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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Know About Laughter Yoga

Generally yoga includes specific postures along with breathing exercises. It is taught by a specific teacher who completed yoga teacher training and received yoga teaching certification. Some types of yoga are also there which do not include specific postures. Laughter yoga is considered as a simple and profound revolutionary idea. It includes an alternative technique involving some exercises that make people laugh for no reason. Some basic breathing methods of yoga are also included in it.

The laughter exercises help in lessening tension and stress. Enhancement of health and improvement of feeling and wellness are possible through laughter yoga. Humorous and comical gestures, breathing, systematic cackling and giggling are included in laughter yoga exercises. This enhances unconditional laughing. Although the laughter made from these exercises is not naturally done, same physiological reactions in the human body are arisen.

Laughter yoga done along with yogic breathing results in deep diaphragmatic breathing. This helps in providing more oxygen to the brain and body. The concept of this type of yoga is that no can differentiate the fake and real laughter. However, the physiological and psychological effects of both are similar. Certain laughter clubs are also arranged for practicing laughter yoga. Trained laughter yoga teachers and laughter yoga leaders run many clubs and conduct programs. They make people know about the significance of laughter yoga.

Certain clinical research studies are also done in India and the United States regarding laughter yoga. It has been revealed from these studies that the level of stress hormones such as epinephrine, cortisol and others are decreased in blood by laughter. A positive and helpful attitude is also maintained among individuals practicing laughter yoga.


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