Hugging Heals

"If you hug someone close for more than a few seconds, your hearts will begin to synchronize. And what's even more incredible is this: if one person in the hug is calm and one person is anxious, the anxious heart will synchronize to the calm heart until both people are relaxed." - Andrea Gibson

I've been healed by a hug before. I've felt myself falling to pieces and I've felt, in a single heartfelt wrapping of arms over arms and chests to chests, my scattered shards being scooped up and placed back together.

I think this is one of the reasons why I believe in the best in people...because any person can be a healer with the simple of act of giving someone a warm embrace.

I find such sweet comfort in knowing that in the moments when we are trembling with anxiety, when we can't catch our breath, when we feel shaken or out of control or shattered that there is a bit of relief right at our fingertips if we simply ask for a hug.

I wonder sometimes at how easy it is to forget how incredibly powerful we are - so powerful that our own calm heartbeat can soften the racing heart of another. What an amazing gift to recognize that we can all be healers every single day of our lives if we choose to be.

So I hope you read this and feel me hugging you with each word. And I hope you remember that you have this incredible capacity to heal - all you have to do is open your arms to it.