Touch to Save the World

In our Westernized, productivity-centric culture, we have little awareness of the importance of touch. From infancy, touch creates biochemical processes that improve our resilience and transform our ability to interact peacefully with others. Cultures that prioritize touch have less conflict, less stress, and stronger communities. To heal the rifts of our disconnected identities, Andra Vltavín (they/she) provides a number of touch modalities for you to explore at your level of comfort. With mindfulness, consent, and active boundary setting, Andra creates safe containers for all types of touch exploration.

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 Postpartum and Post-trauma Doula Services

Andra specializes in supporting queer and poly families planning and caring for a newborn or newly adopted child. They also support transitions through grief, trauma, miscarriage, and abortion. In their doula care, Andra prioritizes how touch creates and maintains a bond among people and emphasizes vulnerable, transparent emotional processing throughout the experience.

A doula is a non-medical strategist who comes to your home to support you however you need help. Andra assesses each member of your household and provides support to those who are experiencing neglect or stress. Doula support includes organization, light housekeeping, emotional processing, coaching, planning, grocery shopping, meal prep, and breastfeeding support. Andra also brings their network of support options and does research to find you the best care providers in your area and budget.

Andra offers a sliding scale on doula services depending on the length of service required. They are DONA certified. Fill out this form for a free phone or video consultation.

Professional Cuddling

As a Cuddlist-trained cuddler, Andra culminates their energy play experiences, meditative practice, and spaceholding abilities in their cuddling. They are a very active cuddler, providing gentle pressure and movement to the experience such that their clients feel rejuvenated and refreshed after sessions. If you are new to cuddling, you might think about it as an interactive two-way massage where your requests for cuddling positions and activities are welcome. Andra promises to communicate gently and immediately if anything moves outside their comfort zone.

In a cuddle session, you set the pace. If you are recovering from touch trauma or otherwise need support through your touch rehabilitation process, Andra will go as slowly with their reintroduction as you need. If you are looking for a more recreational experience, Andra can set the pace, beginning with a meditation, breathing exercises, and a touch rinse to encourage your comfort and safety.

Andra provides options for both in-calls at their home in SW Portland as well as outcalls. Discounts are available for students, self-identifying LGBTQIA+ individuals, and BIPOC community members. Pricing starts at $100 per hour with a 90-minute minimum.

"[Andra is a] beautiful, wonderful person who brings her authentic self into a cuddle session. She was attentive, mindful of an injury I have, and was open to allowing my energy to mix and mingle with her own." ​-B. P.

"[Andra] is the real deal. Period. The session went by in a blur. She's very smart, engaging, and empathetic. It's all about you and all about her. That's the blur. She loves what she does, and you can tell." -V.

Surrogate Partner Therapy

Surrogate partner therapy is a four-part process that takes places with the help of a therapist. This therapy is specifically for people looking to overcome sexual discomfort, have a first-time sexual experience, recover from sexual trauma, or otherwise reintroduce themselves to sexuality. This modality happens over the course of four sessions, and after each session, the participant meets with their therapist to discuss what comes up at every step of the way.

The four sessions happen as follows:

1. Getting to know each other and clothed, exploratory touch

2. Cuddling and explorations of nudity

3. Sexual acts that specifically relate to the participant’s healing

4. Integration and goodbyes

Because they are pansexual, queer, plural, and polyamorous, Andra is most interested in people looking to re-explore sexuality in a new way. They also have a lot of sympathy for those coming back to sexuality after grief or those who have medical dilemmas that complicate traditional sexual acts.

Andra takes on a limited number of surrogate partner therapy sessions, and it is a time commitment of a minimum of a month. Surrogate partner packages start at $1,200 and include eight total session hours with Andra. If you do not already have a therapist interested in helping you with this process, Andra can recommend therapists they trust.