Laughter Yoga Charlotte

What is Laughter Yoga?

by carla

Welcome to Laughter Yoga Charlotte. Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea — laugh your way to better physical and emotional health. The concept is based on scientific fact that whether laughter is simulated or real, the body can’t tell the difference and the benefits will be the same. Laughter Yoga effectively decreases stress, strengthens the immune system, increases endorphins (the “feel good” chemicals in the brain), decreases and controls blood pressure, decreases heart rate and fights depression. [click to continue…]

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You don’t need a good sense of humor to benefit from laughter therapy

by carla

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/nov/301112-Indias-giggling-guru-doesnt-have-a-good-sense-of-humour.htm

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Laughter Around the World

June 23, 2012

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Laughter Yoga in the Corporate World

May 29, 2012

When I worked in the corporate world, as a Senior Vice President at a financial firm, it was extremely important to me what the workplace environment was like. Truly, the money was a secondary motivation to how happy I was when I went to work, and how happy I was when I came home. Lucky [...]

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Laughter Yoga and Diabetes Patients

May 17, 2012

This afternoon I led my second Laughter Yoga for Diabetes Patients. Karla, from the Free Lake Norman Community Clinic asked me to be their guest. There were close to twenty people and they were amazing laughers! From the beginning to the end, these men and women laughed long and loud. The people outside of the [...]

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What happens at a Laughter Yoga session?

May 9, 2012

Can you allow yourself to be open and try new things? Laughter Yoga may require you to be vulnerable, but the payoff is worth it. Gordy Grundy: Laughter Yoga: Cure for the Apocalypse www.huffingtonpost.com2/16/11 For the newbie, the most difficult thing in Laughter Yoga is allowing yourself to let go. We are vulnerable when we [...]

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Laughter Yoga in the news

May 9, 2012

Laughter Yoga is showing up all over. There have been several major news articles on the healing benefits of laughter. Isn’t it time you tried it for yourself? Here is a great article in the Huffington Post on Laughter Yoga

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Laughter for a Cause

May 2, 2012

A father believes in the healing power of laughter. His son is undergoing cancer treatment and he decided to collect jokes to help him heal. Celebrities, school children and others sent jokes. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/jokes4miles-fighting-cancer-humor/story?id=16202665&fb_ref=abc-fb-recs#.T6GBzuuvKSo

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Laughter Yoga at the Solomon House, Huntersville NC

May 1, 2012

Another fun Laughter for Health session with the Hispanic women at the Solomon House in Huntersville. This time, in addition to 11 women, we had small children and even a few babies. A few of the children joined in and different times, but the babies seemed to be the most fascinated. They smiled and laughed, [...]

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Laughter Yoga North Mecklenburg Senior Center

April 2, 2012

Had fun laughing with twenty plus seniors at the monthly birthday bash as North Mecklenburg Senior Center in Huntersville, NC. Since I hadn’t met the group before, I wasn’t sure how mobile they would be. I decided to do part of the exercises, such as cell phone laughter, blowing up balloons, shy laughter and others, [...]

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Laughter and the Bennetton Group

April 2, 2012

COLORS is an international magazine published by Fabrica, the Benetton Group’s creative workshop. In the March issue devoted to happiness there is a wonderful press report about Laughter Yoga http://www.colorsmagazine.com/stories/magazine/83/story/make-your-humor-work-for-you Special thanks to Itreb Eleinad for posting this.

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