This practice helps you reduce stress and produce more oxytocin; the feel good hormone! 📥Save for later! A simple hand to the heart or self hug stimulates your touch receptors to send signals to the brain. These signals are ones of warmth and safety which helps our parasympathetic system (rest and digest system) turn on and our fight or flight system to turn off. So you might really want a hug from someone external but unfortunately if its not available know that physiologically you can provide