Laughter Yoga as Therapy

What an opportunity! We were thrilled to share the many health benefits of Laughter Yoga with Respiratory Therapists at a conference in Sioux Falls the end of September. Having just got back from the All American Laughter Yoga Conference in San Diego we were excited to laugh with these professionals.

MOVING DAY - Walk for Parkinson's!

Join Dan and Jill as they share the health benefits of Laughter Yoga for Parkinson's disease at MOVING DAY! We will have a booth with laughter resources and Dan will be giving complimentary chair massages. We'll also be a part of the MOVEMENT STAGE from 11:15 - 11:35am. MOVING DAY is more than an indoor fund-raising walk it is also a day to change the state of awareness about a disease that affects so many of our family and friends.

The MOVEMENT STAGE includes demonstrations of T'ai Chi, Laughter Yoga, dance, Pilate's and much more, illustrating the importance of movement to people living with Parkinson's disease. Those that are not able to participate in the walk should not be deterred from participating.  While their friends and family are walking they can still be moving at the MOVEMENT STAGE. Come join us and laugh for the health of it!

MOVING DAY
Walk For Parkinson's; October 1, 2011
Western Mall Shopping Center
9:00 - Walk begins & Booths Open
9:30 - Noon - Demonstration Stage: Laughter Yoga 11:15 - 11:35am

Cancer Patients Benefit From Laughter

By guest contributor Jillian McKee

Stumble into a laughter yoga class and you might feel awkward or uncomfortable. After all, a group willing participants that is lead by an instructor through a series of rhythmic clapping, chanting, breathing and laughing is not considered normal.

Laughter yoga creator, Dr. Madan Kataria, gets to the heart of your discomfort, "I told them this is not a laughing matter. It is a very serious thing that we've forgotten to laugh." And so it was created to restore the balance, and positive health effects that come with laughter.