Laughter yoga...laugh for life

2. Km Thomas
Laughter Ambassador

4. “Laughing at your
own mistakes
can lengthen your
life”
-Shakespeare

5. Laughing at
your wife’s
mistake can
shorten your
life
-shakesphear’s wife

6. WELCOME
to
LAUGHTER
YOGA

8. KM Thomas
Laughter Ambassador

12. Laughter Yoga with Al Ahlia Students

22. Laughter Yoga
Laughter Yoga is a
revolutionary idea – simple and
profound. An exercise routine,
it is sweeping the world and is a
complete wellbeing workout

23. The brainchild of Dr. Madan Kataria, a
Medical Doctor from Mumbai, India,
launched the first Laughter Club at a Park
on March 13, 1995, with merely 5 people.
Today, it has become a worldwide
phenomenon with more than 7500 Social
Laughter Clubs in about
70 countries

26. Laughter Yoga combines Unconditional
Laughter with Yogic Breathing
(Pranayama).
Anyone can Laugh for No Reason, without
relying on humor, jokes or comedy.
Laughter is simulated as a body exercise in
a group; with eye contact and childlike
playfulness, it soon turns into real and
contagious laughter

27. The concept of
Laughter Yoga is
based on a scientific
fact that the body
cannot differentiate
between fake and
real laughter. One
gets the same
physiological and
psychological
benefits.

28. The goal of Laughter Yoga
is to bring good health, joy
and world peace through
Laughter..

29. Theory of Motion Creates
Emotion
How do
you laugh ,
when you
are in no
mood ?

30. There is a well-established link
between the Body and the Mind.
Whatever happens to the Mind
happens to the Body as well. If you
observe sad and depressed people,
their bodies are also depressed. They
walk slowly, talk slowly and their
body functions are slow and sluggish

31. The opposite is also true; whatever
happens to the Body also happens to
the Mind. If you’re sad, don't sit
idle.
Keep doing some physical work or
go for a walk and jog, you will feel
better’.

32. Even when unhappy,
behaving or acting
happy will bring the
mind to a state of
happiness. Bring
laughter to your
Body and your Mind
will soon follow.

34. Benefits of
Laughter Yoga

37. Laughter Yoga With Teenagers

38. Teen stress is an important health issue.
They are faced with demands of college
and parents to perform and achieve
goals that may be unrealistic.
Not meeting these goals often leads to
anxiety that is detrimental to physical
and mental health, in some cases even
resulting in suicidal tendencies.

39. Major Teen Stressors
Puberty: The child changes physically and
emotionally at the onset of puberty. Even the
child's attitude towards his or her parents is likely
to change. Often, children think their parents are
hopeless, old-fashioned. In return, parents may
find their child cheeky and sullen. Obviously, it can
be a time of conflict between parents and children.
In fact, it may be more alarming to the parents if
there are no conflicts at all, as it may be a sign that
their child is hiding their problems, which can lead
to suppressed feelings and emotions

40. Extended hearty
laughter induced by
Laughter Yoga is
extremely beneficial
as it helps to release
these pent up feelings
and emotions from
the sub-conscious
mind through effective
emotional catharsis.

41. Parental Inconsistency: During this
transitional phase parents raise their
expectations and become quite inconsistent
in their behavior. They sometimes want their
children to behave like kids and sometimes
like adults. 'Don't do this, you're a kid'; 'You
can do this, you're big enough'. These
instructions send confusing signals to children
and they become self protective and draw
back into their shell.

42. Laughter helps to
dissipate thoughts of
distrust and hostility
arising out of
continuous
confrontations with
parents. Laughter
releases endorphins
that kick starts good
feelings and changes
the mood state almost
immediately.

43. Laughter Yoga is a physical exercise that
works on the body and mind simultaneously.
It boosts systems that are 'switched off' or
disrupted by stress, especially the circulatory
and digestive systems. It stimulates
willingness to learn and retention improves
creativity and self discipline. It provides tools
to deal with stressful situations in new ways,
providing an alternative to anger and
aggression and resulting fear.

44. Laughter is indeed the best medicine
for both young and teenage
children. in the educational context
laughter boosting is used to prepare
students for examinations, and also
to prepare sports teams for optimal
performance before competition

46. Benefits of LY at work place
Happier workplace,
Increased efficiency,
Better communication,
Increased productivity, creativity
And better teamwork,
Decrease in illness and
absenteeism
No gossips

47. People who laugh together,
Work better together!”

48. Four steps of LY
1. Deep Breathing Exercise
2. Clapping Exercise
3. Child Like Playful Laughter.
4. Laughter exercises.

49. Breathing Exercises

50. Warm-up Breathing

51. Palm Breathing

52. Palm Breathing
one of the best breathing exercises is
“Palming”: Close your eyes and cover with
the palms of your hands. but don't add
too much pressure on your eyelids.
Breathe in deeply to a count of 5. Hold for
a count of 5. Release to a count of 5.
Repeat

53. Namaste Breathing

54. Breath in like a flower

55. Earth.sky . stretch

56. Tension Release

57. Humm…..

58. Pendulum swinging

59. • 1.Clapping in rhythm
Clap hands parallel to
each other for full
finger-to-finger and
palm-to-palm contact,
thus stimulating
Acupressure points in
our hands to increase
energy levels

60. • Hearty Laughter

61. Greeting laughter

62. Milk shake laughter

63. Appreciation Laughter

64. Traffic Signal Laughter

65. Laugh at yourself
• Best Ego bursting laughter.

66. Alohaaaaaaaaaa

67. HI FI Laughter

68. Wi fi Laughter

69. Argument laughter

70. Forgiveness laughter

71. Lion laughter

72. No money Laughter
NO MONEY

73. Silent Laughter

74. Ganganam Laughter

75. Swinging laughter

76. Chain laughter

77. Yoga nidra

78. Closing technique
and
Prayer for world peace

79. We are the happiest
people in this world
We are the healthiest
people in this world

80. Add “laughter club”

82. Woman this month .January 2013 issue

83. Keep laughinggggg….
KM THOMAS
The Laughter Ambassador
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Mob-00973 39867041
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