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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.
Not knowing what to make of something does not have to be an emergency. See if you can find it interesting instead, even for a moment.
Most of us treat confusion as a gap to be closed fast, and anger is one of the quickest ways to close it: decide they meant it, decide what it says…
Try putting a qualifier on the front of your strongest claims. In some ways this is true. In some ways it is not. In some ways I cannot tell from here.
Jain thinkers built a whole grammar out of that, seven careful ways of stating a thing, precisely so assertion stayed honest. Used well, a qualifier…
You get to choose when to face it. Deciding not now, to stay safe today, is a valid choice, not failure.
Timing is yours. Pausing the hard work to protect yourself is part of the work, not a retreat from it.
It helps to have one small set of moves you use whatever the worry is wearing today. Not a fresh technique for each fear, just the same few steps, learned well enough to reach for without thinking.
Anxiety changes costume. This month it is contamination, next month it is being late, next year it is your health. If every version needs its own…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
Coming back after a bad patch is quicker than getting there was the first time. Most people expect the opposite, which is why a setback feels so final.
What you learned did not vanish. It went out of reach for a while, usually because something else was going on in your life. Pick up a rung or two…