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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.
If you went blank or floppy while something terrible was happening, that was your body conserving you. It is the oldest survival setting you have, not a failure of nerve.
This response gets chosen when fighting and running are both off the table, and it is built to spend as little as possible until the danger passes.…
Whatever you did in the worst moment, your body chose it faster than thought. You did not decide it and then get it wrong.
The selection happens deep in the brain, in a fraction of a second, before the part of you that weighs options gets a look in. People spend years…
Being strong, trained or brave does not decide which way your body goes. People who could easily have fought have frozen instead.
This one matters for anyone whose sense of themselves was built on being capable: soldiers, police, door staff, athletes, older brothers. The shame…
The steadiness you are training shows up in more than your mood. Sleep, digestion and how quickly you come down after a fright tend to move together.
Worth knowing when progress on the thing you came for feels slow. People often notice they are sleeping better, or snapping less, before they notice…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Body based practices sit alongside medication rather than replacing it. If you take something, you can do both.
They are worth having on the menu for people who cannot take medication, do not want to, or want something of their own to do as well. The skill you…