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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.

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How long you have

A minute 7 Five minutes 15

Who it is written for

A practitioner 22 Me 22

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 38 Struggling right now 22 Getting ready for something 5

On your own, or with someone

On my own 19 Involves someone else 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Touch and bodywork

Your nervous system 47 Grounding and settling 35 What anger actually is 34 Cool the body first 29 Screens and attention 28 The moment before you snap 27 Medication and how it works 25 Systems for daily life 25 Get started 24 Touch and bodywork 22 What ADHD actually is 21 Feelings and focus 20 Getting assessed and diagnosed 18 When everything feels flat 18 Choosing your response 18 Shame and stigma 18 Equanimity and perspective 16 Treatment and medication 16 Shame 15 Food, caffeine and fuel 15 Your sense of time 15 The fear underneath anger 14 The cost of avoiding 13 Moving your body 13 Tolerate distress 13 Obsessions and compulsions 12 Reading, numbers and learning differences 11 What worry does 11 Emotions as signals 10 Breathing 10 Feeling from the inside 10 Being seen and judged 9 Breaking the worry loop 9 When you use something to cope 9 Practising under provocation 8 Remembering to do it 8 Treatment and medication 8 Growing empathy 7 Bringing the future closer 7 Structure and routine 7 When you go numb 6 Making it stick 6 Exercise, food and other supports 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Question the thought 6 When anger turns to harm 4 Letting it out safely 4 Living with uncertainty 3 Self-compassion 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 What you are actually defending 3 Rest and pacing 2 Panic and the body 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1 Use your strengths 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1

Approach

Body based 21 Medical and treatment 1

When

Under stress 15 Any ordinary day 7

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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