Laughing, cuddling and hugging not only display your affection towards your
loved one, but it can also be a health benefit.
According to HealthMeUp . Multiple researchers conclude that hugging and
cuddling can cure depression, stress, tension, anxiety and loneliness.
A proper hug where your heart touches the other person's heart can aid you
with the following health benefits:
Hugging leads to release of love hormones called Oxytocin, which fights feeling
of depressions, loneliness and also fits of anger.
It promotes a sense of safety, trust and honesty in a person.
A long hug results in an increase in serotonin levels, which elevates your mood
and makes your happy.
As mentioned on mindbodygreen,
"Hugs 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 balances the body's production of white blood cells, which keep
you healthy and disease free."
Hugging is a way improves one's self esteem and helps in nurturing the ability
to love oneself.
As they boost blood circulation to the softer tissues hugs can ease your pains,
relax your muscles and can also relax your body.
Hugs are similar to meditation or even laughter. You're mind stops thinking
and you live in the moment. So you get out of your circular thinking patterns
and unite with your heart, emotions and breathing simultaneously.
Hugs get you out of your circular thinking patterns and connect you with your
heart and your feelings and your breath.
According to Virginia Satir, an American author and psychotherapist, "We need
four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We
need twelve hugs a day for growth."
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