Laughter Yoga: The Trouble With Research

2018-11-16T08:19:31-08:00The Laughter Blog|

Laughter Yoga is a very interesting phenomenon from a scientific perspective, because it’s so challenging to study in a rigorous way. There are various reasons for this, which I get into in greater detail in the podcast. I also delve into some of the existing research on the subject and I ask to what extent [...]

2015 LOU Facebook Group, Best Of

2018-12-14T15:32:43-08:00The Laughter Blog|

The LOU Facebook group is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/louprozone/ Most liked 110 likes: Sebastien is getting married 47 likes: Sebastien leads a sell out session for 130 people in Ecuador, has to close doors 44 likes: Merry Christmas 2015 31 likes: Brief explanation of how laughter impacts the body by Sue Ansari 29 likes: Diagram explaining [...]

Poem: Lymphatics And Laughter

2018-11-16T07:59:26-08:00The Laughter Blog|

Inspired By Sue Carter Ansari Written By Marie Kratz-Jezierski and Sue Carter Ansari The Lymphatic Mystery Will Now Be Exposed. What Are Those Lil’ Nubbins? The Question’s Been Posed. Hundreds Of Lymph Nodes Ceaselessly Cleaning In Neck, Arms And Groin Send Invaders Careening. Without These Nodes, Our Immune Systems Won’t Work. Lymph’s Filtered Through Them [...]

On Epigenetics and why laughing now on a regular basis could change the lives of your unborn children

2018-11-16T07:50:02-08:00The Laughter Blog|

This may be far-fetched, but then again maybe not. I read today with great interest about the (still fairly new) science of epigenetics that has proven that powerful environmental conditions (near death from starvation, for instance) can somehow leave an imprint on the genetic material in eggs and sperm. These genetic imprints can short-circuit evolution and [...]

The Dilemma

2018-11-14T18:06:19-08:00The Laughter Blog|

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To go forward [...]

The Fun Theory

2018-11-14T18:12:17-08:00The Laughter Blog|

This is an article written by master play-smith Bernie DeKoven on the fun theory and how all can achieve peak performance the fun way through mutual empowerment. (Reproduced with permission.) - - - From To Description 00:00 01:06 Introduction Group clapping warm-up 01:17 19:12 Theory from Mihalyi Csikz Entma Haly. Haly was a social psychologist [...]

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