Cuddle Session FAQ
All body types, orientations, genders and ages are welcome. You are welcome with your religion, origin, skin colour, social status and your political beliefs. Be welcome!
There is nothing wrong with sexual bodywork, as long as the provider has the choice to do this work. The advantage of non-sexual intimacy work is that you can enjoy things that are usually skipped when engaging in sexual contact. By experiencing those little things more intensely, you can also more easily come home to yourself. This approach also feels more right and safer for me.
As stated above, everyone is welcome. Both women, men as wel as non-binary people are welcome. I especially encourage straight men to take up the challenge of a cuddle session with me. You automatically become richer as a person and you have a huge impact on your environment. You break through taboos and thus bring more affection and intimacy among men.
Touch can be particularly healing when you are dealing with trauma. But caution is advised. Through the intake I determine whether you have enough resilience for a cuddle session. If your complaints are of such a nature that I feel that you may hurt yourself, I would like to consult with your therapist or psychologist first.
Of course you are welcome. In many relationships, physical needs are not sufficiently met or personal boundaries are not sufficiently respected or indicated. Sometimes the challenges are so deep that there seems no way out. Touch can support you in this. I recommend that you first discuss with your partner that you want to do this. But if you come to me without your partner knowing, then you are also welcome. In that case, we will look together at the specific situation in which you find yourself. Together we look for a solution that makes us both feel good and safe.
I believe that we always and everywhere interact with each other. In addition to my romantic and/or sexual partner(s), I am in a different relationship with everyone. So I also build a relationship with you. In this relationship there is a power difference where I am in the role of body worker and you are my client. In such a relationship, it is important that I do not demand anything from you. That doesn’t mean I don’t find you attractive, sweet, or pleasant. That is to say that I do not desire to do anything with it. If that were the case, then I will terminate the cooperation in mutual consultation with you. It is important to guard this boundary.
If we do not see each other regularly, this may be possible. I decide this according to the exact nature of our relationship. I do make a clear distinction between the session and our connection outside the session. Just because we cuddle for a long time in a session, for example, does not mean that this should also be the case in our normal life, if that is not the custom between us. In real life my time and space is limited and I choose with whom, when and how I meet the other. In the session I am completely there for you.
Sexual arousal is very natural and can always occur. Both with you and with me. In a cuddle session we discuss this but we don’t enhance the sexual arousal. We change our positions and remove the existing tension through breathing and slowing down. In a cuddle session we prioritise loving non-sexual touch and conscious presence.
Yes, as long as I feel like you take enough care of yourself. Yes, as long as I continue to respect my own boundaries towards you in this too. Yes, as long as it is within the agreements.
The arrangements are very simple. Clothes remain on. There is no kissing. I do not touch you in the chest area (applies to all genders), not in the pubic area and not on your but. I won’t touch you anywhere you don’t want to. Every touch is always with explicit and verbal consent, even when you touch me.
I work with a consent form that you can consult here. This clearly defines the framework and the associated agreements.
You can always contact our umbrella organisation Cuddle Workshops International with complaints or comments. If the breach of trust is of such a nature that it is repairable, you or I can address an independent confidential counsellor of your choice. In a mutual conversation and meeting there is room for repentance, recognition, forgiveness or healing. We also discuss with the mediator how we finance the mediation.