Laughter Yoga

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>&lbrack;pull&lowbar;quote&lowbar;center&rsqb;&&num;8221&semi;With the fearful strain that is on me night and day&comma; if I did not laugh I should die&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-Abraham Lincoln&lbrack;&sol;pull&lowbar;quote&lowbar;center&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is a well-known fact that laughter has healing properties&excl; Laughter Yoga is the secret to health&comma; happiness and looking years younger&period; It has the power to prevent diseases besides has tremendous benefits on your physical and mental well-being&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This form of laughing gives a host of physiological benefits&comma; from lowered levels of cortisol and epinephrine&comma; hormones linked to stress or depression&period; Low stress levels leads to body’s defenses against colds or infections with better ability to withstand bacterial attacks&period; Laughter exercises get people to laugh for no reason&comma; combined with simple yoga breathing techniques and laughter meditation is the essence of this form of yoga&period; Well&comma; the dilemma most people face is how to laugh when nothing&&num;8217&semi;s funny or laugh-worthy&quest; This therapy is as easy as opening your mouth into a wide smile and force the breath out&comma; clapping and chanting&comma; a few deep breaths alongside prolonged exhalation&period; Not to forget&comma; lifting your arms in the air&comma; helps lift your mood&comma; it can also trigger happy memories or thoughts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter can have a sedating effect and would give a few hours of stress-free sleep&period; Hence&comma; try a few of these laughter therapies with your kith n kin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Warm-ups&colon; Start by clapping rhythmically and chant&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Ho&comma; ho&comma; ha&comma; ha&comma; ha&&num;8221&semi; a couple of times&period; Take a deep breath&comma; fill your lungs with air and release with a big laugh&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Greet Laughter&colon; Walk to people with your hands pressed together at the upper chest in the Namaste greeting&comma; shake hands&comma; laugh&comma; look into other people&&num;8217&semi;s eyes while you are at it&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Lion-like laughter&colon; Push out the tongue&comma; widen the eyes&comma; and stretch your hands out much like claws laughing along&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Hearty Laughter&colon; Move close to a person and hold each other&&num;8217&semi;s hands and laugh&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Silent Laughter&colon; Open your mouth and laugh sans sound&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Humming Laughter&colon; Laugh with the mouth closed and hum&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Yoga &amp&semi; Wellness Expert Mansi Mahajan&comma; from House Of Kapaali says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Powerful words by Abraham Lincoln&comma; for he understood fully well how bland a life without copious amounts of laughter perhaps may be&period; Laughter helps to oxygenate the body&comma; by extending the exhalation and removing the residual air from the lungs hence triggering a cheerful mood&period; Laughter has cathartic effect on the body&comma; releasing pent up emotions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Laughter Yoga is a technique where laughter is used as therapy and combined with deep yogic breathing that act as an antidote for stress and boost immunity&period; It has been scientifically proven that laughter yoga improves stress levels and helps us to cope with daily life as well as improves relationships&comma; business and overall wellness&period; What begins as simulated laughter soon turns into real&comma; contagious laughter&comma; which lifts our spirits&comma; and mood&period; The basic premise being&comma; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fake it till you make it”<&sol;em>&comma; since the body cannot distinguish between real and fake laughter&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of the most joyful sounds we humans make is laughter&period; Laughter links us&comma; connects us&comma; heals us&period; Laughter reaches beyond perceived barriers of age&comma; race&comma; gender&comma; culture and language&period; Laughter Yoga is a worldwide movement that promotes health and peace through laughter&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;em>&comma; says a renowned laughter yoga therapist&comma; Robert Rivest&period; Mansi says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is wide acceptance of laughter therapy even from the medical fraternity&period; When we laugh&comma; endorphins are released&comma; making us feel better and even contributing to a positive shift in perspective&period; Socially as well&comma; laughing together&comma; bonds are made stronger that eventually act as a buffer against disappointments and stress&period; By being more spontaneous and incorporating laughter into our lives&comma; we can raise our vibration&comma; and be happier individuals&period; We have begun to take ourselves too seriously&comma; dramatizing our lives&comma; exaggerating problems&comma; being trigger-happy&comma; this in the long term is detrimental to our emotional well-being&period; With the help of ten minutes of Laughter Yoga daily&comma; we can witness a sea change in our attitudes and perspective&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Mansi gives us a few techniques of Laughter Yoga&colon;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h3>Body Scan Laughter<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As you begin to laugh&comma; let the laughter pervade through every part of your body&comma; starting from the top of your head&comma; your eyes&comma; nose&comma; cheeks through your neck and shoulders&comma; arms&comma; midriff&comma; gut&comma; down to your hips&comma; legs and little toes&period; Let it burst through every muscle and cell in your body&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Breathe Holding Technique<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Take a deep breath&comma; raising your arms over your head&semi; continue to hold your breath while extending your spine backwards&period; When you can almost not hold the breath any longer&comma; burst into laughter&period; Practicing this overtime will create it into a reflex&comma; where the brain learns a new connection of associating breathing&comma; stretching and holding the breath with laughter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>It is essential to keep a few key points in mind while practicing the above&colon;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Raise your arms above your head&semi; this posture creates a happy body-mind link&period; It is a universal portrayal of a happy disposition&semi; hence practicing this releases the endorphins and assists in the laughter therapy&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>It also helps to keep the chin up&comma; which straightens the midriff&comma; hence creating space in the respiratory track&period; To clear out the residual air&comma; it is good to keep laughing till you are out of breath&period; By breathing deeply&comma; the oxygen flow into the system increases helping in the overall wellbeing and perkiness of the mood&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>A little bit of laughter goes a long way&comma; whether its deep belly laughter or just a giggle&comma; be sure to incorporate laughter therapy in your day to regulate your metabolism&comma; ensure a healthy heart&comma; boosted immunity&comma; and a long laughter instilled life&excl;”<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Embrace laughter or join laughter clubs for increased levels of energy and improved emotional state&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e72c787c">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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