| it works the muscles in your hands and improves your dexderity (sp?? ability to manipulate) in your hands. the balls come in larger sizes as you become better at handling them. but it is mostly used for relaxation and meditation. it is like in buddhism when you use dharmma beads to meditate, the act of moving the bead over in your hands gives your mind something non-distracting to focus on that will help relax the mind and assist with meditation. also sometimes the chineses balls have chimes in them (mine do) and the gentle noise is also suppose to calm you and give you a calming focus for meditation. |