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5 reasons to put the hohoho into your life

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:32:16 +0000

Certified laughter yoga teacher Heather Joy presents 5 ways laughter yoga can help you get through the Christmas season stresses even when you're as busy as Santa writing lists and checking them twice!

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Ditching exercise because you don’t like it? Time to try laughter yoga!

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:16:27 +0000

Could laughter yoga play a role in incentivising almost 1 in 10 Australian adults who are inactive and could benefit from its physical and mental health benefits?

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Laughter yoga: is it laughter therapy?

HeatherJoy Campbell — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:48:00 +0000

If a therapeutic exercise improves symptoms and quality of life, that would mean laughter yoga is laughter therapy...but is it in Australia?

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5 lessons in self-care learned laughing

HeatherJoy Campbell — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:40:02 +0000

With laughter yoga as a self-care tool, I've learned new ways to care for body, mind and social needs, laughing for wellbeing.

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The yoga that has people laughing

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 18:31:00 +0000

Laughter yoga like other forms of yoga creates a union between the body, breath and mind, shares many of the same health benefits. It’s just louder!

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Carers find reason to laugh

HeatherJoy Campbell — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 04:21:46 +0000

More carers are learning to laugh for wellbeing using laughter yoga in Queensland.

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Laughter yoga online: more than a COVID ISO hobby

HeatherJoy Campbell — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 04:30:28 +0000

During COVID isolation, laughter yoga online proved its worth as an exercise, a destresser and a connector.

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Is laughter yoga therapy?

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:37:28 +0000

Is laughter yoga therapeutic? The experience is invariably joyful, playful and uplifting. say it improves their quality of life. The decision is as individual as you are.

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Meditation through laughter

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:08:37 +0000

Science shows laughing and meditating share similar brain wave patterns.

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Why I love to laugh in the park in winter

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 21:15:39 +0000

Does the slightest dip in the temperature send you snuggling under the doona? There are powerful health benefits to be enjoyed from stepping into the brisk air for exercise -- and laughing, writes laughter yoga faciltator Heather Joy Campbell.

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Do I need a sense of humour to do laughter yoga?

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 10 May 2018 23:10:19 +0000

People occasionally cry off participating in laughter yoga because they ‘don’t have a sense of humour’. “I’ve nothing to laugh about,” they might say. Or “I can never get the joke right: it falls flat.” When I hear this, I always smile and say “Terrific” which earns me a quizzical look. You see, laughter yoga […]

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Surprising ways laughter yoga heals hurts

HeatherJoy Campbell — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:30:32 +0000

‘Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you.’ Did a parent, teacher or another respected elder repeat that adage when you grew up? What poppycock! The hurts may not be as evident as the physical cuts, scrapes and abrasions of life but they can be just as real. Even the […]

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