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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43 practices

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How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 13 Five minutes 43 Twenty minutes 8 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 43 Me 37 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 23 Struggling right now 15 Getting ready for something 5

On your own, or with someone

On my own 34 Both of us together 6 Involves someone else 3

Theme · Touch and bodywork

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 Exercise, food and other supports 39 The moment before you snap 39 Your sense of time 38 What ADHD actually is 37 When everything feels flat 35 Choosing your response 35 Get started 35 Grounding and settling 35 Screens and attention 31 Treatment and medication 31 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 The fear underneath anger 29 Feelings and focus 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 34 Medical and treatment 9

When

Any ordinary day 22 Under stress 17 Coming and going 4

Ordinary harmless sensation competes with pain on its way up. Rubbing, squeezing or stroking near a sore place gives the nerves plenty of other traffic to carry.

This is why everybody rubs a banged elbow without being taught to. The useful part is that you can do it deliberately: firm strokes along the limb, a…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 16:69

If pain is the thing you live with, start the session with the stroking sequence rather than the conversation. Arms, forehead, crown, cheeks, slowly.

It does two jobs in one go: gentle wide contact takes some edge off the pain, and it brings a person out of guarded alertness into being able to…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 12:93

Squeeze slowly down one arm with the opposite hand, then the other, and work over whatever muscles you can reach. No table, no appointment, nobody else in the room.

Firm and rhythmic beats fiddly. Give the forearms, upper arms, shoulders and thighs a proper squeeze and release, a few seconds each. Doing it…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 19:24

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