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

Breathing Longer A practitioner Clear all

How long you have · Longer

A minute 9 Five minutes 19 Twenty minutes 5 Longer 2

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Someone I care about 2 Me 2 A practitioner 2

Theme · Breathing

Treatment and medication 12 Systems for daily life 12 Moving your body 12 Medication and how it works 10 Feelings and focus 9 Your nervous system 8 Food, caffeine and fuel 7 Screens and attention 6 Getting assessed and diagnosed 6 Choosing your response 5 What anger actually is 5 When everything feels flat 5 The fear underneath anger 4 Making it stick 4 Shame and stigma 4 Use your strengths 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Growing empathy 4 When you use something to cope 4 Being seen and judged 4 The cost of avoiding 4 Reading, numbers and learning differences 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 What ADHD actually is 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Tolerate distress 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Cool the body first 2 Get started 2 Grounding and settling 2 The moment before you snap 2 Bringing the future closer 2 Breathing 2 Shame 1 Your sense of time 1 Structure and routine 1 Touch and bodywork 1 Living with uncertainty 1 What worry does 1 What you are actually defending 1 Breaking the worry loop 1 Feeling from the inside 1 Panic and the body 1 Practising under provocation 1 Question the thought 1 Rest and pacing 1 Self-compassion 1

How often you actually do it matters more than which version you chose. The people who keep turning up tend to get more out of it, and those who carry on at home get more again.

This is quietly encouraging, because an unimpressive practice done regularly beats an ideal one you manage twice. It also sets the expectation…

LongerBreathingBody basedQur’an 4:103

Part of why martial arts suit some people has little to do with the kicking. Every session opens with a plan and closes with a look back at what happened and what comes next.

Those brackets at each end are doing quiet work: planning, then reviewing, then planning again, which are exactly the things that are hard to hold in…

LongerBreathingBody basedQur’an 7:205

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