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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.
The relief people describe afterwards has little to do with clever insight. It is the feeling of being back behind the wheel, which is a large change if you have been living as though other people operate you.
She made me. He knows exactly which button to press. Both can be true about the provocation and still leave the response yours. Notice that this is…
One walker keeps a small pebble in his sock on walks he would otherwise take in a daze. Every few steps it says the same thing: you are here, this is now.
A physical reminder beats an intention, because an intention needs you to remember it and a pebble does not. Anything mildly odd and continuous does…
If you are helping someone set up a practice like this, ask them for ideas before you offer yours. Keep a few in your back pocket for when they run dry.
What people invent for themselves fits their actual life, and they are far more likely to do it. Have suggestions ready anyway, because a brainstorm…
Offer a practice as a question rather than an instruction. What do you think it would be like to wake yourself up once a day? That is a very different sentence from you should.
People argue with instructions, particularly people who were sent rather than came. A question leaves them to make the case, and the case they make…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.