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I (Vicki Skinner - aka "THE Sarong Goddess") created this blog in 2007 to share DETAILED Finds•Lists•Info•Events•Experiences to help bring more EASE to people living in, visiting or thinking of moving to Costa Rica since DETAILS are NOT easy to find!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

FREE HUGS / ABRAZOS GRATIS en Costa Rica


FREE HUGS / ABRAZOS GRATIS Costa Rica  
HUG-FESTS!!!!

H.U.G.S. = Helping Us Grow Spiritually

COSTA RICA FREE HUGS • ABRAZOS GRATIS GROUPS:

FREE HUGS • ABRAZOS GRATIS Costa Rica HUG-FESTS!!!! 
SarongGoddess.com/Groups/FreeHugsCostaRicaAbrazosGratis  

Abrazos Gratis Costa Rica
facebook.com/groups/38007794763


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WHAT’S A FREE HUGS CAMPAIGN • ABRAZO’S GRATIS?
See their video from their Official Page!!   
Official International Free Hugs Day  -  April 26
Facebook.com/pages/Pay-It-Forward-International/104272499615551  •  PayItForwardFoundation.org



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This Costa Rica group is on hold but email us for future info &/or "Like" our Facebook page - http://fb.com/FreeHugsCostaRica

FUTURE “FREE HUG•ABRAZOS GRATIS HUG-FESTS”:

I’d like to get re-started on this group during the holidays as what time of the year do people NEED Hugs the MOST (with all the crazy energy happening then!!)!! Anyone else in?? I’d say start at malls & during lunch time in Downtown San Jose!!

The goal here is NOT for this site to be “the group” – but for it to be a place where other group/people can post where/when they’ll be out giving hugs so people can go to it & GIVE HUGS – or RECEIVE HUGS!! So if YOU’RE going out to give hugs – please let us know!!!  
Email me at
LivingLifeInCostaRica@gmail.com
and I’ll also post it on my blog: 
LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-hugs-abrazos-gratis.html


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Some ESPECIALLY GREAT DAYS to go out to give FREE HUGS:

JANUARY 21, ’15 (Wednesday)
WORLD HUG DAY - TargetStudy.com/knowledge/day/211/world-hug-day.html

APRIL 30, '15 (Thursday)
In honor of International "PAY IT FORWARD DAY" - PayItForwardDay.com we'll be doing a Free Hugs/Abrazos Gratis Hug-Fest this day - most likely in VARIOUS locations around San Jose & Escazu, COSTA RICA!!!! (details to come)

JUNE 21, '15 (changes as it's the 3rd Sunday in June)
FATHER'S DAY - Internationally (same date in Costa Rica?) - JUST give hugs to dads!

JULY 15, ’15 (Wednesday)
Global HUG YOUR KIDS Day - HugYourKidsDay.com  -  JUST give hugs to kids (do in Museo de Nino, parks.  Create other programs or work with others doing other things for kids to empower them)

August 15, '14 (Friday) - '15 (Saturday)
MOTHER'S DAY Costa Rica

September 11, '14
GRANDPARENT'S DAY (in U.S.  Do they have that here?  Go out & JUST give hugs to seniors/grandparents - especially in Senior Citizen Homes)


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The average length of a hug between two people is 3 seconds. But researchers have discovered something fantastic. When a hug lasts 20 seconds, there is a therapeutic effect on the body and mind. The reason is that a sincere hug produces a hormone called "oxytocin", also known as the love hormone. This substance has many benefits in our physical and mental health, helps us, among other things, to relax, to feel safe and calm our fears and anxiety. This wonderful calming is offered free of charge every time we have a person in our arms, who cradled a child, we cherish a dog or cat, we're dancing with our partner, the closer we get to someone or just hold the shoulders of a friend.




WHAT IS THE FREE HUGS / ABRAZOS GRATIS CAMPAIGN?
The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places. The hugs are meant to be random acts of kindness - selfless acts performed just to make others feel better. International Free Hugs Month is celebrated on the first Saturday of July and is continues till August first.

The campaign in its present form was started in 2004 by an Australian man known only by the pseudonym "Juan Mann" - a man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

In this age of social dis-connectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal thanx to http://YouTube.com .

In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, Please “SHARE” THIS site with your FRIENDS - and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person – IMAGINE how MUCH BETTER this world WILL BE!!! YOU ARE IMPORTANT!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hugs_Campaign
http://FreeHugsCampaign.org
http://YouTube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4 - the ORIGINAL
https://Facebook.com/group.php?gid=2211771066
http://PhilosophyBlog.com.au/interview-with-juan-mann-free-hugs-campaign
http://SpiritScienceAndMetaphysics.com/9-reasons-you-need-to-be-giving-and-receiving-hugs-everyday

(note: Here are examples of the concept though as of now this is NOT an "official" Free Hugs group)


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HOW THIS COSTA RICA GROUP GOT STARTED:

When organizer Vicki Skinner saw the YouTube videos (below) of this AWESOME concept - being a Hugging Goddess for AGES (she’s a Big Beautiful Woman with a great body for Hugging that envelops you!!), she wanted to participate in such a group as she feels one can not get or receive enough hugs!!

Around mid-February she started having dreams about participating in a group. The end of February Kati (aka La Donita - the Free Dancing Goddess - 
Facebook.com/pages/La-doñita-que-baila-en-los-conciertos-de-la-UCR/356232340717 - shared with her that Geoffrey West was gathering people in MultiPlaza-Escazu loosely in honoring World Freedom Day on March 6, 2011 WorldFreedomDay.me) to do a Hug-Fest!!

That’s all she needed - Vicki was right there!!

This small group walked around giving/sharing hugs with strangers (what a GREAT way to put a smile on MANY people's faces plus feel REALLY GOOD yourself!!!)!!!!

It was an INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE for ALL that gave and I’m sure all that received (stories coming soon)!!!

15 minutes into the Hug-Fest - Vicki decided that, in these challenging times - NOW more than EVER, we needed more HUGS so she has just started this group!!! (See pictures below from our first Hug-Fest - March 6, 2011 MultiPlaza in Escazu)



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HUG QUOTES: 
SearchQuotes.com/search/Hugging

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HUG ARTICLES:
9 REASONS YOU NEED TO BE GIVING AND RECEIVING HUGS EVERYDAY 
SpiritScienceAndMetaphysics.com/9-reasons-you-need-to-be-giving-and-receiving-hugs-everyday


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HELP TRANSLATE THIS INTO ESPANOL
(anyone out there that speaks GOOD English AND Spanish to volunteer to help with this and also help get the word out???  Contact Vicki below)


HUG SOMEONE(S) TODAY!!!


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Vicki (aka the Sarong Goddess)
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