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Laughter is the Best Team Medicine And here is why

Stress has a highly detrimental effect on many in today’s world with this affecting the bottom-line of many companies through low morale, low productivity, absenteeism, staffing issues and the like. Laughter Yoga offers companies and organisations powerful & proven tools to deal with this.

“Its amazing my colleagues are spontaneously doing the laughing yoga back in the office , its completely transformed the place!”

-Best & Less Retail

Logistics

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Times
*20 minutes to 120 minutes
* Regular Sessions
* At retreats

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Numbers
* As required

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Locations
* Throughout Australia & the Pacific

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Venues
* Can be Indoors or Outdoors

How it Works

Contrary to what one may initially think, there is no need for a sense of humour, comedy or jokes in laughing yoga. The practice involving prolonged voluntary laughter.

Laughter yoga is based on the belief and recent science that shows ‘non spontaneous’ laughter provides the same physiological and psychological benefits as spontaneous laughter. The brain cannot differentiate between real and ‘non spontaneous’ laughter and the body still benefits from increased immunity & decreased stress levels.

Sessions are conducted in groups and often commence with gentle warm-up techniques.

These techniques include breathing exercises, stretching, clapping, eye contact and body movement, to help break down inhibitions and encourage a sense of playfulness.

This is followed by a series of ‘laughter exercises’ that combine acting, visualization techniques with playfulness.

In no time forced laughter turns into real and contagious laughter and it’s no wonder as who could resist –

  • ‘Lawnmower laughter’,
  • ‘Queen Laughter ‘,
  • ‘Clam Shell Laughter’ or
  • ‘Credit Card Laughter’

Suggestions

* Lunchtime Staff De-stress: A series of a mini laughter sessions (25 minutes each) during lunch time over two to three weeks. Sessions help staff de-stress and bond
* Conference Energy Raiser: what better than to reinvigorate delegates after lunch, kick-start the day or end on a high note leaving everyone buzzing
* Training: We can inspire you & teach you to run sessions on your own in house!

Outcomes

* Happy people –> more productive people & improved health
* People become able to laugh at will
* Team bonding – People who can laugh together can work together.
* Decreased stress levels