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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4 practices

Posture and how you carry yourself Me Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for · Me

A practitioner 4 Me 4

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Struggling right now 6 Coping, mostly 4 Getting ready for something 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 3 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

Medication and how it works 91 Staying regulated in conflict 60 Systems for daily life 60 Your nervous system 54 What anger actually is 50 Get started 47 Choosing your response 44 Equanimity and perspective 44 The moment before you snap 43 Moving your body 42 Bringing the future closer 41 The fear underneath anger 39 Your sense of time 34 Feelings and focus 32 Touch and bodywork 31 Exercise, food and other supports 28 Growing empathy 26 Knowing your partner 25 Getting assessed and diagnosed 25 When everything feels flat 24 Food, caffeine and fuel 24 Grounding and settling 24 Answering bids 24 Treatment and medication 22 Practising under provocation 22 Screens and attention 20 What ADHD actually is 20 Structure and routine 19 What you are actually defending 19 Repair after rupture 19 Cool the body first 19 Making it stick 18 Breathing 18 Being seen and judged 18 Shared spiritual life 17 Rebuilding trust 17 Affection and touch 15 What worry does 15 Treatment and medication 15 Fondness and admiration 15 Emotions as signals 14 Rituals of connection 13 Listening and understanding 13 Remembering to do it 13 Breaking the worry loop 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 12 Feeling from the inside 12 Shame and stigma 12 Tolerate distress 9 When you use something to cope 9 Gratitude 9 Self-compassion 8 Use your strengths 8 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Facing it a step at a time 6 Question the thought 5 Safety and grounding 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Meaning after harm 4 Name what you feel 3 Calm the body 3 Working with anger 3 Act on your values 3 Let the wave come 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 When anger turns to harm 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Care for yourself in loss 2 Patience and trust 2 Rest and pacing 2 Ride the urge 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Listen to the body 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Keep the bond 2 Hold a boundary 2 Help someone grieving 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 2 Get it out of your head 2 Find meaning 2 Face it gently 2 The cost of avoiding 2 Ask and say no well 2 When you go numb 1 Shame 1 Panic and the body 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1 Living with uncertainty 1

Once a shape feels safe, it becomes somewhere to explore from. The question stops being am I doing this right and turns into how does my body want to move now.

Stay in an easy position long enough for it to go slightly dull. Dull is the sign that the ground under you is steady. From there, small experiments:…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 3:191

Picture a cat getting up from a nap. One side lengthens and reaches while the other side curls in, then they swap over. Do that. Add breath and sound if you want them.

After a minute of copying the animal, drop the instructions and let your body carry on however it likes. That is the reason for starting here:…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 19:58

Take a shape that asks something of you, warrior or mountain, eyes open, the middle of your body switched on. Then, without coming out of it, drop your attention inside and let the pose hold you instead.

Two things get practised in one position. First the doing: strong legs, clear gaze, a body that is ready. Then the yielding: still there, still…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 2:238

Play belongs here. Being a lion, a tree, a hissing snake, the way children do it with no embarrassment at all.

A lot of people meet trauma work as something solemn, and solemn is easy to sit through without ever softening. Silliness is harder to fake. If a…

Twenty minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:27

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