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
How long you have
Who it is written for
Where you are right now
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself
Medication and how it works 61Systems for daily life 37The cost of avoiding 36Screens and attention 26Staying regulated in conflict 24Moving your body 21Treatment and medication 20Knowing your partner 15Exercise, food and other supports 15Rebuilding trust 14Affection and touch 13Feelings and focus 13What ADHD actually is 13What anger actually is 13Listening and understanding 12Your sense of time 11Rituals of connection 11Your nervous system 11Breaking the worry loop 11Answering bids 11Repair after rupture 11Facing it a step at a time 10The moment before you snap 10Structure and routine 10What worry does 10Shared spiritual life 10Food, caffeine and fuel 10Getting assessed and diagnosed 10Grounding and settling 9Bringing the future closer 9Equanimity and perspective 7When everything feels flat 7Get started 7Treatment and medication 7Growing empathy 7Emotions as signals 7Cool the body first 7Choosing your response 7Breathing 7Remembering to do it 6Reading, numbers and learning differences 6Posture and how you carry yourself 5Shame and stigma 5When you use something to cope 5Tolerate distress 4Touch and bodywork 4Making it stick 3Practising under provocation 3Being seen and judged 3Righteous anger and perfectionism 3Panic and the body 3Obsessions and compulsions 3The fear underneath anger 2What you are actually defending 2Help someone grieving 2Fondness and admiration 2Shame 2Gratitude 2Rest and pacing 2Feeling from the inside 2Ask and say no well 2When you go numb 1Validate yourself and others 1Safety and grounding 1Living with uncertainty 1
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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

Keeping your eyes open holds you in the room while you feel what is going on inside. One channel on where you actually are, one on yourself.

Closed eyes are the default in most classes and they are not always kind. When a lot is stirring, letting the eyes stay soft but open, so the light…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 15:98

Play belongs here. Being a lion, a tree, a hissing snake, the way children do it with no embarrassment at all.

A lot of people meet trauma work as something solemn, and solemn is easy to sit through without ever softening. Silliness is harder to fake. If a…

Twenty minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:27

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