Love Swing

One of the most important aspects of touch is that it brings the senses in our skin alive. It is through our outer layer that we are able to experience and feel all sensation. Skin envelops us and protects us and it is the meeting point of our external and internal realities. What happens on the outside of the body, is transmitted by our feeling senses in the skin to the brain through the central nervous system. The brain then decodes the message and sends its impulses back to the periphery of the body so we are able to respond accordingly. Our skin reflects what happens in our mind, emotions and feelings — we glow with health and pale with fear; we blush when we are embarrassed and tingle with excitement or we get goose bumps when we are thrilled or frightened. Every centimetre of the skin is packed with sensory nerve receptors that respond to different tactile stimulation. The skin incorporates our most pervading sense — the sense of touch that functions throughout the entire surface of the body.

Touch, when it comes from another person, affirms to us our self-worth. If we are touched with love, it makes us feel loveable. If we are never touched, we feel isolated and alone. Touch is a form of nourishment, feeding our bodies and minds and keeping us in contact with our innermost feelings.

A healthy and enlivened skin is therefore important to our overall well-being. Nourishing the skin with an essential oil blend and teasing it with loving, playful touches will help to keep it vital and responsive. Choose from one of the recipes shown here and spread the oil lightly over your partner’s bare skin, using your palms and fingers to stroke in downward flowing movements. This is not strictly a massage, but more an experience in skin sensation. Then begin to rake your fingertips down over the skin, one hand following the other in overlapping motions. See if she notices the difference in feeling between the pressure of the palms and the raking sensation of the fingertips. Then decrease the pressure even more, tracing the skin with feather touches, focusing them particularly on areas of highly sensitive soft skin. She will feel the nerve endings thrill and tingle to these tantalizing touches. Try the varying pressures on different parts of the body — the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, the skin of the face and down the length of the spine. Run your fingertips with the barest touch over her lips, her ears or the back of her neck.

Some people find this type of touching highly erotic as the skin becomes suffused with sensual feelings. If you are applying the oils from Recipe 1, the basil essence will increase her responses to sensual touch, while the lavender and patchouli will soothe her skin. In Recipe 2, the aphrodisiac properties of neroli will complement its skin nurturing qualities. Bergamot will entice her, while black pepper will warm and seduce her.

Heightened awareness

Basil, Lavender, Patchouli

For overall skin contact

To 20m1 (4tsp) grapeseed
base oil for a tempting
touch or to 10m1 (2tsp)
grapeseed and 10m1 (2tsp)
avocado or jojoba for
lasting feeling add:
4 drops Basil
4 drops Lavender
2 drops Patchouli

Tantalizing

Neroli, Bergamot,
Black Pepper

For all over skin contact

To 20m1 (4tsp) base oil mix
of the above ingredients add:
4 drops Neroli
3 drops Bergamot
2 drops Black Pepper

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