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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 aim is not to stop feeling angry. It is to stretch the time between the feeling arriving and you doing anything about it, from no seconds to a few.
That target has the advantage of being honest and checkable. You can ask whether you got a moment this time that you did not get last time. The anger…
One move to interrupt, one to settle. Open your hand, then take the slow breaths: the first buys you the gap and the second gives you something to do with it.
An interrupt on its own leaves you standing there, aware and still flooded. A settling practice on its own never gets going, because the moment goes…
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