Why Mindful Touch Works

At the heart of our initiative is the Mindful-Touch Education Program: a groundbreaking approach that bridges science and human connection to empower children, educators and communities.

Report

Understanding the Global Mind to Nurture Every Child’s Potential

Explores global mental health declines post-pandemic and presents Mindful-Touch as a proactive, embodied intervention rooted in neuroscience. 

Report

Mental State of Europe 2023

According to the European Report, the top four factors most often linked to good mental health are contact with nature and green spaces (35%), healthy sleep habits (35%), physical activity (34%), and social connection (33%). 

Report

Minors’ health and social media: an interdisciplinary scientific perspective

The impact of social media use and screen time on the mental and physical health of minors. 

*All images are part of children’s visual work for “Making touch visible” — a creative exploration of the sense of touch.

REPORT Feb 2024

The Deteriorating Social Self

Highlights severe declines in mental wellbeing among young adults, with social withdrawal, low self-worth and compulsive digital engagement as key contributors.

Understanding the Global Mind

REPORT 2024

Understanding the Global Mind to Nurture Every Child’s Potential

Explores global mental health declines post-pandemic and presents Mindful-Touch as a proactive, embodied intervention rooted in neuroscience.

Seven Amazing Things About Touch

ARTICLE BBC / Goldsmiths

Seven Amazing Things About Our Sense of Touch

Findings from the BBC's Touch Test, revealing the emotional, cognitive and biological importance of human touch—starting from the womb.

Social Touch Lifelong

RESEARCH 2023

The Lifelong Power of Social Touch

From rodents to humans, research shows how early nurturing touch affects brain structure, gene expression and emotional development across life.

Rewire the Brain Through Mindful-Touch

VIDEO + TEXT Mindful Touch

Rewire the Brain Through Mindful-Touch

Shows how practices like mindful breathing and compassionate touch reinforce synaptic pathways and reshape the brain through neuroplasticity. Discover how touch activates emotional regulation, resilience, and healing.

Touch Knows Everything

ESSAY 2025

Touch Knows Everything

An exploration of touch as a language, a sensor, a regulator and a memory system—reclaiming it as a vital tool for emotional safety and learning in schools.

#LAB TALK

Part journal club, part reflective blog — LAB TALK explores compelling questions in human neuroscience, psychology and behaviour, especially those touching on emotion, connection, and sensory experience. Discover mindful practices and emerging science around touch and development.

MTEd© Professional Training 2026–2027  ·  Limited places available
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Presence · Listening · Connection Mindful-Touch Education

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Join the Priority Waiting List for the next Mindful-Touch Education (MTEd©) Professional Trainings. Develop emotional intelligence, empathy and wellbeing through mindful touch, presence and listening.

Spanish TrainingDecember 2026
International EnglishMarch 2027
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The MTEd© Professional Journey

A progressive pathway from scientific understanding and personal development to professional facilitation and implementation.

🧠 PHASE 1 Foundations of Mindful-Touch Education Neuroscience · Presence · Consent · Touch Awareness Modules 1–2 · 21–24 Hours

What you'll discover:

· How touch influences the nervous system

· Neuroscience of connection & human development

· Principles of presence and embodied awareness

· Consent, boundaries, respectful communication

· The six foundational steps of the MTEd framework

🌿 CORE TRANSFORMATION PHASE PHASE 2 Embodied Emotional Intelligence Five Elements · Five Heroes · Emotional Communication Modules 3–4 · 36–48 Hours

The Five Elements:

🌍 Earth (Kuki) — Compassion, safety, nurturing

🌲 Wood (Holzi) — Leadership, structure, confidence

💧 Water (Wassi) — Sensitivity, adaptability, flow

🔥 Fire (Flammi) — Joy, vitality, connection

💨 Air (Lufti) — Creativity, inspiration, clarity

🎓 PHASE 3 Professional Integration & Facilitation Teaching · Facilitation · Lesson Design Module 5 · 30–40 Hours

The 1×1 Teaching Framework:

CONNECT — Creating safety and trust

MOVE — Awakening body awareness

SENSE — Developing tactile awareness

RELAX — Supporting emotional regulation

CREATE — Integrating through storytelling

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