Last month a huge spirituality event took place online, called the Embodiment Conference. It boasted a stellar line-up — Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Charles Eisenstein, Ken Wilber, Gabor Mate, Richard Strozzi-Hecler, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and loads of famous people from the world of ‘Somatics’. Kind of an amazing moment, in the midst of a pandemic which has deprived us of touch, to have this enormous conference on embodiment…on Zoom!
Read MoreCOVID didn’t just exacerbate a pre-existing mental health crisis.
It massively exacerbated a pre-existing touch deficit.
Our liberal individualist society has put a great premium on the privatization of personal space. Don’t touch me. Hands off.
Our society gives us a lot of space and freedom to be ourselves, free from the encroachments of others. But it also creates loneliness and a touch deficit.
We’ve created a society where, in Britain, there are 8 million people living on their own.
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