A HUG IS WHEN YOU HOLD SOMEONE TIGHTLY IN YOUR ARMS TO EXPRESS AFFECTION.

Hug as much as you live, live as much as you hug. Hugging someone may appear as simple as holding someone close to your chest and feeling the person’s chest rise and fall. It goes beyond that. Do away with that ninety degree hug or that one hundred and eighty degree hug, get a full one for obvious reasons. Getting it according to research is extremely effective at healing sickness, loneliness, depression, anxiety and stress. You should hug for one of a thousand reasons everyday.

BENEFITS

(1) It instantly boosts the oxytocin levels which heal feelings of loneliness, isolation and anger.

(2) Get a long hug. They are known for lifting one’s serotonin levels, elevating mood and creating happiness.

(3) It will encourage someone to move on and it creates understanding. Give a friend a hug

(4) It strengthen the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum and the emotional charge this creates activates the solar plexus chakra. This stimulates the thymus gland which regulates and balance the body’s production of white blood cells and white cells keeps us healthy and diseases free.

There are a million reasons why we should get a hug every day. A saying by VIRGINA SATIR, a respected family therapist says “we need four hugs a day for survival, 8 hugs a day for maintenance, we need 12 hugs a day for growth.” You don’t have to ask why a hug is important. Of course it reassures one of hope and gives some strength when words fail you. It has the magic of giving some sort of relief.

Reverend Kevin Zaborney in Caro, Michigan knew the importance of a hug and pronounced January 21st as world hug day in the year 1986. An earlier study published in 2003 came to the conclusion that hand –holding in couple and “hugging” increases their oxytocin known as the “love hormone” that facilitates bonding. If you are down, get it, if you are stressed out get a hug. Well get it from someone you trust it works better.

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