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 practices

Posture and how you carry yourself Five minutes Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 4 Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 3

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

Medication and how it works 99 Your nervous system 54 Getting assessed and diagnosed 43 Systems for daily life 36 Your sense of time 35 What anger actually is 35 Exercise, food and other supports 35 Get started 33 Food, caffeine and fuel 29 What ADHD actually is 28 Equanimity and perspective 27 The moment before you snap 26 Screens and attention 23 Choosing your response 23 When everything feels flat 23 Practising under provocation 22 Bringing the future closer 22 Touch and bodywork 22 Treatment and medication 22 What worry does 20 Grounding and settling 19 Moving your body 17 The fear underneath anger 17 Shame and stigma 15 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Being seen and judged 14 Structure and routine 13 Cool the body first 13 Remembering to do it 11 Breathing 10 Growing empathy 10 What you are actually defending 10 Feeling from the inside 10 Feelings and focus 10 Treatment and medication 9 The cost of avoiding 9 Making it stick 9 Righteous anger and perfectionism 9 When you use something to cope 8 Obsessions and compulsions 8 Breaking the worry loop 8 Facing it a step at a time 7 Emotions as signals 7 Knowing your partner 6 Self-compassion 4 Tolerate distress 4 Shared spiritual life 4 Shame 3 Rituals of connection 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 When you go numb 3 Use your strengths 2 Work with your brain 2 Question the thought 2 Meaning after harm 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Panic and the body 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Listening and understanding 2 Get it out of your head 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Face it gently 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Rest and pacing 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Staying regulated in conflict 1 Rebuilding trust 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Affection and touch 1

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 3 Any ordinary day 3

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

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