A former stripper has apparently made a business out of cuddling.
Travis Sigley, 26, charges clients in San Francisco 75 dollars an hour for "cuddle therapy," a spooning session where he teaches people how to become more comfortable touching in a non-sexual way.
He told the New York Daily News that there's no real training program for this.
As a result, Sigley said, a large part of the population struggles in social situations, with "discomfort or anxiety."
The solution? Sigley thinks touching strangers is a start.
He launched his business about four years ago, around the same time he stopped wearing shirts, which he just doesn't see the need to.
He holds his private cuddle sessions in a cozy event space on San Francisco's Fillmore Street.
Sigley, who studied psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, stresses that his unlicensed therapy is strictly non-sexual.
He begins by talking, over tea, about why a client needs help. After breathing exercises and meditation, they cuddle.
