Cuddle Workshop & Sound Bath Sunday 24th Nov 2024 at New Mill (Huddersfield)

These joint events are always popular, and this is to be my FINAL EVER cuddle workshop..

as the event is now full, please message me to go on a wait list.

Sound Bath section: There will be a beautiful sound bath immersion (gong, bowls, chimes etc) for the final 60 minutes of the afternoon, given by the talented sound therapist Jean Habron. https://www.kundaliniyogaandsoundtherapyholmfirth.com/

Sound bath immersion as a type of therapy has been around for thousands of years as a tool for healing. It is said to help with stress reduction and breaking up emotional blockages. Like giving a cuddle to your psyche!

Cuddle Workshop section: This is a workshop in platonic touch which is about exploring connection, nurturing touch and personal boundaries. Since getting involved in this work, one thing that I have learned over and above all else is that human beings are basically kind and loving creatures.


We have a strong wish to serve others, to please the other, to be happy only when we see that the other is receiving pleasure. And this is often at the expense of getting our own needs met. Does that sound a familiar pattern? (don't worry you'll get a little help with this).

At a cuddle workshop, we do exercises in pairs and then in larger groups. So you'll get the chance to mix with everyone in the room. And of course you don't have to cuddle anyone you don't want to.

I am always nervous if the media shows an interest in my workshop, but at the same time it's great to show you a flavour of what goes on. Two documentaries were shot about my workshop, what we do, the people who go and why. These are a few minutes from these:-

https://youtu.be/LsT9nTiiIto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQWN4VYoo8

I was asked to make a speech at Manchester Sex Lectures. After saying "Are you sure?" ....... I said "yes". Here it is:-

https://youtu.be/7vNCN_5FM48

At a Cuddle Workshop, its purely a non-sexual environment and because when there's no sexual agenda, participants can be more open and relaxed, we aim for a nurturing feel to the physical contact and a noticing of what happens to the human body when oxytocin starts to flow.


A few weeks after my first Yorkshire Cuddle Workshop, I was grilled on BBC Radio Leeds Liz Green Breakfast Show about this workshop. Click to Listen:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6krsslo5vdpfn0/BBC%20Cuddle%20Workshop%20with%20Liz.mp3?dl=0

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And then a few days later I was on nationwide on BBC radio where the presenter was a little kinder to me!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sy7qoajzoup4fzs/BBC%20Cuddle%20Workshop%20with%20Georgey.mp3?dl=0

Many of us are hard wired from our early teens to associate touch with sex. What would it be like to separate nurturing touch from sexual touch? And then to explore that nurturing touch, with the wisdom and understanding of an adult, but with a childlike innocence. What boundaries would we have? And would that touch go beyond gender to the realms of connecting with another human being (whoever that might be)? There was a time in our lives when we unashamedly hugged our parents, our toys, our friends, our pets because we knew it gave us immense comfort. For many of us, this was a time without any thoughts of our own goals and indeed without any suspicions regarding the other person's motives. At Cuddle Workshop, we provide a fun and warm hearted environment where you can re-learn nurturing touch. Whether you are an advanced cuddler or novice cuddler, this is for you!

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If you would like to book anonymously or if you need a different way of paying other than via Meetup, then please message me and I can sort that for you.

Just look at what people said about a past workshop:-

"A beautiful, gradual journey, very gently held"

"Thanks Andrew - beautifully held safe space"

"Great workshop. I left very relaxed and feeling nurtured"

"A really good workshop which left me feeling at peace"

"Lovely venue and as newbies we felt comfortable straight away"

"Wonderful, sublime, life enhancing, life changing...and so well facilitated"

"Andrews facilitation took us through this 4 hour experience, sweetly and gently"

(If you are a little nervous about attending a group workshop, or possibly recovering from a bad past experience with touch and you think that you might benefit most by a one to one appointment, please message me for details)

If you need to email me directly such as if you are not a Meetup member but would still like to book, my contact details are a.broadbent1@sky.com