The Healing Power of Laughter Yoga

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The Healing Power of Laughter Yoga
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Purpose

• To persuade my audience (you) to use Laughter
  Yoga to strengthen the immune system, decrease
  stress and exercise ones body and lungs.

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• I would like all of you to sit up in your
  chairs, close your eyes, take a deep breath
  and..Laugh as hard as you possibly can!!

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• How many of you have ever taken a yoga class or
  tried doing yoga at home? This type
  of yoga is a little different because your main
  exercise is laughing!
• Now how many of you would rather laugh your way
  to a healthier life with laughing yoga, or roll
  around on the ground screaming for someone to
  untangle your feet from behind your head from
  regular yoga? Now in my opinion the
  answer is easythe less physical, the better!
  BRING ON THE LAUGHter YOGA!

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• There are so many ways to improve ones
  physical and mental health, just not very fun
  ways of doing it If you use Laughter Yoga you
  will improve your health in several ways and
  youll have fun doing it!This goal can be
  accomplished if we look at three main benefits to
  using the Laughing Yoga process
• First, lets look at how Laughter Yoga improves
  the immune system.
• Second, how using Laughter Yoga decreases ones
  stress level and exercises the body and lungs.
• And third, where you can go to try Laughter Yoga
  and how it actually works.

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• According to http//www.signonsandiego.com/news/h
  ealth/20050927-9999-lz1c27yoga.html, The obvious
  question is-if you want to bust a gut, why not
  flick on Comedy Central or pop in an amusing DVD?
  Laughter clubbers laugh that off. They say its
  sustained laughter (10 to 40 minutes a shot)
  provided health benefits.

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How laughing in yoga can improve the
immune system

• All of us want to be happy
• According to http//spiritledwoman.com/display_cm
  s.php?id1376 When you laugh, powerful
  endorphins, which act much the same way as
  morphine, are released in the brain. Endorphins
  trigger a feeling of well-being throughout your
  entire body.

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Cont.

• An enormous amount of research supports this
  fact. If a person is happy and at peace with
  themselves and their surroundings, they will have
  significantly fewer serious illnesses than the
  unhappy person.

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In order to live a long healthy life
we all need good health

• According to http//www.ofspirit.com/margaretmcca
  thie1.htm A good belly laugh increases
  production T-Cells, interferon, immune proteins
  called globulins.
• Many reports have hailed laughter humor to be
  beneficial in restoring homeostasis (balance) in
  bodily functions, stabilizing of blood pressure,
  oxygenation of blood, stimulation of vital organs
  improving circulation, facilitating of
  digestive processes inducing relaxation.

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Cont.

• According to http//www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-
  13768223.html Laughters relation to longevity
  has been noted by W.F. Fry, Jr., a behavior
  scientist and clinical psychiatrist. He has
  reported that persons who displace anger,
  anxiety, and hostility with a sense of humor
  qualify more often for a longer life.

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• According to http//www.laughteryoga.org/,
  Humans were designed to laugh. Laughter is
  natures stress buster. It lifts our spirits with
  a happy high that makes us feel good and improves
  our behavior towards others.

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How Laughing Yoga decreases ones stress
level and exercises the body and lungs

• We all know that laughter makes us feel good
• According to http//www.laughteryoga.org/, A
  regular 20 minute laughter session can have a
  profound impact on our health and wellbeing.
  Laughter is a gentle exercise. It fills your
  lungs with and bodies with oxygen, deep-clears
  your breathing passages and exercises your
  lungs.

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Exercising is important and it can be fun for
once!

• According to http//www.signonsandiego.com/news/h
  ealth/20050927-9999-lz1c27yoga.html, Faking
  laughter can have health benefits, according to
  laughter club proponents.
• It reduces stress by expanding blood vessels,
  sending blood to extremities and lowering levels
  of stress hormones such as cortisol.
• It lowers blood pressure by bringing about
  relaxation and curtailing the release of stress
  hormones.

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Cont.

• It has an aerobic and akin to internal jogging,
  since more oxygen is inhaled, stimulation heart
  and blood circulation.

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• According to http//www.laughteryogachicago.com,
  A 20 minute laughter session each day, can have
  a profound impact on our health and wellbeing.

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Where you can go to try Laughter Yoga
and how it actually works

• There are so many places to choose
  from to try Laughter Yoga
• According to http//www.laughteryoga.org/ ,
  laughter is practiced around the world.
• You can find it at laughter clubs, laughter
  studios, in the workplace and in many socialized
  applications including school, government
  departments, military and police, hospitals and
  so much more.

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Cont.

• There are more than 50 countries with new venues
  opening daily.
• Laughter Yoga has been featured on most major
  networks including CNN, ABC, BBC, New York Times,
  and Wall Street Journal just to name a few.

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How does Laughing Yoga work?

• Laughter Yoga combines laughter exercises and
  yoga breathing to give you health benefits of
  hearty laughter.
• Laughter exercises almost always lead to real
  laughter, especially when practiced in a group.

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Now heres a little clip from a Laughter Yoga
class so feel free to follow along and try it
yourself

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?veXgdSOxaCGI

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In conclusion, we have looked at the three
main benefits to using Laughter
Yoga process

• First, lets look at how Laughter Yoga improves
  the immune system.
• Second, how using Laughter Yoga decreases ones
  stress level and exercises the body and lungs.
• And third, where you can go to try Laughter Yoga
  and how it actually works.There are so many
  ways to improve ones physical and mental health,
  just not very fun ways of doing it If you use
  Laughter Yoga you will improve your health in
  several ways and youll have fun doing it!

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• What can you do now?
• Now you should go out and find a Laughter Yoga
  class and try it at least once and see how much
  fun and better you feel after leaving!
• Encourage friends to got with you because the
  more people the better and as we all know
  laughter is contagious.

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Life is one big joke, and our death with be the
punch line Quinn Orear
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