Emotions as signals 2Equanimity and perspective 2Fondness and admiration 2Gratitude 2Making it stick 2When everything feels flat 2Your sense of time 2Treatment and medication 2What anger actually is 2Tolerate distress 1Touch and bodywork 1Screens and attention 1Ask and say no well 1Validate yourself and others 1The fear underneath anger 1What you are actually defending 1Breaking the worry loop 1Your nervous system 1Safety and grounding 1Exercise, food and other supports 1Obsessions and compulsions 1Help someone grieving 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Get started 1Feelings and focus 1Feeling from the inside 1Bringing the future closer 1Being seen and judged 1Shared spiritual life 1Shame and stigma 1

What frightens a body is usually not how hard a thing is, it is having no way out. So put movement as an offer. If it feels alright, you might try lifting your arms.

The wording is doing quiet work here. Lift your arms, and see what happens if you lift your arms, are the same physical event, but only one of them…

A minutePosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 2:239

Whatever a person walks in carrying belongs in the practice. The ache in the hip, the irritation, tears that arrive for no reason, the part that thinks all of this is nonsense.

Complex trauma teaches people to leave pieces of themselves at the door, and a yoga mat is an easy place to carry on doing exactly that, particularly…

A minutePosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 82:7

When you start paying attention to your body, things wake up. More feeling, a deeper breath, memories arriving sideways. That is the practice working, not the practice going wrong.

Say this at the start, not afterwards. People who were not told tend to decide the movement made them worse and stop, when what actually happened is…

A minutePosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 17:109

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