In a gathering space on the third floor of Brushworks Art & Industrial, a factory-turned-artist studio complex in Florence, ...

(KUTV) There is a new trend literally taking hold in Utah County called, Happy Valley Cuddle Parties. The facilitator of the party says he started them at the beginning of the year, and has seen the ...

Marion, a mother of three living in Berlin, remembers growing up in a household full of touch and affection. But as an adult, married to a partner who wasn’t as physically expressive, she started to ...

AUSTIN - There is a purple velvet couch, blankets everywhere and about two dozen people wanting to get their cuddle on. They came for different reasons. Some to meet people. Some to explore their ...

Cuddle Parties create space for people to gather for hours of purportedly nonsexual physical touch. Credit: Pexels / Ketut Subiyanto First, let’s first state the obvious. “Cuddle parties” — a growing ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - Put on your pajamas and get ready for a party. It’s not just any party, though. This one is all about the healing power of touch. Cuddle parties have been around for a while, and ...

Professional cuddler Jean Franzblau faces a number of challenges in her growing industry. First off, she says her business solves a problem you may not even know you have. “People don’t realize that ...

Located alongside a tattoo parlor, a lingerie shop and a shiatsu massage studio on a gritty stretch of Burnside Avenue in Portland, Oregon, where the air often smells of marijuana, Cuddle Up To Me is ...

Heather Gay explores “gay Mormon cuddle parties” as part of her new docuseries Surviving Mormonism. The limited three-part ...

When H. Melinda Krakowski, a customer service representative in New York City, was married, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was alone, even when her husband was in the room with her. That’s ...

New cuddle shop opens in Portland, Oregon. — -- An Oregon woman has turned cuddling into a full-fledged brick-and-mortar business in Portland, adding to the growing list of U.S. entrepreneurs ...