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Touch-Mediated ASMR Available at In Your Arms

As a cuddlist-certified practitioner, Karen Schweiger, owner of In Your Arms, offers the opportunity to safely explore the benefits of alternative touch, the practice of consent and boundaries through the modality of professional cuddling. In addition to her touch therapy, she’s now offering Touch Mediated ASMR sessions. ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, is an experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.

“Individuals who suffer from touch deprivation may not even be fully aware of it. Instead, they may assume that the deep ache, restlessness and/or loneliness they’re feeling may be something else entirely,” states Schweiger. This healing touch is not sexual in nature; it is purely platonic and therapeutic. Healthy touch helps reaffirm feelings of trust, security and warmth.

Karen’s clients enthusiastically affirm the healing benefits of touch therapy sessions. Each visit evokes feelings of comfort and security, with an assurance of confidentiality and privacy.

For new clients, she’s also offering an Introduction to Cuddling package. If you experience ASMR and have considered what it might be like to experience an in-person session, contact Karen at 908-768-1800 or visit CuddleInYourArms.com.  See ad on page 45.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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