Have you seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Amazing what a difference one person with an open heart can make. (for the background, after watching the above, follow the link to the Ten News article on it)
Kiriel
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Oct 21, 2006 @ 03:25
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Have you seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Amazing what a difference one person with an open heart can make. (for the background, after watching the above, follow the link to the Ten News article on it)
Kiriel
KirielOct 21, 2006 @ 03:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Amazing what a difference one person with an open heart can make. (for the background, after watching the above, follow the link to the Ten News article on it)
Kiriel
KirielOct 21, 2006 @ 03:25
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Oct 22, 2006 @ 12:18
Thanks for sharing this! Great video! Now I need to go hug someone...
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Thanks for sharing this! Great video! Now I need to go hug someone...
jerome, Oct 22, 2006 @ 12:18
jerome, Oct 22, 2006 @ 12:18
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Oct 22, 2006 @ 13:36
it's addictive! and so needed...
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Oct 22, 2006 @ 20:07
consider me available sweetie!!! ;)
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consider me available sweetie!!! ;)
Minda, Oct 22, 2006 @ 20:07
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:29
Just follow the guidelines:
- Be compassionate, not passionate -- communicate comfort and caring.
- Ask for permission -- hugging requires a sender and receiver. Accepting that hugging isn't for everyone is simply another form of understanding and acceptance.
- Ask permission when you need a hug. Hugging for wellness is a practice of sharing -- if you need a hug simply ask for one. And if you receive a hug, let the sender know you are appreciative.
- Take responsibility for expressing what you need.
Hobbes, hug therapist
- Be compassionate, not passionate -- communicate comfort and caring.
- Ask for permission -- hugging requires a sender and receiver. Accepting that hugging isn't for everyone is simply another form of understanding and acceptance.
- Ask permission when you need a hug. Hugging for wellness is a practice of sharing -- if you need a hug simply ask for one. And if you receive a hug, let the sender know you are appreciative.
- Take responsibility for expressing what you need.
Hobbes, hug therapist
The text you are quoting:
Just follow the guidelines:
- Be compassionate, not passionate -- communicate comfort and caring.
- Ask for permission -- hugging requires a sender and receiver. Accepting that hugging isn't for everyone is simply another form of understanding and acceptance.
- Ask permission when you need a hug. Hugging for wellness is a practice of sharing -- if you need a hug simply ask for one. And if you receive a hug, let the sender know you are appreciative.
- Take responsibility for expressing what you need.
Hobbes, hug therapist
Hobbes, Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:29
- Be compassionate, not passionate -- communicate comfort and caring.
- Ask for permission -- hugging requires a sender and receiver. Accepting that hugging isn't for everyone is simply another form of understanding and acceptance.
- Ask permission when you need a hug. Hugging for wellness is a practice of sharing -- if you need a hug simply ask for one. And if you receive a hug, let the sender know you are appreciative.
- Take responsibility for expressing what you need.
Hobbes, hug therapist
Hobbes, Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:29
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:31
I was inspired by watching the video.
Think we could get 10-20 GoLers to do it in Geneva on a sat morning, and think the people on the street would cooperate?
Think we could get 10-20 GoLers to do it in Geneva on a sat morning, and think the people on the street would cooperate?
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I was inspired by watching the video.
Think we could get 10-20 GoLers to do it in Geneva on a sat morning, and think the people on the street would cooperate?
Nir Ofek, Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:31
Think we could get 10-20 GoLers to do it in Geneva on a sat morning, and think the people on the street would cooperate?
Nir Ofek, Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:31
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:34
"Touch is not only nice. It's needed! Scientific research supports the theory that stimulation by touch is absolutely necessary for our physical as well as our emotional well-being.
Therapeutic touch, recognized as an essential tool for healing, is now part of nurses' training in several large medical centers. Touch is used to help relieve pain and depression and anxiety, to bolster a patient's will to live, and to help premature babies who have been deprived of touch in their incubator to grow and thrive.
Results of Scientific Experiments
Various experiments have shown that touch can:
- make us feel better about ourselves and our surroundings
- have a positive effect in a child's development and IQ
- cause measurable physiological changes in the touchers and the touched
We are just beginning to understand the power of touch. While there are many forms of touching, we propose that hugging is a very special therapeutic touch that contributes in a major way to healing and health.
The Power of Hugging
Hugging accomplishes many things that you may never have thought of. It ...
- feels good
- dispels loneliness
- overcomes fear
- opens doors to feelings
- builds self-esteem (WOW, SHE actually wants to hug me!)
- fosters altruism (I can't believe it but I actually want to hug that old son-of-a-gun)
- slows down aging (huggers stay young longer)
- helps curb appetite (we eat less when we are nourished by hugs and when our arms are busy wrapped around others)
More Good Things from Hugging
- eases tension
- fights insomnia
- keeps arms and shoulder muscles in condition
- provides stretching exercise if you are short
- provides stooping exercise if you are tall
- offers a wholesome alternative to promiscuity
- offers a healthy, safe alternative to alcohol and other drug abuse (better hugs than drugs!)
- affirms physical being
- is democratic (anyone is eligible for a hug)
Even More Benefits from Hugging
- is ecologically sound (it does not upset the environment)
- is energy-efficient (saves heat)
- is portable
- requires no special equipment
- demands no special setting (a fine place for a hug is any place from a doorstep to an executive conference room ... from a church parlor to a football field)
- makes happy days happier
- imparts feelings of belonging
- fills up empty places in our lives
- keeps on working to dispense benefits even after the hug is released
Reprinted from an article by Kathleen Keating entitled 'Hug Therapy' "
Hobbes - emergency hugging patrol volunteer
Therapeutic touch, recognized as an essential tool for healing, is now part of nurses' training in several large medical centers. Touch is used to help relieve pain and depression and anxiety, to bolster a patient's will to live, and to help premature babies who have been deprived of touch in their incubator to grow and thrive.
Results of Scientific Experiments
Various experiments have shown that touch can:
- make us feel better about ourselves and our surroundings
- have a positive effect in a child's development and IQ
- cause measurable physiological changes in the touchers and the touched
We are just beginning to understand the power of touch. While there are many forms of touching, we propose that hugging is a very special therapeutic touch that contributes in a major way to healing and health.
The Power of Hugging
Hugging accomplishes many things that you may never have thought of. It ...
- feels good
- dispels loneliness
- overcomes fear
- opens doors to feelings
- builds self-esteem (WOW, SHE actually wants to hug me!)
- fosters altruism (I can't believe it but I actually want to hug that old son-of-a-gun)
- slows down aging (huggers stay young longer)
- helps curb appetite (we eat less when we are nourished by hugs and when our arms are busy wrapped around others)
More Good Things from Hugging
- eases tension
- fights insomnia
- keeps arms and shoulder muscles in condition
- provides stretching exercise if you are short
- provides stooping exercise if you are tall
- offers a wholesome alternative to promiscuity
- offers a healthy, safe alternative to alcohol and other drug abuse (better hugs than drugs!)
- affirms physical being
- is democratic (anyone is eligible for a hug)
Even More Benefits from Hugging
- is ecologically sound (it does not upset the environment)
- is energy-efficient (saves heat)
- is portable
- requires no special equipment
- demands no special setting (a fine place for a hug is any place from a doorstep to an executive conference room ... from a church parlor to a football field)
- makes happy days happier
- imparts feelings of belonging
- fills up empty places in our lives
- keeps on working to dispense benefits even after the hug is released
Reprinted from an article by Kathleen Keating entitled 'Hug Therapy' "
Hobbes - emergency hugging patrol volunteer
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"Touch is not only nice. It's needed! Scientific research supports the theory that stimulation by touch is absolutely necessary for our physical as well as our emotional well-being.
Therapeutic touch, recognized as an essential tool for healing, is now part of nurses' training in several large medical centers. Touch is used to help relieve pain and depression and anxiety, to bolster a patient's will to live, and to help premature babies who have been deprived of touch in their incubator to grow and thrive.
Results of Scientific Experiments
Various experiments have shown that touch can:
- make us feel better about ourselves and our surroundings
- have a positive effect in a child's development and IQ
- cause measurable physiological changes in the touchers and the touched
We are just beginning to understand the power of touch. While there are many forms of touching, we propose that hugging is a very special therapeutic touch that contributes in a major way to healing and health.
The Power of Hugging
Hugging accomplishes many things that you may never have thought of. It ...
- feels good
- dispels loneliness
- overcomes fear
- opens doors to feelings
- builds self-esteem (WOW, SHE actually wants to hug me!)
- fosters altruism (I can't believe it but I actually want to hug that old son-of-a-gun)
- slows down aging (huggers stay young longer)
- helps curb appetite (we eat less when we are nourished by hugs and when our arms are busy wrapped around others)
More Good Things from Hugging
- eases tension
- fights insomnia
- keeps arms and shoulder muscles in condition
- provides stretching exercise if you are short
- provides stooping exercise if you are tall
- offers a wholesome alternative to promiscuity
- offers a healthy, safe alternative to alcohol and other drug abuse (better hugs than drugs!)
- affirms physical being
- is democratic (anyone is eligible for a hug)
Even More Benefits from Hugging
- is ecologically sound (it does not upset the environment)
- is energy-efficient (saves heat)
- is portable
- requires no special equipment
- demands no special setting (a fine place for a hug is any place from a doorstep to an executive conference room ... from a church parlor to a football field)
- makes happy days happier
- imparts feelings of belonging
- fills up empty places in our lives
- keeps on working to dispense benefits even after the hug is released
Reprinted from an article by Kathleen Keating entitled 'Hug Therapy' "
Hobbes - emergency hugging patrol volunteer
Hobbes, Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:34
Therapeutic touch, recognized as an essential tool for healing, is now part of nurses' training in several large medical centers. Touch is used to help relieve pain and depression and anxiety, to bolster a patient's will to live, and to help premature babies who have been deprived of touch in their incubator to grow and thrive.
Results of Scientific Experiments
Various experiments have shown that touch can:
- make us feel better about ourselves and our surroundings
- have a positive effect in a child's development and IQ
- cause measurable physiological changes in the touchers and the touched
We are just beginning to understand the power of touch. While there are many forms of touching, we propose that hugging is a very special therapeutic touch that contributes in a major way to healing and health.
The Power of Hugging
Hugging accomplishes many things that you may never have thought of. It ...
- feels good
- dispels loneliness
- overcomes fear
- opens doors to feelings
- builds self-esteem (WOW, SHE actually wants to hug me!)
- fosters altruism (I can't believe it but I actually want to hug that old son-of-a-gun)
- slows down aging (huggers stay young longer)
- helps curb appetite (we eat less when we are nourished by hugs and when our arms are busy wrapped around others)
More Good Things from Hugging
- eases tension
- fights insomnia
- keeps arms and shoulder muscles in condition
- provides stretching exercise if you are short
- provides stooping exercise if you are tall
- offers a wholesome alternative to promiscuity
- offers a healthy, safe alternative to alcohol and other drug abuse (better hugs than drugs!)
- affirms physical being
- is democratic (anyone is eligible for a hug)
Even More Benefits from Hugging
- is ecologically sound (it does not upset the environment)
- is energy-efficient (saves heat)
- is portable
- requires no special equipment
- demands no special setting (a fine place for a hug is any place from a doorstep to an executive conference room ... from a church parlor to a football field)
- makes happy days happier
- imparts feelings of belonging
- fills up empty places in our lives
- keeps on working to dispense benefits even after the hug is released
Reprinted from an article by Kathleen Keating entitled 'Hug Therapy' "
Hobbes - emergency hugging patrol volunteer
Hobbes, Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:34
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 16:35
Volunteers raise hands !
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 17:01
Great minds think alike ! ;-)
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 17:14
i think Jerome's already taking care of that!
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i think Jerome's already taking care of that!
Minda, Oct 23, 2006 @ 17:14
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 17:33
with a few of our own GOLers to get the ball rolling...
Kiriel
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 18:41
we'll do a GoL Hug Team, and launch a GoL Hug day.
Kiriel, as this is your initial baby, you game for makign it happen? We will send an Email about it to all GoL members, but do need a person who wants to lead it and to:
- select date / location
- coordinate attendance
- give me many many hugs!
Interested?
Kiriel, as this is your initial baby, you game for makign it happen? We will send an Email about it to all GoL members, but do need a person who wants to lead it and to:
- select date / location
- coordinate attendance
- give me many many hugs!
Interested?
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we'll do a GoL Hug Team, and launch a GoL Hug day.
Kiriel, as this is your initial baby, you game for makign it happen? We will send an Email about it to all GoL members, but do need a person who wants to lead it and to:
- select date / location
- coordinate attendance
- give me many many hugs!
Interested?
Nir Ofek, Oct 23, 2006 @ 18:41
Kiriel, as this is your initial baby, you game for makign it happen? We will send an Email about it to all GoL members, but do need a person who wants to lead it and to:
- select date / location
- coordinate attendance
- give me many many hugs!
Interested?
Nir Ofek, Oct 23, 2006 @ 18:41
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 19:44
i'd be in as well!
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 23:01
I love it! Flash Hug!
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Oct 24, 2006 @ 02:33
the hug team, sounds like a fantastic way to spend a day.
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the hug team, sounds like a fantastic way to spend a day.
DJ_Symcard, Oct 24, 2006 @ 02:33
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Oct 24, 2006 @ 03:48
It sounds like fun!! :)
~Debbie
~Debbie
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Oct 24, 2006 @ 13:38
how about we offer them hot wine since its going to get cold
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how about we offer them hot wine since its going to get cold
Mr_Shakers, Oct 24, 2006 @ 13:38
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Oct 24, 2006 @ 17:15
Not to spoil any loving through hugging. Could all the participants to said event make sure they are clean... At least have showered on said day.
I shall love to meet and hug anybody as long as they do not smell and have no major stains on shirt or trousers.
Sorry people,.... I'm a bit of a clean freak....
I shall love to meet and hug anybody as long as they do not smell and have no major stains on shirt or trousers.
Sorry people,.... I'm a bit of a clean freak....
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Not to spoil any loving through hugging. Could all the participants to said event make sure they are clean... At least have showered on said day.
I shall love to meet and hug anybody as long as they do not smell and have no major stains on shirt or trousers.
Sorry people,.... I'm a bit of a clean freak....
Susie, Oct 24, 2006 @ 17:15
I shall love to meet and hug anybody as long as they do not smell and have no major stains on shirt or trousers.
Sorry people,.... I'm a bit of a clean freak....
Susie, Oct 24, 2006 @ 17:15
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Oct 24, 2006 @ 18:28
ROFL ! Don't panic, we'll take mints too ! ;-)
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ROFL ! Don't panic, we'll take mints too ! ;-)
Hobbes, Oct 24, 2006 @ 18:28
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Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:47
Been needing a hug for sometime and .. of course i am more then willing to give some :)
Keep me posted!
Vale
Keep me posted!
Vale
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Been needing a hug for sometime and .. of course i am more then willing to give some :)
Keep me posted!
Vale
Hoiling, Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:47
Keep me posted!
Vale
Hoiling, Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:47
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Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:50
i'd like to say yes .. i guess we shouldn't get picky on this one :)
come on .. GOL is not a dating site (and just to prevent the usual answers ... not even a more casual one) ..
..and just prevent polemics .. i am kidding!
Vale - happy on a wedsneday morning
come on .. GOL is not a dating site (and just to prevent the usual answers ... not even a more casual one) ..
..and just prevent polemics .. i am kidding!
Vale - happy on a wedsneday morning
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i'd like to say yes .. i guess we shouldn't get picky on this one :)
come on .. GOL is not a dating site (and just to prevent the usual answers ... not even a more casual one) ..
..and just prevent polemics .. i am kidding!
Vale - happy on a wedsneday morning
Hoiling, Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:50
come on .. GOL is not a dating site (and just to prevent the usual answers ... not even a more casual one) ..
..and just prevent polemics .. i am kidding!
Vale - happy on a wedsneday morning
Hoiling, Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:50
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Oct 25, 2006 @ 11:51
a double hug (aka threesome hug) for Alex already coming .. :P
Vale
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Oct 25, 2006 @ 17:22
:)))) And wet wipes.... :)
