Therapeutic Laughter

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• OnTrack Options Services
• Personal Wellness Coaching for
• Stress Management
• Weight Management
• Surgery Preparation
• Self-Improvement
• Therapeutic Laughter classes, coaching
• Speaking, Facilitation, Workshops
• Resiliency Training

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• 3 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Live with Stress!
• S
• B
• L

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Positive Emotions
Joy, gratitude, generosity, love, interest, hope,
happiness

• Greater resiliency

• Healthier

• Live longer

• More creative

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Therapeutic Laughter

• We dont laugh because were happy-
• were happy because we laugh.
• William James

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Only 10-20of laughter is preceded by a joke.
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Therapeutic Laughter

• Laughter is the language of the soul. Pablo
  Neruda

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Therapeutic Laughter
Humor is the prelude to faith, and laughter is
the beginning of prayer. Reinhold Niebuhr
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Therapeutic Laughter

• Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the
  human face.  Victor Hugo

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Therapeutic Laughter

• Healing is simply attempting to do more things
  that bring joy into your life. O.Carl
  Simonton, MD

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Laughter Yoga? Hasya Yoga?
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WorldLaughterTour.com
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• Laughter Clubs in Ottawa
• Centrepointe House
• www.centrepointehouse.ca
• Ottawa Laughter Club
• Hull www.yogadurire.ca

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Stress is the 1 cause of statistics!
80-90 of all illness is related to poorly
managed stress. (CMA)
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Benefits of Laughter to BODY

• Laughter releases endorphins, decreases serum
  corticol

• Laughter boosts immunity T lymphocytes

• Laughter decreases the stress response

• Laughter burns calories!

• Laughter increases oxygen intake 6X

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Conscious Control
Oxygen Intake
Cellular Health
State of Mind
Overall Vitality
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Benefits of Laughter to BODY

• Laughter is an aerobic exercise!

• Improves lung capacity.

• Laughter improves sleep, digestion, blood
  circulation.

• Laughter is a muscle relaxant! (Uhh ohhh!)

• Laughter is a good exercise for people with
  asthma- with some caution.

• Laughter massages internal organs.

• Laughter lowers blood pressure.

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Norman Cousins

• I made the joyous discovery that ten minutes of
  genuine belly laughter had an anaesthetic effect
  and would give me at least two hours of pain-free
  sleep.

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• Benefits of Laughter to BODY
• No cholesterol!
• No calories!
• Non-fattening!
• No adverse side effects!
• All natural and innate!
• No genetically modified ingredients!
• Non-polluting!
• And its Free!

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Faking mirthful laughter will cause the same
healthy physiological responses in the body as
spontaneous laughter derogatory or hurtful
laughter does not.
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Benefits of Laughter to MIND

• Provides new perspectives and develops creative
  thinking

• Increases our resistance to stress, burnout, and
  wear and tear on the mind

• Helps alleviate depression, anger, insomnia, and
  anxiety

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Benefits of Laughter to SPIRIT

• Creates bonds and shortens the distance between
  people

• Relieves tension in socially awkward situations

• Creates moments of internal harmony, peace and
  relaxation

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Benefits of Laughter to SPIRIT

• Reduces nervous energy and inhibitions

• Helps develop social skills

• Strengthens wit and self-confidence

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3 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Live with Stress!

1. Smile

2.Breathe
3.Laugh
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Laugh for the Health of it!!

• Top benefits of laughter exercises
• Lowers stress response
• Increases oxygen
• Increases connection between people

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Commitment to Positive Emotions- How can we
bring more positive emotions/ laughter into our
personal lives? How can we bring more positive
emotions/laughter into our professional lives?
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Therapeutic Laughter

• " Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you
  smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as
  long as you live!" anonymous

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• OnTrack Services
• Personal Coaching for
• Stress Management
• Weight Management
• Surgery Preparation
• Self-Improvement
• Therapeutic Laughter classes, coaching
• Speaking, Facilitation, Workshops
• Resiliency Training