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

Breathing Getting ready for something On my own Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

Me 3 Someone I care about 3 A practitioner 3

Where you are right now · Getting ready for something

Coping, mostly 15 Struggling right now 10 Getting ready for something 3

On your own, or with someone · On my own

Involves someone else 3 On my own 3

Theme · Breathing

Medication and how it works 20 Food, caffeine and fuel 16 Choosing your response 15 The moment before you snap 13 What ADHD actually is 13 Exercise, food and other supports 13 Your nervous system 12 Cool the body first 11 Practising under provocation 10 Reading, numbers and learning differences 10 Systems for daily life 10 Bringing the future closer 10 Grounding and settling 8 Your sense of time 7 Getting assessed and diagnosed 7 Moving your body 7 What anger actually is 7 Treatment and medication 6 Remembering to do it 5 Equanimity and perspective 5 Making it stick 5 The fear underneath anger 5 Feelings and focus 4 When you use something to cope 4 Breathing 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 Touch and bodywork 3 Structure and routine 2 Tolerate distress 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Being seen and judged 2 Shame and stigma 2 Breaking the worry loop 1 Treatment and medication 1 What you are actually defending 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Growing empathy 1 Use your strengths 1 When everything feels flat 1 Self-compassion 1 Get started 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 In a change 1

Hot yoga asks you to keep drinking all the way through the class. If forgetting to eat and drink is one of your regular problems, choose a different room.

This is not about the style being bad. It is about matching what you choose to the things you genuinely find hard. Dehydration creeps up quietly and…

Five minutesBreathingBody basedQur’an 94:5

The same breathing serves different jobs at different times. Early on it may be there to help you sleep and stay contained. Later it may be there to help you feel more, not less.

This is worth knowing so you do not judge yourself for finding a practice useful now that was useless six months ago, or the other way round. In the…

Five minutesBreathingBody basedQur’an 4:103

A good instructor says light, moderate, heavy. A poor one says set the dial to three. Only one of those takes account of the body you actually brought with you.

Fixed settings guarantee that somebody in the room is working far too hard and somebody else is barely working at all. If you tend to go flat out and…

Twenty minutesBreathingBody basedQur’an 65:7

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