08/09/2025
Healthy physical touch is vital to well-being.
How well and how often we meet our basic need for physical touch affects every aspect of our lives.
In a time where physical distance is increasing, making an effort to attend to this need is more important than ever, and the intention behind giving and receiving physical touch has deep and long-lasting implications.
This is why every aspect of our healing sanctuary, ritual and ceremony, and therapeutic massage are tailored to your individual needs. We meet you where you are.
Your nervous system will know the difference.
Sources:
Linden, D. J. (2016). Touch: The Science of the Hand, Heart, and Mind. Penguin Publishing Group.
Naruse, S. M., & Moss, M. (2021). Positive Massage: An Intervention for Couples’ Wellbeing in a Touch-Deprived Era. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 11(2), 450-467. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020033
Sailer, U., Friedrich, Y., Asgari, F., Hassenzahl, M., & Croy, I. (2024).
Determinants for positive and negative experiences of interpersonal touch: Context matters. Cognition and Emotion, 38(4), 565–586.
Thomas, P. A., & Kim, S. (2021). Lost Touch? Implications of Physical Touch for Physical Health. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(3), e111–e115. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa134