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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2 practices
Who it is written for
Theme · Cool the body first
Approach · Core
When · Under stress

Anger is the most physical of the feelings. It goes straight into the muscles, so talking yourself out of it while your arms are already ready to move is hard work.

This is why advice that stays in the head tends to slide off anger in particular. Something has to change in the body as well: the breath slowed, the…

A minuteCool the body firstCoreQur’an 8:11

Anger has a shape you can learn: jaw tightening, breathing heavier, heat in the face, and often a strange busyness in the hands. Find your own two or three.

The hands are worth watching, because they tend to say something before you do. Fingers curling, a grip tightening on the steering wheel, a mug held…

A minuteCool the body firstCoreQur’an 30:23

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