Laughter...
Are you feeling stressed and grumpy? Have you misplaced your sense of humor? Are you letting those aches and pains get you down? The Laughing Club has a prescription that will help you reduce stress, increase smiles and improve your health. Laughter Club use a systematic program of deep breathing, gentle stretching and laughter exercises that encourage playfulness and a balance of mind, body and spirit. We don’t use jokes or comedy routines, so all you need to bring to a Laughter Club meeting is the willingness to laugh. Come spend time with friendly people who laugh with each other, not at each other. Our laughter fitness program will prevent hardening of the arteries and hardening of the attitudes.
The man behind the revolution - Dr. Mukund Mehta
In
March 1994 Dr. Mukund Mehta, a physician from Ahmedabad, India, decided to write
an article called "Laughter - the best medicine" for a Gujarati Daily, Gujarat
Samachar. His desk research led him to discover an overwhelming body of
scientific literature that described in great length the proven benefits of
laughter on the human mind and body. [ Read More>>
Sense of Humor and its Importance...
Our five senses are not enough for ideal living. We need to use our sixth sense: our sense of humor. Humor isn't about merely telling jokes; it's the way we view the world. We can be sincere about life without taking it so seriously. We can laugh about our mistakes and pain. Louis Kronenberger explains: "Humor simultaneously wounds and heals, indicts and pardons, diminishes and enlarges; it constitutes inner growth at the expense of outer gain, and those who posses and honestly practice it make themselves more through a willingness to make themselves less."
