John Cleese meets Dr Madan Kataria founder of Laughter Yoga, discovers Laughter Yoga and visits a Laughter Yoga session in an Indian jail.
This is so heart warming you will have to take off your sweater! This baby giggles so lovely you will not be able to not smile.
This is a short film that takes place in a subway train – just like the one millions of people rides together in boring silence every day. Today, however, there is a man who has something funny on his mind…
Be patient and look at the entire video clip, you will be rewarded!
This is a recording submitted to ListenToLaughter.com, it was recorded with a cell phone. The girl in the recording cannot really stop giggling, quite cute!
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For some strange reason people falling makes us laugh. This model has problems with the designer shoes and the TV hosts can not stop laughing.
This interview starts under controll and ends totally out of controll. Both the interviewer and Dustin can not stop laughing.
This clip is from David Letterman show and Tom Cruise can not stop laughing. At the end everyone is laughing at Tom laughing and David does not even have to say jokes.
Sometimes when you start laughing it can be very hard to stop, it is just uncontrollable! This TV host tries with no luck.
A clip from Pippi Longstocking with Pippis friend Tommy laughing a very cute laugh.
It has been shown that laughter has a positive effect on health. Endorfine is released and stress hormons are regulated making us feel more relaxed. This is supposed to lead to a better immunal system and more energy. It is believed by certain scientists that it does not even matter if the laughter is sincere or not.
These ideas brought Indian Med. Dr. Madan Kataria to think about starting what is known as laughter yoga. During laughter yoga, you start off with breathing sessions and go on to practise certain type of laughs. After a while you start laughing naturally!
Here is an example of how it might sound during laughter yoga, this practise start with a “start-engine” fake laugh but in the end most of the participants laugh naturally.
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Check out our laughter links for more websites about Laughter Yoga.