Lighter strings (or a different material, maybe flatwounds?), lower action are the physical things you can do to the guitar.
A thinner pick is the physical thing you can use to get less volume.
Adjusting your technique is the answer you don't want to hear, but it's the best answer.
rags behind bridges and hair scrunchies will tame harmonics and pinging from the strings behind the bridge, but they won't do much about volume.
If you really want to deaden the body, use upholstery packing. Pat Martino did this for years to reduce feedback on his archtop when plugged in. Stuffed like 10 lbs of it inside his Johnny Smith. It's really for taming feedback plugged in, but it'll make your guitar sound deader than a doornail.
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