Using touch is one of the lesser used meditation techniques, but is still effective. You can use your sense of touch in a lulling, soothing way to induce a state of meditation when you are under stress. Young children do this when they adopt a satisfyingly smooth ribbon or piece of fabric to hold and manipulate when they are feeling tense.
These same meditation techniques can commonly be seen all over the Middle East, where strings of worry beads are rhythmically passed through the fingers at difficult moments to focus the mind and calm anxiety. Their uniform size, gentle round shapes, smooth surfaces and rhythmic, orderly clicking as they are passed along their string all assist the meditative state.
Use one or two smooth, rounded stones in the same way, passing them from hand to hand, and concentrating on their temperature, shape and surfaces, or find an object with a tactile quality that particularly appeals to you.
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