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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.
Whatever you did in the worst moment, your body chose it faster than thought. You did not decide it and then get it wrong.
The selection happens deep in the brain, in a fraction of a second, before the part of you that weighs options gets a look in. People spend years…
Being strong, trained or brave does not decide which way your body goes. People who could easily have fought have frozen instead.
This one matters for anyone whose sense of themselves was built on being capable: soldiers, police, door staff, athletes, older brothers. The shame…
The steadiness you are training shows up in more than your mood. Sleep, digestion and how quickly you come down after a fright tend to move together.
Worth knowing when progress on the thing you came for feels slow. People often notice they are sleeping better, or snapping less, before they notice…
Body based practices sit alongside medication rather than replacing it. If you take something, you can do both.
They are worth having on the menu for people who cannot take medication, do not want to, or want something of their own to do as well. The skill you…
None of this needs explaining to work. A child who cannot say what happened can still be helped by breath, movement and sound.
That makes body based work useful right across the ages, and for anyone who finds talking hard, including people whose language is not the one the…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.