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

Making it stick Mindfulness Under stress Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

Theme · Making it stick

The moment before you snap 13 Choosing your response 9 Equanimity and perspective 8 Feeling from the inside 4 Name what you feel 3 Calm the body 3 What you are actually defending 3 Cool the body first 3 Making it stick 2 Ride the urge 2 Tolerate distress 2 Grounding and settling 1 Working with anger 1

Approach · Mindfulness

Core 4 Mindfulness 2

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 12 Under stress 2 In a change 1 After a row 1

The aim is not to stop feeling angry. It is to stretch the time between the feeling arriving and you doing anything about it, from no seconds to a few.

That target has the advantage of being honest and checkable. You can ask whether you got a moment this time that you did not get last time. The anger…

A minuteMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 3:186

Notice how much of the tightness in you is the verdict you are passing. As the judging comes down, the body tends to come down with it.

This is something you can test rather than something to believe. Catch yourself narrating: he always does this, she has no respect, typical. Then…

Five minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 16:127

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