ASMR, short for autonomous sensory meridian response, has ballooned in popularity over the past 15 years. Julie Luther, who built a massive YouTube and TikTok following with ASMR videos, offers ...

Not only did I not know what to expect from Luxury Escapism: The Oddly Satisfying Spa, but I walked right past its unassuming front door in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn. The spa, which is ...

I like to be stroked. And no, that’s not a kinky opener for my Tinder bio or an admission that I believe I’m a cat trapped inside a human body. Since I was a child, if anyone stroked my skin or hair I ...

“It’s time for your lice check,” a woman who goes by “Ms. K” whispers directly into my ear as she starts running her fingers into my scalp and through each strand of hair. I’m in a dark room, Eastern ...

“It’s a physical sensation that begins in the scalp and extends through the body,” says the creator of popular ASMR videos. No time to get a stress-relieving massage in real life? For some people, ...

Julie Luther, founder of Soft Touch ASMR Spa in Pasadena, gives the author an ASMR massage. I've never felt weird about paying strangers to touch me. Massages, facials, martial arts — it's all just ...

I've never felt weird about paying strangers to touch me. Massages, facials, martial arts — it's all just bodywork to me. That is, until I booked my first professional back scratch with Julie Luther, ...