{"id":9180,"date":"2017-01-21T09:15:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/human-connection-national-hugging-day\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T06:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T06:51:16","slug":"human-connection-national-hugging-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/human-connection-national-hugging-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Hugging Day &#8211; The Importance Of Human Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9180\" class=\"elementor elementor-9180\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53a8b3fd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53a8b3fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39e51040\" data-id=\"39e51040\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c7b42e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63c7b42e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Humans are social animals. Having spent the majority of our history existing in small, close-knit groups of perhaps two hundred people or less, the vast majority of people are empathetic creatures who need to feel social connection in order to be happy. But despite living in an age where it\u2019s possible to talk to a loved one on the other side of the world, it seems that we are getting lonelier. It\u2019s in this context that we embark on <a href=\"\\&quot;http:\/\/nationalhuggingday.com\/\\&quot;\">National Hugging Day<\/a>, the one day of the year dedicated to hugging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3bb637 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c3bb637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3bf515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3bf515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/human-connection-national-hugging-day\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Hugging Day &#8211; The Importance Of Human Connection<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans are social animals. 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