Today, in the middle of this COVID-19 crisis,
both givers (me!) and receivers (you!) of consistent consensual touch (ie~our regular massage sessions!) are facing a different risk.
Research has shown that being deprived of human contact,
or being “touch starved”,
can affect blood pressure, heart rates, depression and anxiety.
Human contact is very grounding.
We need connection for our wellbeing.
It reduces stress.
It centers us and connects us, not only to the other, but to ourselves.
In our busy world, we can tend to live in our heads, multi-tasking; touch in the form of massage brings us back into our body.
If you deny touch, you deny a sense of belonging.
~J