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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.
Make one greeting or parting linger a few seconds longer than usual today.
A held hug at the door, a real kiss, not the quick automatic one. Let it last.
Be firm and warm at once: gentle tone, steady eyes, clear ask. Neither doormat nor bulldozer.
Softness of manner and firmness of content are not opposites. Hold the point kindly.
Offer school again at ten, and at eleven, and after lunch. One refusal at half past seven should not be allowed to decide the whole day.
Morning dread usually peaks around the time they would be leaving and then drains away over a couple of hours. A child who could not face it at half…
Say it plainly whenever you teach anything: the way I am showing you this is not the way it has to be done. Change it until it works for you.
Anyone who has failed at the standard version of something several times will not try again unless they are told clearly that adapting it is allowed.…
Whenever you offer a standing practice, offer the seated version in the same breath, and mean it. Say plainly that people should look after their own bodies and change anything that does not suit them.
Say it before you begin, not afterwards, so that nobody has to interrupt to ask. If you cannot see the people you are guiding, say that too, and say…
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