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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3 practicesArea · Low mood and hard feelings
Who it is written for
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
On your own, or with someone
Approach · Body based
Before going towards a hard feeling, decide what will hold you while you are inside it: a way of breathing, a way of standing, a sentence, a person you can picture or ring.
Going in with nothing is not brave, it is flooding, and it teaches your system that feelings really are dangerous. Pick two or three supports in…
Whoever is going to do the feeling picks what to work with. The tightness in the chest, the closing throat, the anger, the grief, whichever one they are ready for today.
Choosing keeps the person in charge of the dose, and being in charge is a fair part of what makes this different from whatever happened to them. If…
Say it out loud before you start: you decide how much of this you feel, and when. Stopping for a bit is part of the plan, not a failure of it.
Being in charge of the dial is most of what separates useful contact with a hard feeling from being flooded by it again. If you are helping someone,…
There is more about low mood and hard feelings than the practices: the low mood and hard feelings area has the themes and the courses too.