Hugging Increases Levels of Oxytocin

No wonder hugging feels so good :)

Hugging Graphic

Here's an article about the power and importance of a light touch

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/02/we-should-touch-ourselves-and-each-other/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Daily%20Mindful%20February%2013th%20-%20Ellevest%20Banners%20%20Green%20Roads%20Editorial&utm_content=The%20Daily%20Mindful%20February%2013th%20-%20Ellevest%20Banners%20%20Green%20Roads%20Editorial+Version+A+CID_146d44ab839ae9e2a4784515e8d7f4c2&utm_source=Email%20Marketing&utm_term=READ

Thoughts and Musings

I haven't posted in awhile.  All of my posts were starting to feel the same, because well all of my sessions were pretty much the same.  If something unusual would happen, then I would probably be inspired but nothing that exciting has happened lately.  So I thought I would share some stats about my clients.  Almost all of my clients are immigrants from India.  They are either here for school, or are on a work visa.  There was one exception he was a middle aged divorced white man.  I have two regular clients, one I see almost every week, and one I see about once a month.  I got a lot of requests at first, and the requests have definitely slowed down to where I think this is more of a side gig than a possible career.  My regularly weekly client wants two hours,and often falls asleep during the session.  If that's what he wants, it's ok with me.  I still haven't paid for the official training, not sure I will at this point.  The plus is that I would get listed on two websites, with the possibility of more clients, but the cost doesn't seem worth it.    If you have questions, let me know, I'll be happy to answer them.

Touch Starvation is a thing

My fifth client

My Fifth Client 

Ok, so my fifth client was actually my second client, repeated.  He was he very polite young man, who has similar expectations with me when it came to cuddling.  However this week I had house guests, but luckily I also was dog/house sitting.  Also I was lucky  that he isn’t allergic or afraid of dogs.  We had a nice session in the basement while watching HGTV.  I’ve learned to set that alarm now, I’ll never forget again. I have seen him three times now, the last visit was also at a dog/house sitting clients house.  The last time he requested music instead of TV.  I played the country coffeehouse spotify playlist, it worked well for cuddling. 

My Fourth Client

My fourth client was the first person who had messaged me on the website.  He lived in California, but told me he travels often.  He let me know that he’d be in Washington, DC for business, and to please save the date for him.  I agreed.  It was an evening after work, and he had booked a hotel room near where I live.  Ok, great, but I let him know I’d rather meet him at a coffee shop first, and then decide if I felt comfortable.  We met at the coffee shop, he was already there doing work when I arrived.  We each got beverages and talked for a while.  After we finished, I felt it was ok we could have the cuddle session at the hotel.  We walked together the few blocks to his hotel.  He changed, and I put some mindless cooking show on the television.  He was pretty calm, but he did this annoying kissing thing.  I decided that going forward there would be no kissing of any kind with my clients.  I felt it crossed a line from platonic, to not so platonic.  He felt bad that he didn’t have enough to cover the time I was there.  Since I was hungry, I offered him to make up the difference with some food at the dinner.  He agreed.  He told me he doesn’t leave karma (aka reviews) on the site because he’s worried about the cuddlers he works with getting jealous.  At this point I have a few solid five star reviews, so I wasn’t worried.