The Hugger Busker™ is Martin Neufeld's alter-ego. He a charming, elegant character who offers free heartfelt hugs and unconditional love to all who desire to partake. This original concept evolved from the situational improvisations that Martin Neufeld developed while performing in the streets of Montreal in 2004.

A performance art piece that has transformed his life and since developed into a passionate mission to bring loving-kindness and joyful compassion to the world. In the early years you could have found him rain or shine in the public squares of Old-Montreal offering Free heartfelt Hugs and warm friendly greetings to all who passed by. Since his humble beginnings the Hugge Busker has shared well over 150,000 hugs with poeple from all walks of life and cultures. Martin no longer frequents Old-Montreal as he now travels extensively speaking, guiding workshops and meditations, and doing healing work.

Due to persistant hacker attackes and the hijacking of The Hugger Busker website for phishing scams my host has deleted the site so it is no longer available. All the photo and video galleries, media interviews, guestbook and FAQ that was no the site are in the process of being transfered to Hugging Life over the next few months. Sorryy for the inconvienience. I am presently traveling in south east asia witth a mini laptop and do not have regular Hispeep internet access.