Edited 12:24pm EST I recent able to experience Latihan, and love it. It seems no future events have been scheduled from that venue. Know any Latihan or other connection events in any State or continents?
I'm not about to click on a link with "kink" in it.
Why i miss? What is this? I don't see a link
@ReltvlyCanshes I removed and rephased the post, to avoid "non-plantonic" subject
Oh, i guess i never heard of it so I'll just wait to see what you all discuss
Yeah googles led me to something that probably isn't applicable for CC, so yeah i get it
Just for reference https://events.humanitix.com/latihan-austin-south
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Someone told me about it recently. They just said it's like a cuddle party but you are blindfolded and can't see who you're cuddling. I suspect there is more to it than that, but I didn't look it up. That description alone sounds like a personal horror story for me! I can see why that would be helpful for some, but not me.
I'm not sure of any kink elements that may or may not be present. I don't think there's anything wrong with it if there is, but again, not for me.
I go to Authentic Relating every other week here in Austin. It's not a touch event, but it does encourage and facilitate connection with others via little 'games.' It's hard for me to describe, but you generally get practice being honest about how you feel in the moment with another person, including being honest about how you feel about their presence.
@billiam yeah, Latihan, in a way, it is a form of cuddle party. Blindfolded, taking away of the elements of bias, so no situations like a gal finds an attractive guy, and she approach him; or a guy avoid touch with other guy because of society conditioning. No genital touch involve, boundary is set. There are always monitors around, anyone violate it, the person is out.
@MaleKoala_nyc Ok. Yeah I can see the appeal. But I have so much trauma around touch that it wouldn't work for me. The woman who told me about it loved it.
Hm, I read the information link - suggested clothing includes blindfolds and kneepads.
So much humor potential there, but I'm gonna be good (for now)
I don’t know anything about Latihan.
But a similar guided and monitored blindfolded experience around platonic touch helped me to disentangle a bunch of wiring that made it difficult for me to distinguish platonic touch from sexual touch. One way I experienced the cross-wiring previously, was as a high level of discomfort at the thought of physical affection of any kind between me and another man.
I’m not suggesting there is anything wrong with other men who don’t want to cuddle with men. But for me, this cross-wiring was problematic. And for me, unpacking it had many net-positive implications.
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Probably not for me but it sounds like it could be beneficial for some people.