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

4 practices
Area · Your body
How long you have · A minute
Who it is written for
Where you are right now
On your own, or with someone
Theme
Approach · Mindfulness
When

Before inviting anyone to turn attention to their body, ask first. How do you feel about trying this now, and would you like to?

The asking is part of the practice, not the preamble to it. Someone whose body was once not theirs to control needs the choice handed back in small…

A minuteFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 6:125

A long body practice is a teaching version. In real life, take one small piece: just the feet, just the hands, just a minute of noticing.

Long stretches of inward attention can tip into flooding or into drifting off, and neither leaves you better than you started. A minute done often…

A minuteFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 26:13

Four steps you can do in ten seconds in the middle of anything: stop, take one breath, look at what is actually happening, then carry on.

It fits inside an argument, a shopping queue, the second before you send a message you will regret. The value is not the breath itself, it is the…

A minuteGrounding and settlingMindfulnessQur’an 7:205

Say it plainly whenever you teach anything: the way I am showing you this is not the way it has to be done. Change it until it works for you.

Anyone who has failed at the standard version of something several times will not try again unless they are told clearly that adapting it is allowed.…

A minuteGrounding and settlingMindfulnessQur’an 65:7

There is more about your body than the practices: the your body area has the themes and the courses too.