Dreaming big. Thinking how lovely it would be to have a Soul Embraces Hug-a-thon with all of these people. Wouldn’t that rock the soul of the planet in a wondrous way?
Woo-hoo! (I love you…)
Imagine as you watch the video the hug that would accompany each person’s words. Put yourself in the picture and see how it feels for you.
In today’s world, many hugs happen on auto-pilot. If you are at all sensitive, you may find yourself wondering what’s the point of some of these embraces. They don’t feel genuine. They may even annoy you with their seeming insincerity. If you fall into this camp, here is a great video for you. Lauree Ostrofsky deconstructs a hug and offers a “get real” response.
Nice, upbeat video. Always nice to see people hugging even when they don’t know each other and are just out there spreading the love.
The Hug It Forward movement is based on the premise that if you hug ten people a day and they each hug ten people a day, we can change the world.
Sweet, feel-good video featuring The Hug Patrol, an Australian group of self-professed hug addicts. One thing I noticed was all the smiling faces blooming in the sun during the embraces. Many of those smiles seemed genuine and radiant. The song (Lightbulb) played in the video is also upbeat—wow, what a concept!
(Lightbulb – Blue Iguana. Words, music, instruments, and images by Ralph Tyrrell. Featuring the Hug Patrol & Arcadia Love, BarBaRa Brickland. World Environment Day, Sunshine Coast University, May 2010.)
Here is a fun “how to hug” video out of England. The video quality is a little dark, but it is nonetheless enjoyable to watch. It includes a few variations on how not to hug and one on how to hug. Perhaps you will recognize some (or all) of these.
We think of a soul embrace as a nurturing hug, but with emphasis on intention and consciousness … because what you think is what you get. We look forward to producing videos of our own one day soon.
While searching the Internet for articles on hugging, I ran across this article on Juan Mann (a pun name for one man), the guy who made free hugs videos famous. While the article is 5 years old today (September 28, 2011) it’s still a good background read on the famous video which has spawned many more on YouTube. (Can you believe it? This video has over 70 million views and now it even comes with a 15-second commercial from Microsoft.)
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