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

4 practices

Posture and how you carry yourself Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

Me 4 A practitioner 4

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Struggling right now 6 Coping, mostly 4 Getting ready for something 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 3 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Posture and how you carry yourself

Medication and how it works 104Systems for daily life 70 Getting assessed and diagnosed 63 Your nervous system 61 What anger actually is 60 Staying regulated in conflict 60 Get started 48 Moving your body 48 Equanimity and perspective 46 Choosing your response 44 Bringing the future closer 43 The moment before you snap 43 The fear underneath anger 42 Exercise, food and other supports 41 Your sense of time 40 Treatment and medication 39 Feelings and focus 38 Touch and bodywork 38 Screens and attention 32 When everything feels flat 32 What ADHD actually is 30 Growing empathy 28 Grounding and settling 27 Structure and routine 26 The cost of avoiding 26 Knowing your partner 25 Answering bids 24 Food, caffeine and fuel 24 What worry does 23 Practising under provocation 22 Emotions as signals 20 What you are actually defending 20 Treatment and medication 20 Cool the body first 20 Making it stick 19 Repair after rupture 19 Breathing 19 Being seen and judged 18 Rebuilding trust 17 Shared spiritual life 17 Righteous anger and perfectionism 16 Fondness and admiration 15 Affection and touch 15 Shame and stigma 14 Breaking the worry loop 14 Rituals of connection 13 Listening and understanding 13 Remembering to do it 13 Feeling from the inside 12 When anger turns to harm 11 When you use something to cope 11 Tolerate distress 10 Reading, numbers and learning differences 10 Gratitude 9 Facing it a step at a time 9 Self-compassion 8 Use your strengths 8 Obsessions and compulsions 6 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Question the thought 5 Safety and grounding 4 Meaning after harm 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Name what you feel 3 Let the wave come 3 Shame 3 Act on your values 3 Working with anger 3 Calm the body 3 Panic and the body 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Ride the urge 2 Patience and trust 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Listen to the body 2 Keep the bond 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 2 Hold a boundary 2 Help someone grieving 2 Get it out of your head 2 Find meaning 2 Face it gently 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 Ask and say no well 2 Rest and pacing 2 Living with uncertainty 1 When you go numb 1

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

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

Play belongs here. Being a lion, a tree, a hissing snake, the way children do it with no embarrassment at all.

A lot of people meet trauma work as something solemn, and solemn is easy to sit through without ever softening. Silliness is harder to fake. If a…

Twenty minutesPosture and how you carry yourselfBody basedQur’an 22:27

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