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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How long you have

A minute 13 Five minutes 43 Twenty minutes 8 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 65 Me 56 Someone I care about 4

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 38 Struggling right now 22 Getting ready for something 5

On your own, or with someone

On my own 52 Both of us together 9 Involves someone else 4

Theme · Touch and bodywork

Medication and how it works 175Your nervous system 119Systems for daily life 111What anger actually is 97 Getting assessed and diagnosed 93 The moment before you snap 80 Grounding and settling 71 Moving your body 71 Get started 70 Choosing your response 69 Equanimity and perspective 68 Touch and bodywork 65 Cool the body first 65 What ADHD actually is 65 Treatment and medication 65 Feelings and focus 64 Your sense of time 64 Exercise, food and other supports 61 The fear underneath anger 61 Screens and attention 60 Food, caffeine and fuel 58 When everything feels flat 54 Bringing the future closer 53 Practising under provocation 46 The cost of avoiding 43 Breathing 35 Shame and stigma 35 Growing empathy 35 What worry does 34 Structure and routine 34 Reading, numbers and learning differences 34 Making it stick 33 Treatment and medication 31 Emotions as signals 30 Being seen and judged 28 Feeling from the inside 25 Breaking the worry loop 24 Facing it a step at a time 24 Tolerate distress 24 When you use something to cope 24 Remembering to do it 22 What you are actually defending 22 Shame 19 Obsessions and compulsions 18 Righteous anger and perfectionism 17 When anger turns to harm 15 Posture and how you carry yourself 13 Self-compassion 11 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Use your strengths 8 Question the thought 8 When you go numb 7 Panic and the body 5 Living with uncertainty 5 Rest and pacing 5 Letting it out safely 4

Approach

Body based 51 Medical and treatment 14

When

Any ordinary day 38 Under stress 22 Coming and going 4 In a change 1

There is a route the calming nerve takes through you: eyes, then jaw and mouth, then throat and neck, then shoulders and chest, then belly. You can visit each stop in turn and simply notice what is there.

Give every area a moment before you move on. Soften around the eyes, let the jaw hang, sigh the throat loose, feel the chest lift, then rest a hand…

Twenty minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 5:6

Talking is not the only door in. Exercise, massage, acupressure, yoga, tai chi and the rest go at the body first and let the mind follow, which is the opposite direction from most therapy.

That is why they sit well beside talking work rather than competing with it. If words keep circling the same ground, changing what your body is doing…

Twenty minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 21:90

The best ending is often that therapy stops and the practices carry on. People finish their sessions and keep the yoga, the bodywork, the acupressure, the sitting quietly.

It is worth building towards that from early on rather than at the end. If everything that settles you happens in one room with one person, then…

Twenty minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 48:29

Body based approaches have been linked with better physical and mental health, easier relationships, and in some settings lower use of painkillers and psychiatric medication.

That last one tends to interest the people holding the budget, so it is worth knowing if you are trying to get this kind of work taken seriously…

Twenty minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 16:69

People who are sure they could never lie still for an hour tend to be asleep within ten minutes of getting on the table. Being unable to fidget seems to do it.

Worth saying in advance to anyone who is putting off booking. It is the same effect as a car journey knocking out a child who has not stopped moving…

LongerTouch and bodyworkMedical and treatmentQur’an 8:11

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