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

23 practices

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How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 34 Five minutes 23 Twenty minutes 6 Longer 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 23 Me 20 Someone I care about 14

Where you are right now

Getting ready for something 9 Struggling right now 8 Coping, mostly 6

On your own, or with someone

On my own 18 Involves someone else 5

Theme · Cool the body first

Medication and how it works 111Your nervous system 73 What anger actually is 60 Getting assessed and diagnosed 59 Equanimity and perspective 44 Touch and bodywork 43 Systems for daily life 40 The moment before you snap 39 Exercise, food and other supports 39 Your sense of time 38 What ADHD actually is 37 Grounding and settling 35 Get started 35 When everything feels flat 35 Choosing your response 35 Treatment and medication 31 Screens and attention 31 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 Feelings and focus 29 The fear underneath anger 29 Practising under provocation 28 Bringing the future closer 27 Moving your body 24 Cool the body first 23 What worry does 23 Shame and stigma 20 Breathing 19 Emotions as signals 19 Feeling from the inside 17 Structure and routine 16 The cost of avoiding 16 What you are actually defending 16 Remembering to do it 15 Reading, numbers and learning differences 15 Breaking the worry loop 15 Being seen and judged 14 Growing empathy 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 Treatment and medication 12 Making it stick 12 When you use something to cope 12 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Tolerate distress 11 When anger turns to harm 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Knowing your partner 8 Shame 7 Self-compassion 7 When you go numb 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Question the thought 5 Listening and understanding 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Use your strengths 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Rituals of connection 3 Work with your brain 2 Act on your values 2 Panic and the body 2 Meaning after harm 2 Rest and pacing 2 Find meaning 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Repair after rupture 2 Let the wave come 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Working with anger 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Calm the body 1 Affection and touch 1 Ask and say no well 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1

Approach

Body based 16 Mindfulness 5 Core 2

When

Any ordinary day 13 Under stress 8 After a row 2

If open awareness sounds like too much, put it plainly: look at the background instead of the thing in front of it. That is the entire instruction.

People who bounce off contemplative language will happily follow a physical direction about where to point their eyes. Say background, say the space…

Five minutesCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 3:191

Open gazing and long unfocused staring do not suit everyone. If things start to feel unreal or far away, stop and look at something you can name.

This caution is usually left out, and it should not be. Practices that are open, unguided and without an anchor are the ones most often followed by…

Five minutesCool the body firstMindfulnessQur’an 16:80

If techniques and explanations are not for you, carry a bottle of water and drink it down whenever you feel yourself going up. That is the whole method.

Some people want something to do, not something to understand, and that is a perfectly reasonable way to be. A bottle in your bag or your van is a…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 8:11

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