Awakening Through
TOUCH
An embodied exploration of
deep listening & connection through touch.
Introductory Gathering
SUNDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2026
15:30-17:45 | ROLLE, SWITZERLAND
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We all long to relax in connection
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To feel understood. To feel close to the people we care about. To be able to soften, let down our guard, and be ourselves.
Yet it's surprisingly difficult. Even with people we love, we can remain tense or distracted, caught up in the busyness of life, our own thoughts, worries and reactions. We can be together without really feeling connected.
And sometimes we lose connection with ourselves too. We stop noticing what we're actually feeling, sensing and needing.
Awakening Through Touch is an invitation to slow down and come back into connection, first with yourself and then with another.
Through deep attention to non-verbal cues and subtle body language such as breath, movement, posture, and feeling, you'll learn to listen to what the body is communicating, and explore how conscious, compassionate touch can help you relax and deepen in connection.
This practice of embodied listening nurtures trust and understanding. As we become more sensitive to what is actually happening, new possibilities for connection begin to open.
More presence. More aliveness. More magic.
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Deep listening is an act of love
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When we try to connect, we often bring an agenda without even realising it. We want to help, please, fix, get it right, be understood, have our own needs met, or create a particular response.
And when something feels uncomfortable, it's easy to defend, withdraw, react or try to change what is happening.
Deep listening asks something different of us.
We practise staying connected to ourselves while meeting another person with attention, curiosity and care.
Rather than trying to make something happen, we learn to notice what their body is communicating and respond with sensitivity.
Through conscious touch we are creating the conditions for inner awakening.
Touch becomes a form of non-verbal communication. A way of listening - not just giving or taking.
And both people can be profoundly touched by what unfolds.
What we'll explore
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Unwinding & Feeling Safe
Explore what helps you tune in and feel ready to lean into connection.
Listening within
Become aware of sensation, breath, movement, impulse and the subtle communication of your body.
Meeting Another
Practise staying connected to yourself while becoming more attuned and responsive to another.
Listening Beyond Words
Explore presence, body signals, and touch as forms of non-verbal communication.
Conscious Touch
Explore touch with curiosity, sensitivity and respect, without needing to perform, fix or achieve anything.
You'll be guided gradually through individual and paired practices, with time to arrive, experience, reflect and integrate. There is nothing to perform and nothing to get right. This is a space to relax and enjoy what feels good for you.
Awakening Through Touch may speak to you if ...
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Touch is your love language and deeply relaxing for you. You'd like to learn more about how touch can communicate care, tenderness, comfort and understanding in everyday life.
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Touch is not your love language but it is important for your partner and you'd like to become more fluent in this language.
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You'd like to feel more at ease in your body and in connection. You'd love to relax, soften and feel more comfortable being yourself, whether alone or with someone.
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You'd love to feel more relaxed and open to intimacy. To discover how to gently transition from the busyness of everyday life into greater ease, pleasure and connection in your body.
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You'd love to create more quality time and intimacy with your partner. Life is full, with work, children and responsibilities. You'd love to slow down together, reconnect and enjoy simply being with one another.
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You'd love to deepen the intimacy and connection you already share. To discover new ways of understanding and communicating with one another beyond words.
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You want to offer your partner touch that truly feels wonderful to them. To become more sensitive to what they enjoy, what helps them relax and open, and how your touch can bring deep comfort, pleasure and nourishment.
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You'd love to find more ease and balance in giving and receiving. To become more aware of your own needs and desires, express what feels good to you, and discover how to relax into receiving affection as naturally as you offer it.
Come with someone you trust
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This is not only a couples workshop.
You are invited to come with one person you already feel safe and comfortable exploring with. They might be your partner or a friend.
You will practise together throughout the workshop, so there is no need to be paired with a stranger.
You do not need to have a romantic or sexual relationship with the person you bring.
Touch will be conscious and non-sexual. You are always free to choose what feels right for you and to adapt or opt out of any practice. This is a clothes-on experience.
No previous experience of embodiment, bodywork or Tantra is needed.
Your Guide
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Georgina 'Laiya' Peard
Georgina is an embodiment and intimacy coach, massage therapist and bodyworker with more than 20 years' experience working through the body and touch.
Her work brings together bodywork, embodied awareness, deep listening, nervous-system-informed practice and contemplative wisdom.
At the heart of Georgina's work is an enquiry into how we create the conditions for deeper connection: with ourselves, with another, with nature and with the mystery of what can emerge when we truly meet.
Sometimes, in that space, we may encounter Grace.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
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Sunday
22 November 2026
15:30 - 17:45
followed by a warming winter chai
Elaneha, Rolle
Switzerland
10 Avenue de la Gare, 1180 Rolle
Free Parking | 5 minutes from train station
A Winter Gathering of
Warmth and Connection
Complimentary Gathering
Interested? please be in touch
Language
English & French as needed
