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

Posture and how you carry yourself Five minutes On my own Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 5 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 5 Me 5

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 3 Struggling right now 2

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 5 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

Your nervous system 65 Medication and how it works 49 What anger actually is 46 Equanimity and perspective 36 Touch and bodywork 34 The moment before you snap 34 Get started 33 Grounding and settling 32 Getting assessed and diagnosed 32 Exercise, food and other supports 31 Choosing your response 30 Your sense of time 30 When everything feels flat 29 What ADHD actually is 28 The fear underneath anger 28 Food, caffeine and fuel 27 Systems for daily life 25 Practising under provocation 22 Treatment and medication 21 Bringing the future closer 19 Shame and stigma 18 Breathing 18 Cool the body first 18 Screens and attention 17 Moving your body 16 Feeling from the inside 16 What worry does 16 What you are actually defending 15 Feelings and focus 14 Structure and routine 11 Being seen and judged 11 Making it stick 11 Treatment and medication 10 Growing empathy 9 Breaking the worry loop 9 Remembering to do it 9 Obsessions and compulsions 9 Tolerate distress 8 When you use something to cope 8 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 Self-compassion 7 Emotions as signals 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 7 Question the thought 5 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Staying regulated in conflict 4 Shame 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 When you go numb 3 Meaning after harm 2 Use your strengths 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Living with uncertainty 2 Work with your brain 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Calm the body 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Rest and pacing 1 Shared spiritual life 1 Get it out of your head 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Let the wave come 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Knowing your partner 1 Repair after rupture 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Rebuilding trust 1

When

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 2

Once a shape feels safe, it becomes somewhere to explore from. The question stops being am I doing this right and turns into how does my body want to move now.

Stay in an easy position long enough for it to go slightly dull. Dull is the sign that the ground under you is steady. From there, small experiments:…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 3:191

Picture a cat getting up from a nap. One side lengthens and reaches while the other side curls in, then they swap over. Do that. Add breath and sound if you want them.

After a minute of copying the animal, drop the instructions and let your body carry on however it likes. That is the reason for starting here:…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 19:58

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

Take a shape that asks something of you, warrior or mountain, eyes open, the middle of your body switched on. Then, without coming out of it, drop your attention inside and let the pose hold you instead.

Two things get practised in one position. First the doing: strong legs, clear gaze, a body that is ready. Then the yielding: still there, still…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 2:238

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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