Who are our community wellbeing programs aimed at?
Community means different things to different people. What’s your community?
Your community may be geographic – your neighbourhood or town or local council area.
Your community may be a grouping of people who live in different areas but share something in common. It may be an attitude or a health condition; it could be language, faith, an interest, or something else.
Why Laughter Yoga is Brilliant for Community Wellness Programs
Laughter yoga is adaptable, accessible, and inclusive. It’s for all ages and all abilities—and let’s not forget that laughter is a universal language.
On top of all that, laughter yoga has proven physical, mental health and social benefits.
The Happydemic uses the therapeutic benefits of laughter through the practice of laughter yoga, as well as drawing on evidence-based science of happiness research.
Why Ageless Grace suits Community Wellness Programs
If there’s one thing HeatherJoy enjoys as much as laughing, it’s moving to music.
Ageless Grace is proven to be good for body and brain health.
As a seated movement to music program, it creates a level playing field so that anyone can take part, yet it does so much including:
- effortlessly enhancing better balance with its respond, react, recover practice
- stimulating the brain as it figures out how to do the tools seated, rather than standing
- tapping into memories and encouraging imagination and playfulness.
Read more about Ageless Grace in this blog.
What The Happydemic offers
- Interactive one-off talks or workshops as part of special wellbeing events or conferences*
- Regular weekly 60-minute laughter yoga in-person sessions offered as a 6-week ‘term’ at your community centre **
- Regular weekly 60-minute Ageless Grace® in-person brain body fitness classes offered as a 6-week term at your community centre**
*Throughout South-East Queensland. Further afield can be arranged but required travel and accommodation costs to be covered.
** restricted to City of Moreton Bay and northern Brisbane suburbs
How Laughter Yoga works
For too long, many of us have relegated laughter to fun times and good company – when life is sweet.
The truth is, life can be challenging and stressful, and when life’s like that, it may not seem like there’s much to laugh about.
That’s where laughter yoga comes in. Laughter yoga harnesses laughter as a natural physical function. It combines deep slow diaphragmatic breathing with playful gentle stretches and movement, and intentional laughter.
Mood lightens and brightens after a one-off session. True change comes with sustained repeated use – as with any skill or exercise.
In this article you’ll find 25 proven physical, mental and social benefits of laughter yoga. It is also a serious resilience tool, all of which makes it an ideal inclusion in your community wellness program!