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Try Laughter Yoga to Wash Away Stress
MONDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2007
CANADA - Laughter yoga originated in India in 1995. It is the brainchild of medical doctor Madan Kataria. Laughter yoga combines yogic breathing exercises with belly laughs. With this type of yoga, participants do simulated laughter wherein they breathe and fake laughter.
Oceana Hall, a certified laughter yoga teacher, said, recent studies showed that laughter strengthens the body’s immune response and washes away stress hormones. The idea with simulated laughter is that it sparks contagion. The sound of someone else laughing makes us laugh also. You do not laugh at other people but you laugh with them. Laughter yoga is a shared and communal experience.
Hall added that laughter yoga seems to penetrate into one’s true, feeling nature. The release of laughter also allows for the release of sadness.
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