5 reasons to put the hohoho into your life
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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Laughter yoga as a social prescription for better mental health
Queensland Mental Health Week kicks off today yet there’s a year-round social prescription supporting positive mental health: laughter yoga’s laughter clubs.
Depression and exercise: could laughter yoga help?
Newly-published research that exercise ought to be part of core treatment for depression has laughter yoga practitioners celebrating. Find out why.
How laughter clubs and comedy clubs differ
Laughter clubs practising laughter yoga are happy hours with significant differences to comedy clubs: no joke!
Why workplaces need playfulness
Laughter yoga helps create more productive workplaces with happier, connected staff.
Laughter yoga reduces stress response, research shows
New research confirms laughter yoga reduces the cortisol response, making it an ideal stress management tool for all.
Laughter Yoga included in Workplace Mental Health Symposium
Laughter yoga plays a part at the upcoming Workplace Mental Health Symposium, a gathering of HR professionals, business leaders and mental health workers from across Australia, in Brisbane in September.
Laughter yoga addresses workplace loneliness
With laughter yoga proven to improve morale and create connections in the workplace, it could be a cost-effective and simple solution to workplace loneliness, reported as rife in Australia.
Teachers reminded play and laughter defuse stress, boost learning
No play, no learning. Know play, know learning. There’s a place for playfulness and laughter in classrooms and school staffrooms notes The Happydemic’s HeatherJoy.
Laughter yoga in schools: reteaching children to laugh and play
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.