This may be too touchy-feely for some of you pinheads, but so be it.  It’s all about the homecoming and, unless you’ve experienced extremely long periods without any real physical contact, you wouldn’t get it.  But I know this as a real, human factor that totally affects a person’s health and well-being.  Contributed by my dear friend, Teressa, from Springfield, Missouri, who I met at a Ray LaMontagne concert at the Tabernacle in Atlanta not so many years ago.

The Energy of an Embrace
Hugs

The need to touch and be touched is established early in our lives, as we develop and grow in the omnipresent embrace of our mother’s womb.  Once we are born, separated from that sanctuary of connectivity, we begin to crave the physical embrace of our parents.  As we age, we become more independent. 

Yet during times of triumph or trouble, and during those moments when we are in need of reassurance, we can’t help but long for a hug.  Because a hug requires two active participants, each individual taking part in the embrace experiences the pleasure of being embraced and the joy that comes from hugging someone. As both individuals wrap their arms around one another, their energy blends together, and they experience a tangible feeling of togetherness that lingers long after physical contact has been broken.

A heart hug is when you put your left arm over someone’s shoulder and your right arm around their waist. As they do the same to you, your hearts become aligned with one another other and loving, comforting energy flows between the two of you to flood your souls with feelings of love, caring and compassion.

A hug is a pleasurable way to share your feelings with someone who is important to you.  Depending on your relationship with the other person and the kind of message you wish to send to them, a hug can communicate love, friendship, romance, congratulations, support, greeting and any other sentiment you wish to convey.  A hug communicates to others that you are there for them in a positive way. 

In an instant, a hug can re-establish a bond between long lost friends and comfort those in pain.  The next time you hug someone, focus all of your energy into the embrace.  You will create a profound connection that infuses your feelings and sentiments into a single beautiful gesture.