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    Craving Human Touch During Isolation? Try This.

    by Monica Levi Apr 10, 2020 2 minutes
    Craving Human Touch During Isolation? Try This. by Monica Levi. Photograph of a hand touching a mirror by Ricardo Gomez Angel
    Photograph by Ricardo Gomez Angel

    This can be a time for us to practice mindful touching of other living beings, so that when the pandemic finally fades away, we can enjoy the touch of humans even more.

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    Does the plague have you going nuts craving human touch that you can’t have? If

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