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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6 practices

Posture and how you carry yourself Five minutes Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 5 Five minutes 6 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 6 Me 6

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 3 Struggling right now 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 5 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

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 Choosing your response 35 Grounding and settling 35 When everything feels flat 35 Get started 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 What worry does 23 Cool the body first 23 Shame and stigma 20 Emotions as signals 19 Breathing 19 Feeling from the inside 17 What you are actually defending 16 The cost of avoiding 16 Structure and routine 16 Reading, numbers and learning differences 15 Breaking the worry loop 15 Remembering to do it 15 Growing empathy 14 Being seen and judged 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 When you use something to cope 12 Treatment and medication 12 Making it stick 12 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Tolerate distress 11 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 Staying regulated in conflict 9 When anger turns to harm 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Knowing your partner 8 Self-compassion 7 Shame 7 When you go numb 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Listening and understanding 5 Question the thought 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Use your strengths 3 Rituals of connection 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Panic and the body 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Rest and pacing 2 Meaning after harm 2 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Work with your brain 2 Affection and touch 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Let the wave come 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1

When

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

Find the place that is always tight, your jaw, your shoulders, the top of your back. Take it over deliberately. Squeeze it harder than it holds itself, then let it go.

Do that a few times and something changes. The holding stops being weather that happens to you and becomes something you are doing, which means it is…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:77

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

Keeping your eyes open holds you in the room while you feel what is going on inside. One channel on where you actually are, one on yourself.

Closed eyes are the default in most classes and they are not always kind. When a lot is stirring, letting the eyes stay soft but open, so the light…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 15:98

Grounding and relaxing are two different prescriptions. A squat with your back against a wall puts you back into your legs. Deep guided rest takes you downwards. Reach for whichever one is missing.

When someone has gone numb or absent, often from the waist down, weight bearing work in the legs gives the body something loud and unmistakable to…

Five minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 17:37

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