A Cuddle Party will go something like this...

• Everyone turns up, registers, gets changed, grabs a drink and sits down.
• The Lifeguard then goes through the Welcome Circle, which includes welcoming and introducing everyone, explaining the Rules, and running through some exercises designed to help people feel safe and not-so-strange to each other. This lasts about 40 minutes.
• There's about two hours of "free-style" cuddling time.
• About half an hour before the end of the Party the Lifeguard will initiate a Puppy Pile.
• A brief Closing Circle concludes the Cuddle Party.
• Everyone changes and floats home!

Things that might happen at a Cuddle Party...

• Foot rubs
• Scalp massages
• Talking about experiences of touch
• Sitting back-to-back
• Massage trains (where everyone sits in a circle massaging the neck in front of them)
• Hand holding
• Arm linking
• Eating and drinking
• Shoulder stroking
• Kissing
• Nuzzling
• Giggling, laughing, crying
• Lying with your heads in someone's lap
• Snoozing
• Puppy Pile