Day #77: Hugs 100 Day Gratitude challenge
Day #77: Hugs 100 Day Gratitude challenge When was the last time you were hugged by a friend? If you are living in Chennai and you are a Southie it will be a long long time back. Punjabis and several north Indian communities have a habit of hugging their friends when they meet them. In my community during a festive carnival day there was this group of people giving away free hugs. Most people including me tip toed around them so they wouldn’t find us and hug us. I did it because I had come without having had a bath. So didn’t want to get hugged like that. But I think even if I had had a bath I may still have done the same. We’re shy to be hugged. But when it happens it feels really good. We feel warm and fuzzy and the world seems just right. Hugging is easy and highly theraupeutic. I hear it has healing properties too. Humans are social animals and we need to feel loved and cared for. A hug does that for us. Hugging therapy is definitely a powerful way of healing. Re...