Hugging is one of the most beautiful forms of communication

Hugging is one of the most amazing forms of contact that one could give another.

Hugging benefits include: therapeutic and calming effects, natural pain killer, and it stimulates multiple “feeling good” glands within our bodies.

While hugging, our bodies begin to undergo huge physiological changes, and balancing our nervous system. Not only does this happen to our bodies, while being hugged, but also the level of cortisol circulating through our bodies is lowered excessively, calming us and relieving tension and stress immediately.

Have your ever noticed after a hug your mood lightens and you feel confidence? This is a result of being stress-free and relaxed.

Hugging stimulates and encourages the release of serotonin and the endorphin hormone into our bloodstream – stimulating sensations of contentment, enjoyment, and satisfaction. Someone feeling depressed and lonely could be experiencing a deficiency of serotonin and endorphins.

Did you know that hugging also has the ability to decrease your heart rate?
That’s right! A study at the University of North Carolina concluded that volunteers who had little to no contact at all with their partners developed a much faster heart rate, compared to those who had more hugs from their partners.
As many of us know by now, lowering our heart rate means less chance of cardiac related issues.

yogaesoteric
April 7, 2019