Studies have revealed that the need to be touched is innate in man. Contact makes us feel more comfortable and at peace.

Dr. Harold Voth, a psychiatrist at the University of Kansas, said: A hug is the best treatment against depression.

Objectively, it causes the body's immune system to be activated.

A hug brings new life to a tired body and makes you feel younger and more energetic.

At home, a hug every day will strengthen relationships and significantly reduce friction.

Helen Colton reinforces this thought: When a person is touched, the amount of hemoglobin in the blood increases significantly. Hemoglobin is the part of blood that carries the vital supply of oxygen to all body organs, including heart and brain.

The increase in hemoglobin actives the whole body, helps to prevent disease and accelerates the recovery of the organism, in the case of a disease.

It is interesting to note that we save hugs for occasions of great joy, tragedies or disasters.

We take refuge in the safety of hugs after earthquakes, floods and accidents.

Men, who would never do that on other occasions, hug and touch each other with enthusiastic affection after winning a game or performing a major athletic accomplishment.

Members of a family gathered at a funeral find consolation and tenderness in the arms of each other, although they do not have the habit of such affection demonstrations.

A hug is an act of meeting oneself and the other. To hug someone requires an open attitude and a sincere desire to receive the other.

So it is easy to hug a steemed and beloved person. But it is difficult to hug a stranger.

We find it hard to hug a beggar or a stranger. And each one of us ultimately discovers our ability to hug, our humanization level, and our degree of affective development.

It is a natural human desire to show affection. However, for some mysterious reason, we connect tenderness with sentimentality, weakness, and vulnerability. Generally we hesitate to hug and be hugged.

The hug is a very human sign that someone has value and is loved.

It's good. It costs nothing and requires little effort. It is healthy for the giver and the receiver.

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You have hugged your wife, your husband, your father, your mother,  and your kids lately?

Do you usually hug your loved ones only on special occasions?

When you meet a friend, do you usually just greet him with a handshake and a formal kiss?

The emotion of the hug has special quality. Try to hug more.

We live in a society where the big complaint is the lack of affection.

How about trying hug therapy?

Spirtist Moment Team. based on adaptation of the text  A
importância do abraço, by Prof. Jorge Luiz Brand and Rolando
Toro Araneda, Biodanca, collection of texts.
May 6.2013.