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.

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One of the earliest signs that you are drifting out of the present is that your hands and feet go vague. Not numb exactly, just less there.

It tends to happen before you notice you have gone anywhere. If you learn your own version of it, you get an early warning: a chance to press your…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 41:53One line of research

When what is happening inside gets too loud, turn outward. Name what you can see, listen for the furthest sound, press your feet into the floor.

This is not avoidance. The outward senses and the sense of where your body sits both carry information about now, which is exactly what the flooding…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 9:118One line of research

If you are going to bring attention to your body, start with where your body is rather than what it feels. Feet on the floor, back against the chair, the weight of your hands in your lap.

Attention to the inside, the chest, the stomach, the throat, sits close to the emotional wiring and can open more than you meant to open. Position in…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 51:21One line of research

One question does a lot of work: is what my body is doing right now a fair match for what is actually in front of me? Ask it plainly, and let the answer be either yes or no.

The point is not to talk yourself out of the feeling. The signal is information and it deserves a hearing. But you can hold it up against the room…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 12:53One line of research

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.

What worry does

When anger turns to harm

Bringing the future closer

Making it stick

When everything feels flat

Shame and stigma

Breaking the worry loop

Emotions as signals

Food, caffeine and fuel

Treatment and medication

Facing it a step at a time

Obsessions and compulsions

Get started

What you are actually defending

Growing empathy

Posture and how you carry yourself

Letting it out safely

Being seen and judged

Righteous anger and perfectionism

Question the thought

Exercise, food and other supports

Your sense of time

Self-compassion

Treatment and medication

Reading, numbers and learning differences

When you use something to cope

Structure and routine

Remembering to do it

Rest and pacing

What ADHD actually is

Panic and the body

Anger, alcohol and the body

When someone is distressed, moving too fast to settle them can land as a message that their distress is not welcome here. Let them set the speed.

Offering a breath, a blanket, a change of subject: all of it can help, and all of it can arrive as a shutting down if it comes before the person has…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 15:97One line of research

Picture what you feel as weather. A clear morning, a wind picking up, a storm sitting on the far hills. Weather is real, and weather moves.

The useful part is the distance. You are the field, not the storm. And every kind of weather in the picture is on its way somewhere, which quietly…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 39:23One line of research

If something will not shift, pair it with the breath: 'I am' as you breathe in, 'letting go' as you breathe out. Let the out breath be the longer one.

Giving the mind two short phrases to hold occupies it just enough that it stops arguing with the feeling. Meanwhile the long exhale does its own…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 13:28One line of research

Let the uncomfortable thing be uncomfortable, without arguing with it. People are often surprised by the relief that follows.

Much of what makes a bad feeling unbearable is the second layer: the objecting, the wishing it gone, the fear that it means something about you. Drop…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 12:86One line of research

You are allowed to move. Wiggle your toes, rub one arm from shoulder to hand, put a palm on your chest. A body that is doing something is much easier to feel than one held still.

Sitting perfectly still and waiting for sensation is hard work if you are numb, and it often ends with the conclusion that you are broken at this.…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 89:27One line of research