Touch and Connection

Touch and Connection

There are so many ways in which touch can help with overwhelm, stress and anxiety.

Kathryn Stauffer highlights some studies that have shown that one of the main factors in influencing how severely someone may be affected by stressful or traumatic experiences seems to be the quality of their social network, and their sense of being connected to other people.

I think this is why touch in so many ways can be so profound. Respectful, quiet, attuned touch is a form of contact that so many of us may be longing for or missing in our daily lives. It can be one of the most profound ways to meet you, exactly where you are.

We may never have been supported or truly ‘met’ by another - attuned, respectful touch through something like biodynamic massage may be one of the first times we have been held or contacted in such a way.

One of the most important things that is, often, utterly fundamental is touch. Touch can ‘put us in touch’ with the ‘non verbal’, something deeper, more profound, that can’t be explained or analysed or thought out but that speaks to something very deep with inside of us. It can act as a mirror

One of the reasons that I have trained in Biodynamic Massage is because it is a psychotherepeutic form of touch and that it is rooted in Body Pschotherapy. Attunement, awareness and where the focus is on the client and their process - rather than something that is ‘done’ to you. It is invitational, a gentle, kind and definitely ‘less is more’ approach to touch and massage.

I have found it, personally, to be utterly transformational in helping me with day to day stresses as well as ones that my body has held for many, many years.

If you’re interested in Biodynamic Massage and would like to come for a taster session please do drop me an email info@alexnewtonyoga.com.