Have You Had Your Laugh for Today?

Have you had your laugh for today? May 2nd was World Laughter Day, when was the last time you had a good laugh, the one that comes from the bottom of your belly? I have always heard that laughter is good for the soul and whoever coined that phrase was on to something.

World Laughter Day celebrated on the first Sunday of May,

“was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement. The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive manifestation for world peace and is intended to build up a global consciousness of brotherhood and friendship through laughter. Its popularity has grown exponentially with that of the Laughter Yoga movement (now counting over 6000 Laughter Clubs worldwide on all 5 continents)” according to Wikipedia.

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A few years ago I participated in Laughter Yoga and the classes were a lot more fun when we had teenagers in the group. They knew how to really get into laughing for no reason, and the adults would laugh because they were having so much fun. After a good bout of laughter, I was always in a very good mood. We were encouraged to be intentional about laughing every day. At first you feel silly and forced, but shortly after you really get into it. Have you ever attended Laughter Yoga classes?

An article in the Halifax Herald on January 20, 2002, titled “The best medicine: We laugh because it's good for us; mirth is a kind of social glue,” reported that “Young children are estimated to laugh over 300 times a day – a reason why they seem to have more obvious fun than adults who average 20 times daily… On average, men and women produced the same number of laughs, but men tended to laugh a “bit longer” than women.” Get out and get laughing and Happy World Laughter Day to you.

Let's keep the laughter flowing, please let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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