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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.
Now draw a fourth circle and choose everything about it: how big, where on the page, which way round, where you start. Notice how much heavier that feels.
The weight is the point. Deliberate control has a texture to it, and most people can feel the difference between the first three circles and the…
After you do something deliberately, skip the question of what you did differently. Ask what it felt like from the inside.
A description of the behaviour leaves you nothing to search for later, because in the moment there will be no paper in front of you. A felt sense is…
Choosing something on purpose usually brings a small lift with it: awake, intentional, oddly free. Do not hurry past that feeling, it is doing work.
People describe it as being at the wheel, and it turns out to be a better reason to keep going than any argument anyone could make to you. So give it…
Aim for the cat rather than the dog. The dog goes off the second the door knocks, while the cat waits, watches, and still moves decisively when it decides to move.
Plenty of people hear delay as backing down, and would rather explode than be walked over. Watching an animal that waits without being timid…
The circle was never the point. Any break in a running routine will do, because the break itself is what puts you back in the driving seat for a moment.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
That is freeing, since it means you do not need the correct exercise. Take a different route, sit in another chair, brush your teeth with the other…