15/05/2025
At the heart of all successful touch is a negotiation around safety and consent.
Relational touch includes an exquisite sensitivity to the responses of the person receiving the touch. There are always many layers and stories that may arise.
I come from a tradition – biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) – where still-hands touch and a huge focus on being present and safe are the core treatment skills.
BCST is an incredibly exciting modality. It understands deeply that effective, interpersonal touch requires embodied safety, that early traumatic experiences leave a trail in the flesh, that humans are polyrhythmic, and that those rhythms are information rich and influenced by skilful touch.
At its best, is a profound practice of slow, meditative, non-doing relational touch.
If you'd like to find out more about my Art of Touch two-year practitioner training, you can visit bodycollege.net.