Although I am actually a Certified Laughter Leader from way back, I have not developed my personal practice in a long time. Spending so much time on my hoop practice and dealing with the stresses of running a growing business has really inspired me to develop my daily laughing practice. It's been 3 days now that I have consciously created more laughter in every day with Laughter Yoga. All I can say is that it feels SO GOOD! Laughter makes my whole body vibrate and releases so much energy. Laughter heals. Even after only a few days, I find that I spontaneously erupt in laughter more while not practicing than I did before. When I am laughing I feel free. I feel at peace and connected and happy.

Laughter releases endorphins in the brain. It relieves stress by removing tension and helps all the body's functions improve. To help cultivate my laughter practice, I have been reading funny books by Swami Beyondananda and also watching YouTube videos about laughter yoga.

Here are 3 of my favorites:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fp-oJhBxn6o
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2bFHjH-eAb0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DafV2zVZY8Y

Consciously laughing every day is the highest form of natural medicine. It also really gives your lungs and torso a ridiculous workout when you do it non stop for 30 minutes. An interesting fact is that your body doesn't know the difference between laughter which is "fake" or "real"... which is where the laughter exercises come in. You start out a bit "fake" but then suddenly you are rolling in unending torrents of real laughter. It is like getting hit by a tidal wave of bliss. So nice!

I've decided to sign up for a week long Laughter retreat and conference in September in Florida to really push my laughing to the next level. If anyone is interested in more information, check out www.laughteryoga.org

Laugh on! Thank you for the gift of laughter!