Care Through Touch
‘Touch is Sacred’ has evolved and taken shape over time. It’s the best way that I can adequately capture the “more than” or depth dimension that is implicit in massage; in tender caring touch. It reflects a wisdom that has been gained from my years working as a massage therapist or as care-through-touch practitioner.
Over the past 26 years I have had the privilege of caring for people through touch. People come for massage for many reasons and benefit from caring touch/massage in different ways and on several levels.
Some come with aches and pains, with muscular tension, with headaches, others come with heartache with grief with loneliness or isolation. All come for care…because on some level they are sore or sad or depleted or de-humanised.
The core ingredients for touch to be a nurturing experience are presence and intention. These are the roots of my work. My intention while working is that my touch comes from my heart through my hands. Always the context for me is to touch with care, with kindness, with tenderness and with presence.
It is no exaggeration to say that tender touch enhances the quality of life for all those who are feeling isolated, lonely, depressed or anxious, bringing a person back into connection and relationship. I have witnessed this over and over through my work; all research into the effects of caring touch confirms this.
Touch communicates, and touch that is being communicated from the whole person to the whole person is deeply restorative.
Tender touch is good medicine.