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LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

The old adage about laughter being the best medicine has proven true for a group of Sunshine Coast TAFE students who have been using laughter therapy as part of the Making a Difference Program (MAD).

MAD is designed to help students with learning and behavioural problems, re-engage with the education system and also encourages them to establish clear pathways for the future. Continue Reading »

We don’t stop playing cause we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine – Proverbs.

A day without laughter is a day wasted – Charlie Chaplin.

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that’s my reward – Victor Borge.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is L A U G H T E R – Mark Twain.

You can turn painful situations around through……….. L A U G H T E R . If you find humor in anything, you can survive it – Bill Cosby.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them – Niels Bohr.

L A U G H T E R is the shortest distance between two people – Victor Borge.

Bill Bailey is a comedian, musician and actor most well known for live shows Bewilderness and Part Troll, and his work on television in programmes such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Black Books. website – www.billbailey.co.uk

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So far all the scientific research conducted for the past 25 years was by using humor models.  The researchers induced laughter by showing some humorous videos or some kind of mental process which lead to laughter and then physiological and biochemical  changes were measured.

People always questioned the efficacy of laughter yoga exercises as they were self-induced and not the outcome of any humorous interaction.  My experience with laughter clubs world wide taught me that people were definitely deriving health benefits from laughter yoga exercises.  There was no scientific proof I could offer them to satisfy the logical minded people especially in the west.  I had no problems in India as more than 100,000 people laughed every morning without asking me for any proof but when I came to the west, everybody asked, do you have the data? Continue Reading »

Research tells us that ‘mirthful laughter’

Increases circulation of the blood (internal jogging).
Decreases risk of:-
Hypertension
Heart attack
Stroke
High Blood Pressure

Helps to reduce symptoms of neuralgia and rheumatism.
Stimulates enzymes that act as a natural laxative.
Strengthens immune system function.
Increases IGA in saliva for protection of what goes into our mouth.
Decreases the production of cortisol in the body which is a stress hormone.
Enhances digestion.
Stimulates enzymes that helps protect us from stomach ulcers.
Increases our breathing rate which increases oxygen to our brain, air to our lungs and body.
Clears mucus from the lungs.
Energizes us to be creative by stimulating the brain.
Boosts endorphin levels which act as our bodies natural pain killer.  Laughter is 100 times more potent than any morphine we can  make synthetically

What else do endorphins do for us?

Strengthens the natural killer cells that patrol the body and take out any pre-cancerous or cancerous cells.
Serves as an ALL OVER TONIC that takes away our stress

Laughter and Healing

Laughter releases catecholamines together with adrenaline and noradrenaline.  This enhances blood flow, reduces inflammation, speeds up the healing process and heightens the overall arousal of the body.