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The concept of using laughter without jokes, comedy or humor was initiated by a medical doctor from India, Dr Madan Kataria in 1995. His thought was that if laughter relies on humor alone, it excludes a lot of people from gaining the benefits. His goal was to demonstrate that laughter can be approach as a form of exercise and that we can laugh “just for the sake of laughing” and for no reason, without the use of humor.
- You can laugh with special guided techniques: It’s easy. Anyone can laugh for no reason without relying on humor, jokes or comedy and one can feel the benefits on the very first session!
- Real and Contagious Laughter: We initiate laughter as a body exercise in a group and with eye contact and childlike playfulness. It soon turns into real and contagious laughter.
- Oxygenates Your Body and Brain: Laughter Yoga is combination of deep breathing exercises from yoga and laughter exercises, which oxygenates our body and brain, makes us feel more healthy and energetic.
Dr Madan Kataria, Founder of Laughter Yoga International, tells how each one of us can keep stress at bay by practicing simple laughter therapy for 10 to 15 minutes a day. In one of the episode of Satyamev Jayate he shows how to laugh when there is no reason.
It is very interesting video where you would start laughing too.
