Laughter yoga is a unique concept where anyone can laugh for no reason without relaying on jokes or comedy. We combine laughter exercises yogic breathing.
"When you laugh you change and when you change the world changes" Dr. Madan Kataria started laughter yoga with just 5 people in a mumbai park in 1995. Today there are thousands of laughter clubs in more than 100 countries. Laughter club is also practiced in companies, corporations, fitness centers, yoga studios, centers for seniors, schools, programs for special needs children and adults to mentio
n a few. Dr. Lee Berk,PhD, Loma Linda university medical center, researched the benefits of laughter are concluded that it lowered blood pressure and lowered stress hormone. In another study, Dr. William Fry, Stanford University demonstrated that most of the body's major physiological systems are stimulated by mirthful laughter. In order to get scientifically proven health benefits from laughter, we need to laugh continuously for at least 10 to 15 minutes. Since in the laughter club we do laughter exercises, we prolong our laughter as long as we want. Thus getting the benefits which does not leave anything to chance or outside stimulus.The brain does not know the difference between natural or forced laughter and loud belly laughing gives us the health benefits. Doing these practices in a safe and acceptable environment as a laughter club is most conducive. "Laughter is the best medicine" In 1979, Norman Cousins, a celebrated writer published a book 'Anatomy of an illness' in which he described contracting a fatal disease and he found that 10 minutes of mirthful laughter gave him two hours of pain free sleep. All holistic healing and conventional treatments realize how much a positive mind makes for a healthy person. With Laughter yoga you can elevate your mood within minutes, it helps in strengthening the immune system, it increases the net supply of oxygen thus improves our efficiency and performance at home, work and other avenues, laughter is a great connector of people and helps cultivate great relationships. Anyone can laugh when good times are upon us. Laughter yoga teaches our brain to cope with stressful situations.
