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.

Narrowed down

3 practices

Posture and how you carry yourself On my own Under stress Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Me 3

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 3 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

Cool the body first 30 The moment before you snap 30 Grounding and settling 27 Choosing your response 26 Touch and bodywork 22 Your nervous system 20 What anger actually is 18 The fear underneath anger 15 Equanimity and perspective 14 Tolerate distress 10 Breathing 10 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Feelings and focus 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Practising under provocation 7 Moving your body 7 Medication and how it works 7 Making it stick 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Systems for daily life 6 Question the thought 5 Shame 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 What worry does 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Get started 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Shame and stigma 4 Treatment and medication 4 Letting it out safely 4 What you are actually defending 4 When everything feels flat 4 Emotions as signals 3 Calm the body 3 Growing empathy 3 Let the wave come 3 Name what you feel 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Working with anger 3 Your sense of time 2 Screens and attention 2 Safety and grounding 2 Ride the urge 2 Patience and trust 2 Exercise, food and other supports 2 Meaning after harm 2 Knowing your partner 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 When you use something to cope 2 Being seen and judged 2 Answering bids 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Self-compassion 2 Listen to the body 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Remembering to do it 1 Rebuild trust 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Panic and the body 1 Act on your values 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Affection and touch 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 5 Under stress 3

When attention has nowhere to settle, give it something. A fixed point on the floor, the breath, the shape your hands are making, or the plain feel of the position you are in.

Which one you choose matters more than people expect. Focusing on the breath turns attention inward, and inward is the wrong direction for anyone…

A minutePosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:26

Find the place that is always tight, your jaw, your shoulders, the top of your back. Take it over deliberately. Squeeze it harder than it holds itself, then let it go.

Do that a few times and something changes. The holding stops being weather that happens to you and becomes something you are doing, which means it is…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:77

Grounding and relaxing are two different prescriptions. A squat with your back against a wall puts you back into your legs. Deep guided rest takes you downwards. Reach for whichever one is missing.

When someone has gone numb or absent, often from the waist down, weight bearing work in the legs gives the body something loud and unmistakable to…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 17:37

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