Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health!
Bring laughter into your life at any time of day—no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humor!
Laughter yoga is all about voluntary laughter—how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss, heightened immunity, and, especially, enhanced mood: If you act happy, you'll become happy—your body can't tell the difference!
Children laugh more than 300 times a day, adults fewer than fifteen. But it's easy to start laughing again. The exercises in this book combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full body-mind workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: Ten minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine.
With Laughter Yoga, join the growing worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine.
A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE
Author(s): Madan Kataria, M.D.; Andrew Weil, M.D.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 256
Tags: Definitive guide of the laughter yoga movement to find your way to good health!
Contents
Praise for Laughter Yoga
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Foreword by Andrew Weil, M.D.
Introduction
Find Your Laughter Quotient
PART I: ORIGIN
1. Origins of Laughter Yoga
2. What Is Laughter Yoga and Why Do We Need It?
3. The Essential Link Between Yoga and Laughter
4. Laughter Yoga and the Science of Breathing
PART II: HOW DOES IT WORK?
5. The Concept and Philosophy of Laughter Yoga
6. Voluntary vs. Real Laughter
7. Fifteen Steps of Laughter Yoga in a Group
8. Laughter Meditation
9. Yoga Nidra in Laughter Yoga
PART III: LEARNING TO LAUGH MORE
10. Cultivating the Habit of Smiling
11. Practice Laughter Yoga Alone
12. How to Laugh Without Laughing: In Your Mind
13. Join or Create a Social Laughter Club
14. Laugh Online Every Day with Skype Laughter Clubs
15. Four Strategies to Bring More Laughter into Your Life
PART IV: BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER YOGA
16. Laughter and Stress: Physiological Opposites
17. Laughter Yoga for Wellness
18. Laughter Yoga for Healing: Therapeutic Effects
19. Laughter Yoga for Personal Development
20: Laughing Through Challenging Times
PART V: APPLICATIONS OF LAUGHTER YOGA
21. Laughter Yoga at the Workplace
22. Laughter Yoga for Seniors
23. Laughter Yoga for Schoolchildren
24. Laughter Yoga for People with Special Needs
25. World Laughter Day: Mission World Peace Through Laughter
Afterword
Appendix: More Laughter Exercises
Notes
