Ahimsa Integrative Bodywork

"One of Feldenkrais's most important ways of helping a damaged brain learn was to use his own body to sense, match, and identify with the nervous system of his pupil.

Touch was always important to him because he believed that when his nervous system connected with the other person's, they formed one system, "a new ensemble... a new entity.... Both the touched and the toucher feel what they sense through the connecting hands, even if they do not understand and do not know what is being done. The touched person becomes aware of what the touching person feels and, without understanding, alters his configuration to conform to what he senses is wanted from him."

(Quote from Chapter 5 of: The Brain's Way of Healing, by Norman Doidge, MD)

In a related study by scientists at Linköping University the effects of interpersonal touch on various aspects of the nervous system were investigated.

You can read more about this study in the link below:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-brains-distinguish-self-touch.html

Image Credit: International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF)