Touch is a basic human need. We are born with the instinct to reach out and touch. It is a universal action to touch, to feel, to experience. Touch allows for loving energy to be transmitted. Reaching out to touch activates the energies within the human body. The art of touch as a healing art has been practiced for thousands of years in nearly every culture.
Healing begins when you take a clump of moist clay and put it on the potter’s wheel. Your fingers slide across the clay as the wheel turns. As though something magical happens, the mind and the body begin to work in complete harmony with each other.
The forming of the clay allows your mind to focus upon a natural element of the Earth. A meditative state is entered as everything from the outside world is left aside. The stress and tension slip away. The forming of the clay upon the wheel releases everything that is negative and infuses through the simple art of touch a connection with the Earth.
Through the art of crafting a piece of pottery the imaginative and creative energies within you are unleashed and allowed to be expressed. There is something special and energizing about creating something from nothing.
The healing extends long after your time at the wheel. The experience can be relived each time the fired pottery is held. The infusion of energy, the grounding of the spirit, and the activation of creativity can be carried throughout your day.
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