Cuddle Parties
Sam Cowan is the UK's only certified facilitator. Cuddle Parties are events where people get together to share communication, intimacy and affection in a safe environment. Sam was working as a masseur when she attended her first Cuddle Party in San Francisco, and enjoyed the experience so much that she decided to organise her own party in England.
Cuddle parties are proving that the body releases endorphins which naturally help us to feel good, reduce pain, dissolve cortisol in the body - all contributing to overall health and wellbeing. There is plenty of scientific evidence of this - your actors comments about this are totally unfounded, methinks here is a case of projection when he so vehemently denies the physical and emotional benefits of touch.
Complain about this postForget the Northern Line - it's not safe to touch people without their permission. Go somewhere , either to someone you know, or to a safe group with clear boundaries and feel heaps better with loads of endorphins running round your body. Give someone a hug today!!
Well, with due respect, maybe you can't look at other cultures where touching is natural and is part of daily life. I don't want to sound like a snob, but the emotional limitations of people here make them look for opportunities where touching is allowed,. Forget the sexual content for a minute, although it can ocuur, of course, there's always that tension between men and women.
Touching is human yes. But it shouln't ne justified or forced by anyone, and you shouln't have to pay for it!!!!!
Shame that people even have to discuss about it.
Needless to say I'm not Britsh, I'm South American.
A big hug for you all,
Complain about this postThank you Radio 4 for the feature! For those interested in finding out more about the Cuddle Party concept, do visit www.cuddleparty.com
Complain about this postI switched on too late to hear the cuddle party item but will try to hear it via the website. I did though hear the comment Fi then read out from a listener who mentioned the old lady and the lack of comforting contact she had had till she had held her hand and stroked it. My mother died in February, having suffered with Parrkinsons and with Parkinsons Disease Dementia and I absolutely support, subject, of course, to all aspects of appropriateness, hand-holding.stroking/embracing to provide security and comfort. In particular with dementia words are so often ineffective. Such contact is often the only way to show the person true affection and with it provide the comfort and security that the person is looking for. It does not come naturally to our family as we are typically English with no hugging etc but I am so glad I overcame my background. My mother learned to be able to ask me to give her a hug and I absolutely know that it calmed her and was the best way of my showing my love for her especially in her brave struggle against her condition. We must learn to drop our nervousness (disguised by our making fun of the topic) and to get better at realising how we can communicate/provide support and affection to the elderly just as we would with children.
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Hiya, Just wanted to thank you for posting the information about the poet, Matt Harvey. Especially, thanks for printing out his poems from the programme. My mother rang me tonight, desperate to get hold of a copy of the DNA poem, for further perusal. I am so thrilled that I have been able to accommodate her.
Ginette
Complain about this postDoes anyone now remember that Carpe Diem means harvest the day, not seize it. To seize is the verb capere, not carpere.
A less American cultural thrust ,one thinks.
Complain about this postSandi Toksvig was wondering about a poem that includes a rhyme with Toskvig... I cannot direct her to a poem, rather a version of a Britney Spears song my friend Hugh came up with:
I'm addicted to you,
Complain about this postBut you're no Sandi Toskvig!