Welcome Karen and Marsha

We had a blast laughing all weekend at our most recent Laughter Yoga Leader Training on Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15. Once again we held the training at The Dharma Room Yoga & Wellness Center in downtown Sioux Falls and we could feel the walls ringing with laughter by the end of the weekend.

We had a small, but mighty, group of folks at our training this time. Karen, a grief counselor from Utah, came all the way to South Dakota to get trained and we were so honored and blessed to have her join us. You could see the wheels turning as she kept thinking of innovative ways to use Laughter Yoga in her grief counseling sessions. We can’t wait to see how she uses it and what we can learn from her!

Surprise! Surprise!

Whew! We had a full day of laughter with the staff from two local schools, Garfield Elementary and John Harris Elementary, today. The principals of each school introduced Laughter Yoga as a surprise to the staff as part of their busy day of getting ready to welcome the kids back to school next week.

We started each presentation off with the Pledge of Allegiance. But this pledge called for a hand on your heart, a index finger on someone else’s nose, and words that pledged allegiance to fun and playfulness. Hahaha!

School Administrators Laugh For No Reason

Jill & Dan had a great time sharing Laughter Yoga with school administrators at their annual late summer meeting. Dr. Pam Homan, Superintendent of the Sioux Falls Public Schools, thought Laughter Yoga would be a great activity - and she got an “A+” for her efforts! The afternoon time slot is where Pam usually schedules fun team building activities for the administrators, and this time they not only had a great time laughing, but learned valuable tools to make their lives more joyful on a daily basis. Read on and take a look at these principals faces! Very good, very good, yay!