Ooooh Sunday’s can be tough for many with the threat of Monday morning back in a stressful job. So we invite you to boost your system in a safe and caring environment with no agenda apart from making you feel good and woozy and safe.
After such a beautiful and successful sell-out event last month and amazing feedback – we’re doing another (with the consideration of making these a monthly(ish) thing.) in July on Sunday 30th (2023).
Snuggle, cuddle, hug, wriggle, soothe, lean-in, breathe and relax with a pile of like minded souls in Edinburgh. Make your own Oxytocin and feel that natural state of “rest and restore” when your body knows it’s safely home “in the pack”.
Last month it all happened, there were plenty of giggles, long sighs, and even a couple of tears – all was welcomed with care and open acceptance. Snugglers went home with renewed feelings of trust in humanity and insights in self awareness.
Relaxing practical workshop designed to melt you in care and love. Give massage and then receive soothing massage from up to 10 hands at a time. Places are limited and our last event sold out – so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Join the energy in a small group that’s focused on caring for one person at a time, all giving consensual massage. Then take your turn and surrender to receiving consensual care from 10 hands, you, of-course, decide exactly where and how you’d like to be massaged. The whole experience can be totally enjoyed with all clothes on, or in your underwear, or anything in-between, whatever you feel comfortable with. Open to anyone over 21 no massage experience necessary.
The event takes place in the private space of the Urban Yurt – a safe and confidential container where you can let your hair down, slow down and breathe.
What happens at this event?
You’ll be guided by two facilitators experienced in leading consensual and conscious touch workshops. And Cheryl, a qualified Swedish massage therapist with alternative therapy experience. Whilst we can guide and provide ideas and inspiration, this is not a massage “class”. Instruction is focused on allowing safe consensual touch and on helping you drop deeply into the giving and receiving roles. This workshop is itself a judgement-free container where all people, emotions and states are welcome.
We’ll start with some exercises on consent and boundaries (informed by the work of Betty Martin) to get to know each other. Then we have some fun instruction about touch, followed by 2 hours of slow multi-handed massage, taking turns to give and receive.
If you have questions – then let us know, we’d love to hear form you.
Touch and affection. Humans need it, it’s no longer a question. Nurturing, welcome consensual touch is good for you! Good for your body, heart and spirit! Good for your blood pressure, your nervous system, your emotional health, your ability to connect with and trust people, your ability to respect and care for yourself, your creativity, sense of safety and comfort and belonging. Infants who are deprived of touch fail to thrive; we never outgrow the need!
Snuggle Sunday is a playful social event designed for adults to explore communication, boundaries and affection. You can come to a Snuggle Sunday to meet new people, to enjoy amazing conversations, to touch, to be touched, to have fun, to practice asking for what you want, to practice saying “no” to what you don’t want — all in a setting structured to be a safe place for exploration and enjoyment. You can even come just to cuddle!
What happens at Snuggle Sunday
A Welcome Circle & Mini-WorkshopThe Cuddle Party starts with a Welcome Circle. This is where we create the structure and safe space for the socializing to follow. It is also where we break the ice and get a group of strangers to feel not so strange to one another. This is where you and other Cuddle Party participants can…
Introduce yourselves
Learn about what will happen
Get oriented to the ground rules
Practice the Cuddle Party communication skills
Be led through a few ice-breaker exercises
As the Welcome Circle concludes, most participants find themselves feeling surprised by how comfortable they feel.
90 mins of Facilitated Connection
Now it is time for you to ask for what you want, say yes and no to requests and invitations, cuddle according to your desires and comfort (or just talk if you prefer), connect with fascinating people, “cuddle mingle,” and, ultimately, relax into the flow of an unusually playful and respectful social environment.
Also throughout the event, the cuddle party facilitators participate with you so that you can feel relaxed and supported and have a great time with your experiences. Our cozy environment is enhanced by an eclectic and charming mix of music played at a volume that allows easily for conversation. There are fruits, juice, tea and no intoxicants (other than the oxytocin, that is).
Closing Circle
At the end of the event, there is a brief closing circle to share with you some final thoughts for the road, encourage you to bring your learnings with you as you travel forward, and give everyone a chance to share any parting thoughts with the group.
Participants are often in a state of cuddle intoxication at this point, and feeling a sense of connection with the group that they never would have anticipated at the beginning of the event.
Many participants exchange hugs, some exchange phone numbers, and all receive special thank you’s for making this particular cuddle party the special event that it was. Then its time to head home — often to a night of blissfully relaxing sleep.
