Utah Cuddle Club

ABOUT SECTION HERE! (^-^) Read all before submitting application. 11/1/2025 UPDATE
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First and foremost, WELCOME!

We are so happy you found our group. Utah Cuddle Club is an amazing and accepting place where members can learn, grow, and experience the lost art of honest and open communication, identifying and navigating boundaries, and how to safely connect with others and receive platonic nurturing touch in a variety of ways.

We have been around a long time and have met thousands of people over the years, each with their own unique set of life experiences that led them to discover they were missing "something", and when they saw our group, it sparked something for them.

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The group has always been changing and growing in different ways as the needs of the community changes. Currently the community is being hosted by Will Clarke and his personal business Cuddle Dojo®. He is a Certified Cuddle Therapist for 1 on 1 Sessions, a Certified Cuddle Party Workshop Facilitator, a Certified Black Belt Martial Arts Instructor, and a 6' 4" self proclaimed "Catastrophic Teddy Bear" among many other amazing things. You can find his professional profiles on Cuddlist.com, CuddleParty.org, and Patreon.com/CuddleDojo.

This community is one of inclusion, diversity, and reciprocity. The principles practiced are designed for everyone no matter their age, gender, race, or orientation and are designed to encourage and cultivate each individual's ability to identify and choose for themselves what is best for them.

We have a variety of styles of events, and the goal is to host them at a variety of times and locations. The determining factors of what kind of events, and where/when they will be held, is community demand and resources available.

The community and its events are not free. They have a cost and take planning, time, emotional energy, money, and various other resources before, during, after, and in between each event. An important principal we follow is the principal of reciprocity, where we mutually exchange resources to support each other, and the principal of leave more than you take so we can continue to grow the community, train/hire more facilitators, and ever expand our ability help those in need.

With this in mind, we ask each individual to take personal responsibility to ensure they are contributing sufficiently to support our community. The three main types of resources we all have to work with are: Time, Knowledge, and Money. Everyone's balance and availability of these resources is unique to them, and we do our best to be flexible with how much off each everyone contributes. However, there needs to be a solid balance of all three in order to allow for that flexibility.

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Come and join the best place in Utah to boost mental and physical health with opportunities for personal validation through healthy boundary negotiation and social connection in a platonic environment where you can feel safe to be yourself as you practice good boundary setting and learn how to ask for what you want, say yes, say maybe, and say no, as well as learning how to accept no for an answer and be just fine.

For our cuddle events, we start with a Welcome Circle workshop that includes introductions, connection exercises, and consent education, so we can get to know each other and create community. We consciously set a container to hold safe space for everyone without judgement. We go over the agreements and learn some communication skills, including a “No” exercise where we all practice saying and receiving “No”. We get really comfortable respecting someone’s true and authentic answer. A verbal “Yes” must be received before any touch, and you do not have to cuddle or connect with anyone you are not comfortable with. You don’t have to cuddle at all, if you choose. You can just sit and watch, journal or even take a nap!

We encourage talking with folks you’d like to get to know, which is a great place to start if you’re not ready to jump into touch connections. We also give you some tools to smoothly transition out of connections when you’re ready to move on. If you’re anxious about starting with a cuddle event, we have gatherings like coffee meetups so we can get to know each other and connect outside of cuddle activities.

We are an accepting and diverse group. Regardless of age, race, relationship style, or gender expression, we hope you’ll find folks you connect with here.

If at any time you have a concern, problem, or you need assistance at an event; please reach out to one of the organizers. We are here to help you and want you to have a good experience.
Please take a look at the parent website http://www.cuddleparty.com/ and familiarize yourself with the agreements and format of the Cuddle Parties prior to participating. We look forward to seeing you at our next event and are excited to have you in our community!

We humans need touch and affection. Welcome, nurturing, consensual touch is good for you. Good for your body, heart and spirit. Good for your blood pressure, your nervous system, your emotional health, your ability to connect with and trust people, your ability to respect and care for yourself, your creativity, sense of safety and comfort and belonging. Infants who are deprived of touch fail to thrive; we never outgrow the need.

What if touch can be just about being a human being who cares about other human beings and offering kindness, compassion, comfort and nourishment?
Cuddle Party is a movement to reclaim this option in our lives and
THE *CUDDLE CLUB is Utah's premier venue for providing that.
Come join us today*.*
http://www.CuddleParty.com
*The Cuddle Club acts as a fast track support community for new Cuddle Party certified facilitators in Utah and the Intermountain West. If you are a Cuddle Party certified facilitator, or want to learn more about becoming certified, contact us and list your events here. :)

What this group is not - this is not a hookup or dating group. Cuddle Party is specifically designed to leave sexual kinds of touch off the menu, so that the more inclusive, non-sexual kinds of touch have a chance to be found and enjoyed. We are a supportive community of connection and consent connoisseurs.

** While personal connections outside of the group do happen, that is not the focus or intent of this group. We recommend you interact with another individual at three facilitated events before considering or asking for an outside get together. You may offer your contact info to them rather than asking for theirs.
Please do follow all of your normal protocols for getting to know a new person by meeting in public.

**No blind messaging of folks you have not met or who you have not asked consent to message. We are a community and we all take on responsibility for helping each other feel safe and respected in this group.**