A stress reducing and/or mindfulness inducing apparatus comprising: a substantially spherically shaped body "huggable" by two hands of a user; one or more sensors (104a-f, 204a-f) configured to measure one or more body parameters, wherein the one or more sensors (104a-f, 204a-f) are configured to sense one or more parameters associated with the user's stress and/or mindfulness state, wherein the sensors (104a-f, 204a-f) are the same or different from each other; and an indicator configured to provide feedback to the user based on the one or more body parameter measured and having at least two modes of operation, a first mode being indicative of a first stress and/or mindfulness state of the user and a second mode being indicative of a second stress and/or mindfulness state of the user, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises at least a first pair and a second pair of indentations located on an outer surface of said body , wherein each of the first and the second pair of indentations comprise two indentations, located on opposing sides of said body surface, and are suitable for placing corresponding fingers from each hand of the user, wherein each of the first and the second pair of indentations comprises the one or more sensors (104a-f, 204a-f), optionally wherein the first pair of indentations comprises one indentation for an index finger of a left hand of the user and another indentation for the index finger of a right hand of the user, and wherein the second pair of indentations comprises one indentation for a middle finger of the left hand of the user and another indentation for the middle finger of the right hand of the user. a substantially spherically shaped body "huggable" by two hands of a user; one or more sensors (104a-f, 204a-f) configured to measure one or more body parameters, wherein the one or more sensors (104a-f, 204a-f) are configured to sense one or more parameters associated with the user's stress and/or mindfulness state, wherein the sensors (104a-f, 204a-f) are the same or different from each other; and an indicator configured to provide feedback to the user based on the one or more body parameter measured and having at least two modes of operation, a first mode being indicative of a first stress and/or mindfulness state of the user and a second mode being indicative of a second stress and/or mindfulness state of the user, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises at least a first pair and a second pair of indentations located on an outer surface of said body , wherein each of the first and the second pair of indentations comprise two indentations, located on opposing sides of said body surface, and are suitable for placing corresponding fingers from each hand of the user, wherein each of the first and the second pair of indentations comprises the one or more sensors (104a-f, 204a-f), optionally wherein the first pair of indentations comprises one indentation for an index finger of a left hand of the user and another indentation for the index finger of a right hand of the user, and wherein the second pair of indentations comprises one indentation for a middle finger of the left hand of the user and another indentation for the middle finger of the right hand of the user. <EOS>