Laughter therapy ( Archived) (18)

I don't know if it would be a bit scripted for my taste. The best laughing is when you weren't supposed to laugh I always thought, as a type of honesty a spontaneous being yourself. It catches you by surprise and I honestly believe that laughter therapy would eradicate anything that is actually funny. Like old women laughing at the weather or the notoriously witty folk in the far east. We know that Asia is renowned for its humour.

Laughter yoga (or therapy if you want to call it that) os one of those things you can't really judge until you've experienced it. I was very sceptical about it and only really went to satisfy a friend who had arranged it. It was over a weekend and I said I would just go on the Saturday, but it felt so good I attended both days.
On the second day some of the time was spent learning about the positive benefits of laughter and I was totally amazed at how far reaching these benefits can be. I've since found out that the body can't tell the difference between false laughter, (not that the laughter remained false or forced for long) and genuine laughter, so the benefits, particularly the physical ones ( of which there are many) happen whether the laughter is genuine or not.
So, of you want to feel better, go look in a mirror, point at yourself and laugh as loud and for as long as you can.

For some ithis will be easier than for others.