The Snuggle Party Guidebook: Create Deeper Friendships, Decrease Loneliness, & Enjoy Nurturing Touch Community

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Review "Far more than an excellent and thorough guidebook...An inspirational work that opens delightful pathways to intimacy with oneself and others. I loved how it offers healing from limiting stereotypical gender roles, and the accompanying photos always brought a smile to my face. Don't miss this book!" - Karla Baur, M.S.W., sex therapist and co-author of Our Sexuality, the best-selling college textbook"An easy to use guidebook on how to run snuggle events as well as a gentle description of the importance of touch for all of us. I recommend it highly!" - Virgil Cater, R.N., founder of Opening to Love, event facilitator, Certified Spiritual Sexual Educator, Certified Tantric Educator "As a Professional Cuddler, I am so proud of the concepts of non-sexual touch in this book. With the tools here anyone can master touch and improve their life in a simple but profound way." - Samantha Hess, founder of Cuddle Up to Me, author of Touch: The Power of Human Connection"Want more friendly nurturing touch in your life? Dave's book can show you how to get started - and Dave, can I come to one of your snuggle parties?"- Dr. Betty Martin, author of Touch: Receiving, Giving, Taking, Allowing (forthcoming), Cuddle Party board member & facilitator "I'm convinced that our culture's explosion of addiction is directly tied to a massive shortage of opportunities for consensual and loving touch. Snuggle Party is simply code for pop-up clinic for the soul." - Buster Ross, MA, AASECT Certified Sexuality Counselor Read more About the Author Dave Wheitner is an award-winning author of several books on creating a better life and more sustainable world. He earned a B.A. in Psychology from Yale, an M.A. in Community Counseling from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon, and life coaching certification. He guides others to create happier and more powerful lives through his strategic life coaching practice. Dave has participated in various workshops and trainings on awareness, authenticity, sensuality, sexuality, and personal growth, and has created and co-facilitated snuggle events with Oregon Touch. Amy Baker adapted and contributed many of the 25 touch-positive games and provided substantial feedback. She earned an M.A. in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and Art Therapy from Naropa University, and offers interactive workshops through Envision Art Studio. She facilitates events with Oregon Touch. Bob Czimbal and Maggie Zadikov, who provided substantial feedback, authored Vitamin T: A Guide to Healthy Touch, one of the earlier works to bring knowledge on nourishing touch to the general public. They offer several books and workshops through The Abundance Company. James "Jas" Davis, who wrote the foreword and provided substantial feedback, founded LoveTribe, catalyzed the earliest organized snuggle events in the U.S., and has been creating events in organic relating and somatic resourcing for over a decade. Kristen Reynolds, who created the snuggly animal sketches and provided substantial feedback, is the lead organizer for Oregon Touch. She writes about how to form stable, cooperative relationships within community in her blog Loving-Community. Stara Shakti and Ashley "Jack" Ohana helped to shape the book and co-founded the group now known as Oregon Touch. Stara has facilitated a range of healing experiences, and is pursuing graduate studies in clinical psychology. Jack is a professional screenwriter in Hollywood. Read more