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SUMMARY:Studio Ma: BeCome Touch(ed) - The Art of Feeling More
LOCATION:Studio Ma
DESCRIPTION:Most of us learned touch as something that arrives from outside
 : wanted or unwanted\, earned or withstood. We rarely learned it as someth
 ing we offer ourselves. This evening…\nMost of us learned touch as somet
 hing that arrives from outside: wanted or unwanted\, earned or withstood. 
 We rarely learned it as something we offer ourselves. This evening begins 
 there. Conscious touch is your full attention meeting skin\, unhurried and
  undefended. Before any partner\, before anyone else\, the hands return to
  the body they belong to. You will begin with your own touch and the simpl
 e\, often unfamiliar question of how you actually want to be met. From the
 re\, the evening explores touch as a felt language\, pressure\, warmth\, s
 tillness\, intention\, attention and what each of these does to a nervous 
 system that has spent years braced. The body reads touch before the mind d
 oes. Given enough care\, it begins to unclench. The breath lengthens. The 
 places held tight for a long time start to yield. The places rarely touche
 d are not forgotten by accident\, they are the ones that have waited the l
 ongest. Should you choose\, the evening extends into mindful touch with an
 other\, slow\, consensual\, fully attended. Two bodies finding one frequen
 cy. You will leave with a more honest sense of what your body asks for\, a
 nd a way of meeting it that does not wait on anyone else. Devotion to the 
 body that survived everything you have survived. You stop waiting to be to
 uched as though you matter\, because you already do. Come back into the bo
 dy. Conscious touch: Lowers cortisol. Slow\, sustained touch reliably redu
 ces circulating cortisol\, the body's primary stress hormone. Raises oxyto
 cin. Warm\, attentive contact triggers oxytocin release\, which is associa
 ted with calm\, trust\, and reduced threat response. Shifts the autonomic 
 state from sympathetic to parasympathetic. It moves the body out of "fight
  or flight" readiness and into "rest and digest\," the state in which the 
 body recovers and repairs. Improves vagal tone / heart rate variability. G
 entle touch activates the vagus nerve\, slowing heart rate and raising hea
 rt rate variability — a recognised marker of nervous-system resilience a
 nd the capacity to self-regulate. Lowers blood pressure and heart rate. A 
 direct consequence of the parasympathetic shift. Slows and deepens breathi
 ng. Bracing keeps the breath shallow and high in the chest\; safe touch le
 ngthens the exhale\, which itself further down-regulates the stress respon
 se. Reduces muscular tension. Chronic guarding — held shoulders\, jaw\, 
 pelvis — begins to release when the body registers it no longer needs to
  protect. Releases serotonin and dopamine. Affective touch is linked to in
 creases in both\, supporting mood and a felt sense of wellbeing. Improves 
 sleep. The drop in cortisol and rise in parasympathetic activity make it e
 asier to fall and stay asleep. Strengthens interoception. Attentive touch 
 sharpens the brain's ability to read internal signals from the body — th
 e foundation of knowing what you actually feel and need. Reduces felt lone
 liness and isolation. Touch is one of the most direct routes the nervous s
 ystem has\, to register connection and safety. What to bring: - yourself a
 nd compassion - an eye pillow or eye mask - aromatherapy oil if you wish\n
 Hosted by Studio Ma\nhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/mastudio/2276032\
 nSource: ENM Fam on Teamup
URL:https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mastudio/2276032
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