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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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3 practices
Cool the body first remove filterCoping, mostly remove filterMindfulness remove filterClear all
How long you have
A minute 2Five minutes 1
Who it is written for
Me 3A practitioner 3
Where you are right now · Coping, mostly
Struggling right now 3Coping, mostly 3Getting ready for something 2
On your own, or with someone
On my own 2Involves someone else 1
Theme · Cool the body first
Equanimity and perspective 33The moment before you snap 18Making it stick 9Choosing your response 8Grounding and settling 8What you are actually defending 7Feeling from the inside 5Calm the body 3Name what you feel 3Cool the body first 3Ride the urge 2Tolerate distress 2Working with anger 1
Approach · Mindfulness
Body based 14Core 3Mindfulness 3
When
Under stress 2Any ordinary day 1

Angry eyes are not unfocused, they are too focused. Everything funnels down onto the person or thing in front of you and the rest of the room goes missing.

That narrowing is part of why anger feels so certain. You are not seeing less because you are careless, you are seeing less because the state does…

A minuteCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 27:86

Anger pulls your attention towards whatever provoked it, the way a vacuum cleaner pulls at a curtain. Naming it that way makes it something happening to you rather than something wrong with you.

Rumination is an accurate word and a heavy one, and people who already feel judged tend to close up when it appears. A picture does the same job…

A minuteCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 89:27

When one thing fills your view, everything around it stops registering. You can be staring hard and taking in almost nothing.

This is why an angry judgement can feel so sharp and turn out to be so poor. The person in front of you has become the whole picture, and the details…

Five minutesCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 10:67

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