Tag: touch

A Tender Cuddle

Soul + Body

Breathe In

A Tender Cuddle

Receiving a warm embrace stimulates the release of oxytocin and decreases cortisol levels, leading to less stress and anxiety.

Berenika Steinberg

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Shake It Off

Krzysztof Karauda—a trainee Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) trainer—explains how the body uses movement to release tension after stressful experiences.

Like Stroking a Butterfly’s Wing

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Like Stroking a Butterfly’s Wing

The Butterfly Touch method developed by Eva Reich shows how less means more and how power lies in gentleness.

Agnieszka Rostkowska

The Fifth Sense

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

The Fifth Sense

In Western culture, touch is often relegated to the lowest tier—in spite of the important role it plays in all areas of human life and existence.

Maciej Topolski

Soul + Body

Good Mood

Skin-To-Skin

The practice of bathing and the intimacy it entails is important in Japanese society, as evidenced by the culture of "sukinshippu".

Aleksandra Reszelska