What Is Laughter Yoga?
An exciting new phenomenon that is reemerging our laughter abilities. It was started by Dr. Madan Kataria in Mumbai India in 1995 who as a medical doctor was writing an article entitled Laughter is the Best Medicine. We have all heard that line enough as it has been used by many individuals who have overcome or greatly improved there health and well being by focusing on joy and getting there more and more through laughter. No Jokes are necessary There are no jokes and no need of puns or gags as that can often be subjective to different people and sometimes offensive. Dr. Kataria found that out through trial and error and moved forward into combining the laughter exercises with the pranayamic breathing used in yoga. Madhuri Kataria, the good doctor’s wife, is a yoga instructor and with the practice of using the yoga asanas (poses) many of the laughter exercises were transformed to a more beneficial effect for those engaging in Laughter Yoga. The word yoga simply means to bring things to
