New Song: World Laughter Day Every Day
Happy World Laughter Day... EVERY DAY!
Get your “ho ho ha ha” ready for this Laughter Yoga song and come sing along! “World Laughter Day Every Day” is an upbeat, joyous ukulele song that celebrates laughter and encourages world peace. Sharing laughter matters and YOU matter.
EVERYONE is welcome to use this song at your World Laughter Day events, virtual Laughter Clubs, local Laughter groups and to add some extra fun to your Laughter Yoga alone practice. If you would like to download all of my Laughter Yoga songs with instrumentals and lyric sheets, join us on Patreon.
Celebrating World Laughter Day Since 1998
Did you know that World Laughter Day was created in 1998 by the Founder of Laughter Yoga, Dr. Madan Kataria? It is celebrated on the 1st Sunday of May every year. The purpose of this international holiday is to “build global awareness of health, happiness and world peace through the daily practice of Laughter Yoga.” Read Dr. Madan Kataria’s special message for 2022 here.
Available Everywhere
“World Laughter Day Every Day” is available in all major digital music stores, including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. I really hope you love this song. Laugh on!
With love, gratitude and laughter,
💗 Kara
Last Video of 2021: Releasing Resolutions
As the New Year approaches, many of us are deep into reflection mode. Maybe you hit all of your 2021 resolutions and you’re busy celebrating your awesome success (YAY!!!)… or maybe, like me and Bianca Spears… you didn’t.
Find out what went wrong for us and join us for some practices that you can use to rewire your mind, de-stress and give yourself a break from self beat-up.
And that’s the last video of the year!! 
Thank you for supporting this project. Every view, like, comment, share, donation and Patreon member helps keep me going. I am so grateful.
I’ll be taking next week off from regular video releases to mentally regroup and make a plan for 2022. What types of videos do YOU think I should make? Do you have a favorite series? Let me know in the comments!
Happy New Year to you and yours!
With love and gratitude,
Kara
p.s. Here’s a link to the Holiday Stress Relief Series.
New Series! Holiday Stress Relief (Collaboration with Bianca Spears)
You know all that stress and overwhelm the holiday season creates?!
LET. IT. GO.
Catch the first video from the Holiday Stress Relief Series with Bianca Spears today! It includes two of our favorite exercises: Yoga Nidra to reset + restore & Thymus Thump Laughter to boost your energy.
New series videos will be released every Tuesday in December. We’ll be sharing tips and techniques to help you to relieve stress, set better boundaries, create space for you, ditch traditions that stink and set yourself up for goal success in your year ahead!
Subscribe to both of our channels and turn notifications on so you never miss new videos in this series:
Bianca Spears / Laughter Yoga Together
Get a free download of the Yoga Nidra from this video and another practice later in the series when you join our mailing lists.
Thank you for joining us!
With gratitude, love and laughter,
Kara
Sound Healing Music Playlist
Each time I create a new Guided Laughter Meditation, Affirmations Mediation or EFT Tapping Laughter Meditation, I compose music to sonically reinforce the message. I integrate sound healing, like brainwave entrainment (binaural beats and monaural beats), for a holistic approach to the meditative experience. In doing so, a collection of instrumentals has accumulated. These can be utilized for meditation, yoga, studying, focusing on work, or relaxation.
3 Options to Hear Meditation Music
- YouTube: Here is a constantly growing Meditation Music Playlist that includes each instrumental as it’s released.
- Patreon: When you support this project on Patreon, you get instant access to download all audio releases, including the instrumental meditation music.
- Music Sites (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.): You can find all of the meditation tracks wherever you listen to music.
Guided Laughter Meditation: Gamma Clarity and Joy
Laughter produces gamma brain wave frequencies! Isn’t that amazing?!!
Utilizing that fact, this Guided Laughter Meditation combines specific monaural gamma frequencies (30 to 100 Hz) for brainwave entrainment with laughter to help create a state of clarity and joy.
If you’re interested, you can download the meditation on Bandcamp. It includes versions with monaural beats and binaural beats, as well as instrumentals. It will be available everywhere (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) on July 9, 2021.
What do you think? I’m very curious to find out how it makes you feel. Thank you and laugh on!
OUT NOW: I Am Affirmations to Help You Sleep
The album includes a 10 minute guided meditation and the instrumental version.
“I Am Affirmations to Help You Sleep” is available in all major digital music stores. Sleep well and laugh on!
Laugh Pact: Laugh for Your Own Joy
Dear Laugh Pact Friends,
When I was looking for a quote about spring, I came upon this lovely gem from Oscar Wilde. I immediately thought, “we laugh for our own joy.” And it made me smile.
Here’s a selection of new Laughter Yoga Sessions, educational videos, articles, books and events. I hope they help you smile and laugh for your own joy!
One very special event that’s coming up is Slash Coleman’s “Redefining Addiction & Recovery Through Laughter Yoga” Zoom workshop on April 7th. Slash is an excellent teacher and storyteller… he also happens to be a super nice guy. All workshop proceeds benefit Laughter Yoga USA, a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization (full disclosure: I volunteer with Laughter Yoga USA). I highly recommend checking it out!
Take care & LAUGH ON!
😄 Kara
p.s. Get this Laughter Yoga newsletter delivered to your email every other Thursday PLUS get 5 free Laughter Yoga audio tracks.
SESSION VIDEOS
- 5 MINUTES: 3 New Take 5 Sessions with Laughter Yoga Together
- 12 MINUTES: Laughing Yoga for Kids with The Pamper Lounge
- 10 MINUTES: Laughter Yoga Workout Fun with Sarah of Laugh Healthy
- 32 MINUTES: Laughter Yoga with Liliana
- 36 MINUTES: Laughter Yoga Session with Tess Sanderson
This “I AM Affirmations for Anxiety Relief Meditation” goes live tomorrow, March 26th.
Subscribe to Laughter Yoga Together on YouTube so you never miss new videos released every week.
Want to see it now? Get early access when you join on Patreon.
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
Peremalatha Sundram’s Video about Her Journey as a Cancer Patient & Laughter Yoga – Shared at Johor Bahru Happy and Joyous Club’s Members Nite – Blossom Flower Nite
Frank Pasquill’s Presentation “Healing PTSD with Laughter-Shake” at Laughter Yoga Canada Conference 2021
What happens in our brains when we laugh? with Pete Cann
ARTICLES MENTIONING LAUGHTER YOGA
- ABC7 NEWS: ‘Ha ha’ into better health with laughter yoga
- PSYCHE: How to laugh more
💗 If you find my work valuable and are able to offer support, please do so today.
Thank you so much and laugh on.
😊 Kara
BOOKS
A Flourishing Life: Effortless Practices for Happiness and Stress Management by Jagat Singh Bisht
Love Laughter and Longevity: The Art and Science of Wellbeing by Janni Goss
March 27-28
49 sessions of 30 minutes each by Zoom. We start at 8:30 (GMT-6) Mexico City Time.
Come and laugh with people from all the world in this free event.
ZOOM ID: 548 634 622 // Password: 0
Zoom Link
April 1, 2021 at 6PM EST
World Laughter Championship
Live Zoom Event
April 7
US Laughter Ambassador and Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher Slash Coleman, MAed will be teaching a masterclass on addiction and Laughter Yoga entitled “Redefining Addiction & Recovery Through Laughter Yoga.” The class will take place on Wednesday, April 7th from 6:00- 7:30 PM EST (USA).
The introductory webinar will detail Slash’s Laughter Yoga work in addiction and recovery treatment centers over the past 2 years and his field-tests with the US Department of Veterans Affairs for a specific Laughter Yoga sequence which benefits those suffering from addiction.
The 90-minute class will be taught online via Zoom and hosted by the Master Center for Addiction Medicine. The class is part of a series of Laughter Yoga workshops to benefit Laughter Yoga USA.
Laughter Yoga professionals and those working in the field of addiction are asked to contribute US$25. All other participants including those who suffer from substance and activity addictions may attend the webinar at no cost. No prior yoga or recovery experience, special clothing or equipment is necessary.
April 11
Laughing with Molly: Sunday, April 11 at 2 PM Central Time / FREE
In Laughter Yoga, we choose to laugh – not because anything is particularly funny – but just because we can. We accomplish this through a series of simple exercises (clapping, breathing, affirmations, and laughter) that will leave you feeling great, thanks to the D.O.S.E. of dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins we generate! The sessions last about 30 minutes.
Summer of 2021
Mark your calendar for this upcoming Teacher Training combining Leader Training in Kitchener, Ontario.
Are YOU doing something really cool with Laughter Yoga?
OUT NOW: Hands-Free Laughter Yoga Session 3: Laugh Along Anywhere
Hello! You can now find “Hands-Free Laughter Yoga Session 3: Laugh Along Anywhere” wherever you like to listen to music.
Whether you’re driving your car, running errands, or doing chores, you can laugh for the health of it RIGHT NOW. Ready? Join me for this 14.5 minute hands-free session.
Find “Hands-Free Laughter Yoga Session 3: Laugh Along Anywhere” in your favorite digital music store. I hope you enjoy! LAUGH ON!
Laugh Pact: Go to it LAUGHING
Dear Laugh Pact Friends,
You know those times when so much is going on it’s like… dude… WHOA.
Sometimes those times are great times because things you hoped would happen are happening… but they happen to be happening all at once.
This could be a BIG source of stress.
Or… we could choose to “go to it laughing.”
Let’s do that! This Laugh Pact will help. There’s so much going on in the Laughter Yoga world… here are some of the shiny gems for you. I hope you enjoy these selections!
Take care & LAUGH ON!
😄 Kara
p.s. Get this Laughter Yoga newsletter delivered to your email every other Thursday PLUS get 5 free Laughter Yoga audio tracks.
SESSION VIDEOS
- 5 MINUTES: Take 5 Laughter Yoga Session 24 with Laughter Yoga Together
- 8 MINUTES: Best Laughter Yoga Exercises with MeDiClown – Part 1 / Part 2
- 10 MINUTES: Laughter Challenge: Laughter Meditation in the Snow with Laughter Yoga Together
- 13 MINUTES: Laughing with Karla Lightfoot
- 15 MINUTES: Hands-Free Laughter Yoga Sesion #3 with Laughter Yoga Together
- 30 MINUTES: Embodying Joy with Robert Rivest
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
- Ashoo Modgil: The Gift of Laughter: Benefits of Laughter
- Jagat Singh Bisht: Cultivating Happiness: A Guide to Practices That Do Wonders — You can buy the book on Amazon.
- Tanaz Bamboat on Chit Chat with Amy: S2 EP6 for Circle of Power Academy
- Joe Hoare: ‘Soul Whisperer’ Conversation about Joy with William Bloom
- Pete Cann: Can Laughter Improve Your Mental Health? 5 Things That Happen when You Laugh
- Reuters: Why so serious? Laughing yoga is here.
ARTICLES MENTIONING LAUGHTER YOGA
- YAHOO! NEWS: Laughing is good for your mind and your body – here’s what the research shows
- CBS NEWS: People turning to laughter yoga amid pandemic
ARTICLES ABOUT BREATHING
- HEALTHLINE: What Are the Advantages of Nose Breathing Vs. Mouth Breathing?
- CLEVELAND MAGAZINE: Get Fit: These Three Breathing Techniques Will Keep You Calm
Would you like to influence Laughter Yoga Together video topics? Join the Patreon Community (starting at $3) for exclusive polls like this.
Dear Patrons, please vote! I value your opinion! 😄
PODCASTS ABOUT LAUGHTER YOGA & BREATHING
- TUNE IN: Radio for Your Mind, Body & Soul: The Emotional Exercise of Laughter Yoga – with Tanaz Bamboat
- BBC RADIO: Made of Stronger Stuff: The Lungs
- LAUGHTER & POSITIVITY WITH PETE 044: Laughing Lovebugs – Alec and Lauren
Learn more about Cathy Nesbitt & Sylvie Dagenais-Douville’s upcoming Laughter Yoga Leader Training February 27-28.
Laughing with Molly: Sunday, March 7 at 2 PM Central Time / FREE
Molly’s Laughter Yoga Sessions happen the first Sunday of each month via Zoom.
In Laughter Yoga, we choose to laugh – not because anything is particularly funny – but just because we can. We accomplish this through a series of simple exercises (clapping, breathing, affirmations, and laughter) that will leave you feeling great, thanks to the D.O.S.E. of dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins we generate!
The sessions last about 30 minutes.
Get Zoom Link Here
💗 If you find my work valuable and are able to offer support, please do so today.
Thank you so much and laugh on.
😊 Kara
Free Weekly Zoom Laughter with Cathy
You are invited to join us for some fun & laughter on our weekly Zoom laughter meeting. A screen full of happy smiling faces is the restorative tonic we can all use at a time like this.
Topic: Zoom Laughter Tuesdays
When: 9:30 AM Eastern Time, Every Tuesday
Register in advance for this meeting.
World Laughter Championship is happening April 1st live on Zoom!
Visit the fancy new website to learn more.
Are YOU doing something really cool with Laughter Yoga?
OUT NOW: Yoga Nidra: Beach Visualization
👋🏼Hello! You can now find “Yoga Nidra: Beach Visualization” wherever you like to listen to music.
Yoga Nidra is a powerful practice that provides complete physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. This 29 minute guided meditation includes setting your intention (Sankalpa), a body scan, breath awareness, and a beach visualization. I composed a soft, hypnotic soundtrack to help you become very relaxed.
The video was Specially Commissioned for:
Laughter Yoga Canada Conference 2021.
“Yoga Nidra: Beach Visualization” is available in all major digital music stores. I hope it brings you deep relaxation.
