Human touch has been an important part of good health and well-being since the beginning of time. The experience of human contact connects us in a way that is natural and necessary. It starts with a mother's instinct to stroke and sooth her newborn infant and follows us through life all the way to where a gentle hand placed on the body can bring comfort and ease during someone's passing. Receiving physical contact is a necessary component to good health. It is comforting, connecting and beneficial not just for our body but our mind and spirit as well. Massage and other hands-on modalities are focused on bringing balance, vitality and relief to the person in front of us. It gives to both the receiver who benefits from the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the contact and also the practitioner who receives joy and satisfaction from being able to facilitate relief for someone else.
