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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

2 practices

Cool the body first Mindfulness After a row Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for

Me 2 A practitioner 2

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 1 On my own 1

Theme · Cool the body first

Equanimity and perspective 10 Cool the body first 2 Grounding and settling 1 Making it stick 1 The moment before you snap 1

Approach · Mindfulness

Body based 7 Mindfulness 2

When · After a row

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 3 After a row 2

If you notice a hard locked stare, in yourself or in the room, look away. Empty space is the safest thing to look at, because it says nothing back.

Two people staring each other down are feeding one another, and each second of it raises both of them. Breaking that needs no words, which matters,…

A minuteCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 20:130

Instead of shutting your eyes, let your gaze go soft and wide: the sky, the far wall, the space above someone's shoulder. Keep them open and let the focus loosen.

Closing your eyes in front of someone reads as walking out of the conversation, and it often makes things worse. A soft open gaze breaks the lock…

Five minutesCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 48:4

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