{"id":1862,"date":"2012-11-26T09:28:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T09:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1862"},"modified":"2012-11-26T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T09:28:30","slug":"londoners-get-up-close-and-personal-at-cuddle-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/londoners-get-up-close-and-personal-at-cuddle-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Londoners get up close and personal at cuddle workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone appreciates a good cuddle now and then.<\/p>\n<p>For one group of Londoners, this affectionate activity is the focus of a new workshop, where participants sit around in a studio, listen to happy music and hug one another.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the group is to provide warmth and comfort in a society where social interaction largely takes place via mobile phones or on networking sites, ABS CBN News reports.<\/p>\n<p>Guided by Anna Nathan and her co-host Neil Urquhart, the group briefly get to know the other attendees by lightly touching their fingers, shoulders, feet, ears and hips.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, individuals are divided up into small groups, where they lie down together on the floor and hold each other respectfully.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nathan and Mr Urquhart even arrange for their visitors to have dinner together nearby following the sessions, to make it easier to return to the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>One regular visitor said: &quot;If I had to go straight to the street and public transport, I would feel kind of cold and alone. 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