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We need human touch. Without it, our longing and want can be hard to bear. In this workshop, we’ll meet these feelings with kindness and curiosity. We will bring skill and nuanced attention to the experience of our own touch. When another person isn’t available, this is how we can receive from our own hands and feel held. This workshop includes guided exercises, discussion, … [Read more...] about Social Distancing Alone: Coping with Touch Hunger

We all have the wiring to soothe and be soothed by touch. Non-demanding touch produces oxytocin, the hormone associated with bonding and stress relief. However, what feels good or neutral in times of ease can aggravate in times of heightened activation. Practicing non-demanding touch as a skill makes soothing touch more available even when we’re not quite sure what to do.  … [Read more...] about Touch Skills for Connection, Calm, and Co-regulation: Support Your Loved Ones in Stressful Times

Have you found it difficult to manage your outrage when individuals around you seem to underestimate the danger of COVID-19, or don’t seem to take public health measures seriously? How about when others seem unreasonably fearful, rigid, or extreme? If so, you are in good company. Differences in response to COVID-19 can be particularly difficult to navigate. The impacts of that … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Risk and Vigilance: Navigating Differences

Description: Using a screen all day is hard on your body and confusing to your nervous system. By engaging differently with the screen and with others on the call, you can prime yourself for calm and connection. Knowing you can access this state increases ease, resilience and stamina for virtual meetings. What to expect: We will practice simple … [Read more...] about Video Calls with More Connection and Less Fatigue

To teachers in the school system: You are under enormous and unique pressure to make distance learning work for your students, their families, and let’s not forget, yourselves. This class is for you.  Using a screen all day is hard on the body and confusing to the nervous system. By interacting differently with and through your screen, you can prime yourself for … [Read more...] about Zoom: More Connection, Less Fatigue for School Teachers