The Laughter Wellness method is a new wellness modality that intentionally puts the energy of laughter into motion to create and sustain positive energies for the body, mind and spirit.
Clapping hands is really good for you! According to several well established healing modalities (acupressure, acupuncture, reflexology, and various adaptations of the above), the hands and palms have numerous reflex points that, when stimulated, engage the body's healing response and prompt a gradual (sometimes near immediate) improvement in any type of ailment.
This is an exercise you can use both at the beginning and the end of your laughter sessions. Ask your participant to answer the questions in pairs one with another, or if you feel one or more are willing to volunteer then one at a time with the whole group. How I feel: Annoyed [...]
In 2006, the pastor of a Kansas City church told people in his congregation he wanted them to test their limits. “The one thing we can agree on,” said Rev. Will Bowen, “is there's too much complaining.” And so he asked the group to give up complaining, criticizing, gossiping or using sarcasm for 21 days. [...]
Singing is powerful, because singing forces us to breathe, and breathing is what sustains our lives. Below is a list of classic happy songs. I've also put them together in a youtube playlist so that you can easily sing along. Enjoy, and happy singing! Youtube playlist Happy Songs Playlist All the songs below can be [...]
Dr Kataria inspired in 2007 the world Laughter Yoga community to play with the expression “very good, very good, yay!” and it has proved extremely popular. Here is how it works: Clap your hands twice in front of you as you repeat each time: very good! Put both thumbs up, make eye contact with as [...]
There is an updated (improved!) version of this article at https://www.laughteronlineuniversity.com/laughing-exercise-101/
Laughter leads to playfulness, and playfulness equally leads you back to laughter. An easy way to laugh spontaneously more is to play more, because laughter is a natural outcome of playful behaviors. Give yourself permission to play every day! Here is list of 40 ideas to experience childlike playfulness - the preciousness of fantasy and imagination [...]
Stress is a silent killer that's far too expensive to ignore. Keep calm. Here are simple ways to address it. Put simply every experience has a structure. When you change the structure, you change the experience. Try any (or all!) of the following next time you are really stressed and see how effective simple things [...]
Dr. Masaru Emoto has done some interesting work studying the impact human consciousness has on the molecular structure of water. His findings are relevant to this course because the human body is 50-75% water, so if how we feel impacts health, then laughter is a blessing because it does change how we feel for the [...]
