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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.
A good instructor says light, moderate, heavy. A poor one says set the dial to three. Only one of those takes account of the body you actually brought with you.
Fixed settings guarantee that somebody in the room is working far too hard and somebody else is barely working at all. If you tend to go flat out and…
Heading towards the shape is the whole job. A perfect triangle is not what the pose is for, and nobody is marking it.
Perfectionism and going too hard tend to travel together, and between them they produce most of the injuries and most of the quitting. If you are…
Your settling kit should cost nothing. Tea you already buy, a photo already on your phone, an old jumper, a smooth stone, a puzzle that takes your whole attention.
Anything you have to buy first becomes a reason not to start, and for anyone short of money it can add a layer of shame to the thing that was meant…
If a movement class sounds like it comes with somebody else's beliefs attached, ask what actually happens in the room before ruling it out. Much of it can be done as plain movement.
Stretching, holding a shape, breathing steadily, none of that belongs to anyone. Teachers vary, and plenty will leave out the chanting or the framing…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Calm is only half the training. Plenty of people are more frightened of stillness than of adrenaline, because stillness puts the guard down.
If everything you practise is a settling practice, half the range goes untrained, and you may be asking someone to drop a defence they still need. So…