The Power of Hugs

Hugs are so beautiful. Hugs are actually magical for me. When someone hugs me and particularly when someone loving and kind, and someone that I share a good, close bond with hugs me, I am lifted to a whole new level. I am actually transported to a completely new universe- a universe of warmth, love, care and one where nobody harms anyone and where there is peace all around. Oh, how lovely would it be to have that world in real. But you know what, if you can imagine and visualize something in your mind, you can actually have it too so I visualize a world full of hugs, warmth and all things lovely and I am so sure one day I'll have it, maybe in heaven haha.

So coming back to the topic, hugs are amazing and a single, loving touch can soothe you so much and relieve you of so many tensions and pressure. It is that liberating really. I know that because I am a very hug-sie person and I love hugging people, not strangers though haha but you know I am always hugging my son, husband, mother and want to hug my siblings but they don't appreciate that very much. Today, I was attending a workshop on Trauma and How you can Break-free from that and the importance of loving touch was talked about there too. I got to hug a few really positive and loving ladies and that lifted up my spirits a lot tooo.

There, when hugging that women, I recalled something really lovely a young lade said at another workshop I attended a few weeks back. She said that when she comes home from her job (she is a teacher), her mother in law asks her to calm herself down a bit, relax and then hold her 1 year old boy because if she hugs him instantly, she is likely to transfer her stress and tensions to him and that is likely to agitate him. She actually pays heed to that and takes a few minutes before caressing her son and that really helps her feel calm as well as make her son feel happy too.

I started implementing this little tip into my life after she shared this with us on that workshop. When I am stressed or feeling really down, I try not to hug people if they are down too because I do not want to infect them with my negative energy at that time. However, when I do see someone whom I know can lift up my spirits and assuage my stress with his/ her positivity, I do hug him/ her and the result is amazing.

The same happened with me today. When I hugged a few of those lovely women from that workshop including Lisa Cherry who is a renowned trainer, writer, author and speaker on Trauma, I felt amazing. The image below reminds me of my son and how I feel when he hugs me. I gotta go hug him right now but he is asleep so the hug has to be very gentle.