Take 5 Laughter Session 11
👋🏼Hello Laughter Lovers!
Today Session #11 in the Take 5 Laughter Challenge Series is ready for you. We’ll do 5 Laughter Yoga exercises in 5 minutes. Give your self a BIG DOSE of those happy chemicals! (DOSE: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins)
📢 Shout out to patrons Trinette & Chris for suggesting more Take 5 videos!
On Tuesday, I’ll release a new Quick Seated Laughter Yoga Session. Until then, have a wonderful day and LAUGH ON!
Laugh Pact: Opportunities to Laugh
👋🏼 Hello Laugh Pact Pack!
People may be really quick to want to put on the boxing gloves, but if given the opportunity, they’ll laugh even quicker. – Slash ColemanThis quote comes from an interview with Slash Coleman, a Laughter Ambassador from Richmond Virginia. It’s one of the many wonderful videos in today’s Laugh Pact List. Be sure to check out the article in VICE about the author’s visit to a Laughter Club in India. If you’re into podcasts, give the fantastic NPR Fresh Air episode about breathing a listen. Thank you to Bruce Katlin for sending me the link. Also, if you haven’t already, be sure to download the Laughter Guru App. There are opportunities to laugh everywhere!
Take care & LAUGH ON!
😄 Kara
SESSION VIDEOS
- 9 Minutes: Laughter Yoga With Dikla and Jason
- 36 Minutes: Laughter Yoga with Tess Sanders
- 59 Minutes: Aerobic Chair Yoga with Laughter and Meditation with Lalita
Try this when you’re in your car driving your daily commute, running errands, doing yardwork, or knocking out chores at home. Now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and more.
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
- My First Laughter Yoga Experience with Laughter4Life
- Highlights from Tové Kane’s 40 Day Laughter Yoga Challenge
- The Town Hall Get to Know Show from The LWN Foundation: Laughter Yoga with Yogi Ramsesh
PODCASTS
- NPR Fresh Air: How The ‘Lost Art’ Of Breathing Can Impact Sleep And Resilience
- ABC News Health Report: Is laughter really the best medicine?
- Laughter Research with Glen Duggan: Episode 1: Dr Madan Kataria on Laughter Yoga
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ARTICLE
- VICE: Laughter Clubs Continue to be Popular in India Despite There Being Nothing to Laugh About
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Hands-Free Laughter Yoga Session #1
I’m excited to share this NEW CONCEPT with you!
This is a 15 minute audio Laughter Yoga session designed for those times when you need to laugh, but you’re on the move and need your hands fully available. You can use it when you’re in your car driving your daily commute, running errands, doing yardwork, or knocking out chores at home.
📢 Shout out to my wonderful patron Kendra Lay for inspiring this idea!
The audio will be available in all the digital music stores ASAP, but for now, you can download it on Bandcamp or stream it on YouTube.
Take this Hands-Free Laughter Yoga Session for a spin and get your laugh on anytime, anywhere!
Quick ASMR Laughter Yoga Session
👋🏼Hello Laughter Lovers!
Whisper laughing? Yassss… it’s time for a Quick ASMR Laughter Yoga session with no instructions, all action, and whisper laughing! Come relax tension with this chill session… you might even get those ASMR tingles!
Next week, I have something new for you on Tuesday. Let’s just say… you can do it while driving and it’s got a great beat! Until then… laugh on, friends!
ASMR Laughter Meditation
👋🏼Hello Laughter Lovers!
Ever done 10 minutes of Silent Laughter? Give it a try with me! This ASMR Laughter Meditation might just trigger those whisper laughter tingles! And if not, well, you’ll still reap the many benefits of a solid laughter dose.
Laugh on, dear friends! See you Friday with a Quick ASMR Laughter Yoga Session.
Out Everywhere: Release Fear Meditation
👋🏼Hello! You can now find “Guided Laughter Meditation: Release Fear and Reduce Stress” wherever you like to listen to music. YAY!
Inspiration struck a few weeks ago, when it occurred to me that regular Laughter Meditation could be enhanced by music. Which then made me think… why not make the Laughter Meditation guided and design the music support the intended purpose?
And so… I started researching healing meditation music. There are so many amazing things to learn… so many ways to craft music to enhance a meditation. Solfeggio frequencies and binaural beats grabbed my attention. Both can affect the mind and body in ways that compliment the many benefits of laughter.
So hey, try out this Guided Laughter Meditation and let me know what you think. I will be creating more with various purposes (i.e. this one helps welcome change). Your input will help me make them better.
Take care and laugh on,
Kara
“Guided Laughter Meditation: Release Fear and Reduce Stress” is available in all major digital music stores. I hope you enjoy! LAUGH ON!
Guided Laughter Meditation: Welcome Change
👋🏼 Hello Laughter Lovers!
Have you been resistant to change? I know I definitely am at times. Change is hard!
I designed this Guided Laughter Meditation to help us welcome change. Please let me know what you think. Your input helps me make… changes! Haha! Laugh on, friends!
Laugh Pact List: Goodbye Trouble
👋🏼 Hello Laugh Pact Pack!
Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away. ― Benjamin Franklin
As I was researching today’s newsletter, I noticed a common theme. Laughter Yoga is heralded by so many as an antidote for stress and grief. And it seems like so many of us need stress relief desperately right now. I hope these videos and articles help scare away any trouble that might be brewing behind your door.
With warmth and laughter,
Kara
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SESSION VIDEOS
- 11 Minutes: Quarantine Stress Relief with Robert Rivest
- 14 Minutes: Quick Session with Laughter Yoga Together
- 25 Minutes: Crying Out through Laughter with therarewildheidi
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
- How Laughter Increases Positive Emotion with Ashoo Modgil
NEWS COVERAGE VIDEOS
- BBC: The simple stress-buster that could change your life.
- AP: Incredible video from 1995 featuring Dr. Madan Kataria.
💗 Do you value the Laugh Pact List & Laughter Yoga Together? There are many ways to show support. Please take a look. Thank you so much!
ARTICLES
- U.S. News: ICU Nurse ‘Prescribes’ Mindfulness to Help COVID-19 Survivors Cope
- Slate: I Tried 80 Airbnb Online “Experiences,” and It Was Actually an Adventure
- Spectrum News 1: Psychologist: ‘It’s OK to Laugh Right Now‘ for Your Health
Quick Laughter Yoga Session: 14 Minutes Waving Laughter
👋🏼Hello!
This Quick Laughter Yoga Session with no instructions and all action will give you an energy boost!
New videos come out on Tuesdays and Fridays. Have a wonderful day and…
Laugh on! 😄
Guided Laughter Meditation: Release Fear and Reduce Stress
👋🏼 Hello Laughter Lovers!
Have you ever done a Guided Laughter Meditation? This is my first endeavor at writing a meditation script and composing music to accompany it. The music utilizes the Solfeggio frequency 396 Hz to release fear. It also includes binaural beats in the theta waves of 6 Hz (please wear headphones to enhance your experience). This frequency combined with laughter will reduce stress and promote relaxation throughout your body.
So hey, please give it a try. And please let me know what you think in the comments.
Have a wonderful day and laugh on!
