This is a technique that I use to deal with the stresses and frustrations of life. With two daughters under the age of four, I have to be creative with my time when it comes to personal development. Hour-long mediation sessions communing with helper entities to solve life’s woes are a rare luxury 
, as is extensive energy work.
My eldest goes to a local pre-school, a short walk from our house, and around a twenty minute round trip. Before we leave, I write a few words to describe any worries and stresses I have on a piece of paper, and crumple it into a ball which I then place in my coat pocket. As we walk to school I imagine each step is taking me further from the worries, and I imagine the stressy feelings being soaked up by the ball of paper. It feels like an energy flow from my chest to the paper. As it doesn’t demand all my attention, Im still able to enjoy chatting with my daughters. As we reach the school, I drop the paper ball in a bin, imagining it heavy with negative feelings. As I walk home with the baby, I feel lighter. Doing this exercise on the morning run to school leaves me feeling great for the rest of the day. I believe it is good to encourage children to do simple metaphysical visualisations; for example sending healing energy to a sick relative or manifesting a new house for Barbie. The “disposable stress ball” is an easy way to encourage children to deal with stress in a positive way, and an undemanding and natural way of keeping cool for busy grown-ups. 
–Gehenna
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Great idea! I love this. Thank you the great advice.
This is an awesome technique. It’s very simple and well-described; it makes sense on many levels.
It reminds me of a technique that Stuart Wilde mentions in one of his books where he concentrates a ball of stress, anxiety, and negative feelings in his hands, rolls it up and tosses it to the sun, feeling the energy transmogrify.
PS: I think this deserves to be on the Best of Beyond Within
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