HUGS™: Helping U Gain Skills for Life

Research has shown that when you are touched, even casually, and even if you are not consciously aware of it, you respond more positively. For example, if a librarian gently makes physical contact with you while helping you, you tend to be more satisfied with the interchange. Touching someone while talking with them can have a big impact. If the situation permits and is appropriate, put your hand on someone's shoulder or arm while talking to them and say the other person's name in your conversation.

You need 4 hugs a day for survival.

You need 8 hugs a day for maintenance.

You need 12 hugs a day for growth.

~Virginia Satire
1916-1988
American Author and Psychotherapist

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Hugging Meditation

Breathing in, I am so happy to hug my child. Breathing out, I know she is real and alive in my arms.

Suppose a lovely child comes and presents herself to you. If you are not really there--if you are thinking of the past, worrying about the future, or possessed by anger or fear--the child, although present, will not exist for you. She is like a ghost, and you are like a ghost, as well. If you want to meet the child, you have to go back to the present moment in order to meet her. If you want to hug her, it is in the present moment that you can hug her.

So you breathe consciously, uniting body and mind, a reconnection to self ... making you into a real person again. When you become a real person, the child becomes real also. She is a wondrous presence and the encounter with life is possible at that moment. If you hold her in your arms and continue to breathe, life is. This gatha [gathering force or strength] can help you remember the preciousness of your loved one as you hold him/her in your arms.

Source: Present Moment Wonderful Moment by Thich Nha Hanh (buy today for your personal library)

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Hugging is Healthy!

It helps the body's immune system, it keeps you healthier, it cures depression,
it reduces stress, it induces sleep, its invigorating, it is rejuvenating,
it has no unpleasant side effects, and hugging is nothing less than a miracle drug.

Hugging is all natural. it is organic, naturally sweet, no pesticides,
no preservatives, no artificial ingredients and 100% wholesome.

Hugging is practically perfect. There are no moveable parts, no batteries to wear out,
no periodic check ups, low energy consumption, high energy yield, inflation proof,
non fattening, no monthly repayments, no insurance requirements, theft proof,
non polluting, and of course fully returnable.

~Author Unknown

HUGS™ is a concept
used at HopeAllianz Inc

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Importance of Touch

Survival

Maintenance

Growth

Hugging Meditation

Hugging is Healthy

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Thoughts to Ponder

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Never wait until tomorrow
to hug someone you could
hug today, because when
you give one, you get one
right back your way.

~Author Unknown

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