Malaysian health turns to laughter for stress management
Medical and nursing staff in Malaysia are being prescribed laughter as hospital management grapple to contain burn-out, The Happydemic’s Heather Joy reports.
Wellness
Wellness is a doctrine that helps people become healthy and happy in their lives.
Laugh Out Loud Alone!
Laughter is contagious when you laugh in a group but what do you do when you’re on your own? Here are Heather Joy’s fave 5 laughter exercises that she uses on her ownsome.
Rural women top up resilience through Laughter Yoga
While few of us have a sixth sense to foretell what the future holds, all of us have the ability to develop our resilience to change and difficulties. Heather Joy explains how Laughter Yoga can be added to your resilience tool kit.
Why low slung jeans are good for our health
The word, according to the Giggling Guru, Laughter Yoga founder Dr Madan Kataria, is that waisted skirts and belted trousers stop us from full diaphragmatic breathing.
Let’s talk about laughter yoga and seniors
The Happydemic interviews Australian laughter yoga professional and academic Ros Ben -Moshe about her research and experiences delivering laughter wellness to residents of aged care facilities in Victoria.
How can we lose something as natural as breathing?
Whether it’s a chortle, a chuckle, a coo, a gurgle or a full-belly laugh, laughter is part of a baby’s experimentation in making sounds and communicating. So how is it that we can get so caught up in the seriousness of life and forget something as natural as breathing, wonders certified laughter yoga leader and blogger, Heather Joy.
Happy? Yeah right… That’s for others.
Laughter yoga is not the silver bullet for depression and anxiety but it does cultivate a positive outlook, it does get your mind and body thinking ‘happy’ and it does help restore balance and peace.
5 fabulous reasons to laugh
Why do I believe in laughter yoga? Let me count 5 ways.
How HeatherJoy discovered laughter yoga
For almost 30 years I’ve worked as a professional observer of life: a journalist. I’ve reported on major political upheavals… Read More »How HeatherJoy discovered laughter yoga
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