Entries tagged with “Touch”
6 Techniques to Overcome Touch Starvation
Virtual gatherings are flourishing, but quarantining has cut physically isolated individuals off from the comfort of tender touch we crave in uncertain times. These self-soothing practices can help overcome skin hunger and the crave for human touch.
How Meditation Enhances the Senses
I’ve tried closing my eyes and reading braille with my fingertips—it’s not easy. I often think what practice it must take to be able to read those tiny bumps and make sense o…
How Pets Alleviate Touch Deprivation
Time to adopt a furry friend? Your four-legged friend’s company helps relieve touch deprivation and feelings of isolation.
Hug Mindfulness
When I was a school teacher, I instituted a process that I had learned from Jack Canfield called “H or H” which was short for “Hug or a Handshake?” The premise was that I would sta…
Intentional Touch Shows Benefits for the Toucher
We all know the power of touch. Beginning at birth, physical touch is paramount in the health of a newborn and that desire for loving touch remains throughout our entire life. The …
The Five Fingers of Touch
Understanding your partner’s desires for touch is a key to restoring intimacy
The Power of Touch
From the bedroom to the boardroom, what you're sitting on or holding in a negotiation may actually influence the outcome.
The Radical Notion of Touch for Men
Touch. It’s a delicate subject. I just read an article that discussed the idea of gentle, platonic touch between men. It made the case that men are often isolated from touch at an …