I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.
I have found myself hugging more lately. It’s not been intentional, but as I wander into the next season of my life, I seem to crave more human contact. There’s just something about a hug.
I think that hugs are the most healing thing ever.
It’s actually a very intimate act, hugging. Especially if you maintain that hug for quite a few seconds, like twenty… initially I felt that perhaps I was imposing upon the other, but these long-held hugs have been received with gratitude, if not a little but of surprise.
Human touch is vital. Without it, we wither. With it, we thrive. It is good preventive medicine.
Steve Goodler
Our bodies say more to each other than our words ever could. I do a great deal of counseling and when I sense that the other has gotten themselves twisted and turned around, all bunched up, exhausted with explanation and desire for “the answer,” I’ll quietly offer a hug. In that safe space of feeling held, seen, heard, known, believed, there’s deep healing.
Hugging is the silent way of saying “you matter to me.”
From this nest of safety, our beings are more courageous to open. Open our hearts, open our minds, open our perspectives. There are some things we just can’t will ourselves into… but, perhaps, there is movement and flow when we open our bodies to be hugged, to be embraced right there in the moment, messiness and all.
We need 4 hugs daily for survival, 8 for maintenance, 12 for growth.
V. Star
This being human journey is a damn lot. We’re hurting, scared, easily triggered, stuck up in our minds, in the past, or way out ahead of ourselves in the future. Hugs have a way of bringing us back to here and now, this moment.
A good long hug marks the occasion… it’s like saying “let’s remember this, you and me right here and now, forever” without saying a word. It’s like saying, “there’s nothing more important in this moment than feeling your heart beating and listening to your breath.” Hugging good and long slows everything down, peeling away all the fluff and leaving just the Raw Real.
Sometimes a silent hug is the only thing to say.
Robert Brault
As I continue on my journey of loving others as myself — for, truly truly I tell you, there are no others — I will speak less, listen more, and hug much more. And there will be healing, there will be awakening, there will be connection, there will be community, there will be peace on earth. Amen.
If today you find yourself lonely, perhaps offer a hug… to your grandchild, neighbor, significant other, friend, pet… and – oh this is brave – hold on. Breathe a few deep breaths together. Find Harmony, Common Vibe, Calm… ah, and here’s a hug from me.
Edge-y, joyful, pondering…
Lisa
Sound Therapist & Mind-Body Coach
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