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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.
Give the feeling a number from zero to ten, and watch the number instead of obeying it.
A rating turns a wave you are inside into something you are measuring from the shore.
Under the anger, name the softer feeling: often it is fear, or hurt, or feeling unseen.
Anger is a bodyguard. Name what it is guarding, and it begins to soften.
Ask what this moment actually needs, not what your habit wants. Match the response to the situation.
Health is flexibility: sometimes speak up, sometimes let go, chosen to fit, not fixed by habit.
Two opposite things can both be true: I did my best, and I can do better. Hold both.
You do not have to choose one side of yourself. Wisdom often lives in holding both at once.
Notice your repeating move under stress, please, withdraw, control, and name it. Naming loosens it.
The pattern runs you until you can see it. Once named, it becomes a choice, not a reflex.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Going still and needing nothing is usually something a person worked out young, somewhere it was the sensible answer.
If reaching out met dismissal, or worse, then not reaching out is not a flaw of character. A child who stops asking, stops showing what they feel and…