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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.

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42 practices

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Area

Your body 33 Anger 5 Low mood and hard feelings 4

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 124Five minutes 188Twenty minutes 42 Longer 12

Who it is written for

A practitioner 42 Me 42 Someone I care about 28 My husband or wife 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 22 Struggling right now 13 Getting ready for something 7

On your own, or with someone

On my own 36 Involves someone else 5 Both of us together 1

Theme

Your nervous system 14 Moving your body 6 Breathing 5 Cool the body first 5 Tolerate distress 4 Touch and bodywork 4 Grounding and settling 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2

Approach · Body based

ADHD skills 142Medical and treatment 100Core 58 CBT 54 Body based 42 Gottman 24 Emotionally focused 12 Mindfulness 11 Trauma informed 8 DBT skills 6 Grief 4 Narrative 3 Parts work 2

When

Any ordinary day 32 Under stress 5 After a row 3 In a change 1 When apart 1

If a practice feels like homework you are failing at, turn it into a game. Some feedback tools do this for you, bringing colour and birdsong to a grey screen as your heart rhythm settles.

Trying hard to relax is a trap. The effort keeps you keyed up, and then you have one more thing to be bad at. Play sidesteps that entirely. It is the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 16:78

You do not need other people to reach a settled state. Breath, a slow walk somewhere green, a cat asleep on your lap: all of them get you there.

The name social engagement system makes it sound as though company is the only door, which is bleak if you are isolated, and worse if people are the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:22

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.