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Laughter Yoga for Speech Pathologists: breathing, voice and therapy benefits

HeatherJoy Campbell — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:00:24 +0000

Bring more joy into speech therapy! See how laughter yoga helps speech pathologists boost breath, free the voice, and lift client confidence in a fun, safe way.

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Laughter yoga as a social prescription for better mental health

HeatherJoy Campbell — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:30:47 +0000

Queensland Mental Health Week kicks off today yet there's a year-round social prescription supporting positive mental health: laughter yoga’s laughter clubs.

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Laughter Yoga helps nursing students destress

HeatherJoy Campbell — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:10:18 +0000

Laughter yoga is more than a bit of fun for university students, research finds: it's a valid natural intervention that can be applied to beat daily stress.

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How Laughter Yoga is easing Australia’s loneliness epidemic

HeatherJoy Campbell — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 06:19:43 +0000

Laughter clubs, practising laughter yoga in community, could be part of the solution to Australia's loneliness epidemic.

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How Laughter Yoga is easing Australia’s loneliness epidemic

HeatherJoy Campbell — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:22:10 +0000

Laughter clubs, practising laughter yoga in community, deserve to be part of the solution to Australia's worsening loneliness epidemic.

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Laughter-infused therapy helps cancer patients

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:01:26 +0000

Laughter yoga, done regularly and continuously, can wind back negative psychological effects of cancer treatments, recent research confirms.

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Celebrating International Day of Yoga with Laughter

HeatherJoy Campbell — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:10:00 +0000

There's cause to celebrate International Day of Yoga, June 21, with laughter, harnessing the practice of laughter yoga.

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How Laughter Yoga Can Help People with Parkinson’s

HeatherJoy Campbell — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:05:00 +0000

This article shines the spotlight on evidence-based reasons for Laughter Yoga supporting people with Parkinson's disease, and their carers.

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Happier Hour – a book the most time poor need to read

HeatherJoy Campbell — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 03:02:33 +0000

Happier Hour by Cassie Holmes is a must-read for time poor and dissatisfied, whether laughter yoga is time crafted into your schedule or not.

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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 classes return in Healthy and Active Moreton program

HeatherJoy Campbell — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 05:58:03 +0000

Laughter Yoga classes on Redcliffe Peninsula are part of Council’s Healthy & Active Moreton program until 7 December 2022.

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Be part of The Laughie Challenge for mental health

HeatherJoy Campbell — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:17:00 +0000

Australia, you are challenged to laugh for mental wellbeing (among other health benefits). Grab your phone and record your laugh. Find out why.

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