When you want to feel calm and balanced try the finger breath exercise. It will keep your mind focused on the physical movement of you moving your attention to the fingers moving up and down the hand. Be in the now moment and feel the sticky feeling flow away. Use your breath to feel the calm energy flow through you.

Exercise

Place one hand in front of you. The other will be getting ready to trace the outline of your fingers. As you take a breath in you move your attention to the top of the fingertips, breathing out, down goes the tracing to the bottom of the finger, Watch the movement. Feel the thoughts melt into the tracing. Let go of your thoughts.