{"id":15554,"date":"2017-03-19T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15554"},"modified":"2024-07-01T23:33:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:33:59","slug":"i-love-the-kind-of-hug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15554","title":{"rendered":"I Love The Kind Of Hug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hugging.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15555\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hugging-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hugging\" width=\"767\" height=\"575\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDid you know that hugs:<br \/>\nCan instantly boost oxytocin levels, which heal feelings of loneliness, isolation, and anger.<br \/>\nLift one&#8217;s serotonin levels, elevating mood and creating happiness.<br \/>\nStrengthen the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum stimulates the thymus gland, which regulates and balances the body&#8217;s production of white blood cells, which keep you healthy and disease free.<br \/>\nRelaxes muscles. Hugs release tension in the body. Hugs can take away pain; they soothe aches by increasing circulation into the soft tissues.<br \/>\nBalance out the nervous system. The galvanic skin response of someone receiving and giving a hug shows a change in skin conductance. The effect in moisture and electricity in the skin suggests a more balanced state in the nervous system &#8211; parasympathetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that hugs: Can instantly boost oxytocin levels, which heal feelings of loneliness, isolation, and anger. Lift one&#8217;s serotonin levels, elevating mood and creating happiness. Strengthen the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum stimulates the thymus gland, which regulates and balances the body&#8217;s production of white blood cells, which keep you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Love The Kind Of Hug&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52360,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15554\/revisions\/52360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}