Laughter Yoga

Brain fitness specialist Dr Jenny Brockis talks with The Happydemic’s HeatherJoy about 7 steps to anti-age your brain — and finds herself promising to give laughter yoga a try!

With scientific research proving a link between state of mind and longevity, there’s great health reasons to tap into laughter yoga to rekindle the inner child’s joy through playfulness, says certified laughter yoga teacher The Happydemic’s Heather Joy.

Is it time for Australia’s jam-packed school curriculum to include laughter yoga, teaching children and adolescents to face tough challenges, handle emotions and survive this competitive world, in a happier more content state of mind. Heather Joy thinks so.

Researchers say 30 minutes of parklife a week improves blood pressure and mood. Could that mean laughter yoga in the park could amplify winter outdoor exercise results, suggests The Happydemic’s Heather Joy.

Medical and nursing staff in Malaysia are being prescribed laughter as hospital management grapple to contain burn-out, The Happydemic’s Heather Joy reports.

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.

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.

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.

Why do I believe in laughter yoga? Let me count 5 ways.

For almost 30 years I’ve worked as a professional observer of life: a journalist. I’ve reported on major political upheavals and medical breakthroughs. I’ve written about fantastic people doing amazing things. But just because I’ve written about something hasn’t necessarily meant I’ve experienced it, just as being a former media advisor to a conservative state […]