Laughter Yoga
Daily Practices for Health and Happiness
(Sprache: Englisch)
Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health!
Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new...
Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new...
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Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health!Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humor!
Laughter yoga is all about voluntary laughter--how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss, heightened immunity, and, especially, enhanced mood: If you act happy, you'll become happy--your body can't tell the difference!
Children laugh more than 300 times a day, adults fewer than fifteen. But it's easy to start laughing again. The exercises in this book combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full body-mind workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: Ten minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine.
With Laughter Yoga, join the growing worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine.
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1Origins of Laughter Yoga
"The sun demands no reason to shine, water demands no reason to flow, a child demands no reason to smile, then why do we need a reason to laugh?"
My Laughter Story
Born in a small village on the India-Pakistan border, I was the youngest of eight children. Hailing from a farming background, my parents had never attended school. Being simple village folk, they were mostly engrossed in the daily grind of farm life. None of my siblings were interested in academics, which made me the odd one out. It was my mother's dream that I become a doctor because in those days one had to travel almost ten miles to seek any kind of medical help. She hoped that I would study medicine and return to the village.
In pursuance of her wish, I went to a boarding school in Ferozepur, Punjab, and got my medical degree from Amritsar Medical College. After graduating, I went to Mumbai and started practicing as a family physician. Lured by the glitz and glitterati of the city, I imagined myself becoming rich and famous. I tried everything I could to reach for the skies, but soon realized that it was not that simple. I did not succeed in my quest and slumped into depression.
Life was tough as it was not easy to make money without any experience. I was stressed and miserable. My mother, who visited Mumbai at that point, was shocked to see my state. "Madan, what is wrong? You don't look happy and you don't laugh and smile like you used to in the village," she would ask.
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She was right. Somewhere in the midst of the hurried upward scramble to the imagined riches, I had lost my laughter. The transition from an innocent village boy to a city doctor had altered my persona. Having realized the enormity of the situation, I embarked on a new search, and this time it was not money. It was to find my laughter again: the key to happiness and joy.
Not content with being just a physician in a suburb of Mumbai, I launched a health magazine called My Doctor to spread more awareness about the importance of good health. It was in March 1995, while writing an article titled "Laughter: The Best Medicine" for my magazine, that I stumbled upon a rich repertoire of scientific work done on laughter as a therapy. Further exploration led me to an amazing volume of documented studies that described many proven benefits of laughter on the mind and body.
While going through all the scientific literature, I was profoundly inspired by Anatomy of an Illness, a book by American journalist Norman Cousins. It describes how Cousins laughed his way back to health from ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic condition affecting the spine. He took a lot of painkillers each day but found no relief, which is why he decided to watch funny movies instead. To his surprise, he found that just thirty minutes of laughter gave him almost two hours of painless sleep.
I also read about the scientific studies conducted by Dr. Lee Berk of Loma Linda University in California, which showed that mirthful laughter reduced stress and had a positive impact on the immune system.
This got me thinking. Life in Mumbai was stressful and people hardly laughed. They were forever in a rush and struggled to meet their needs and fulfill their dreams. Even I appeared dour and had lost my laughter to the daily rigors of my profession and the added burden of a publication. It was not a joke: there was no time to laugh.
I believed that laughter could improve health and enable one to cope with the stressors of the modern age. I looked for ways to add more laughter to people's lives and help them with their medical or personal crises. I started joking and laughing with my patients and realized that they recovered much faster when they were happy and positive.
The Beginning
She was right. Somewhere in the midst of the hurried upward scramble to the imagined riches, I had lost my laughter. The transition from an innocent village boy to a city doctor had altered my persona. Having realized the enormity of the situation, I embarked on a new search, and this time it was not money. It was to find my laughter again: the key to happiness and joy.
Not content with being just a physician in a suburb of Mumbai, I launched a health magazine called My Doctor to spread more awareness about the importance of good health. It was in March 1995, while writing an article titled "Laughter: The Best Medicine" for my magazine, that I stumbled upon a rich repertoire of scientific work done on laughter as a therapy. Further exploration led me to an amazing volume of documented studies that described many proven benefits of laughter on the mind and body.
While going through all the scientific literature, I was profoundly inspired by Anatomy of an Illness, a book by American journalist Norman Cousins. It describes how Cousins laughed his way back to health from ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic condition affecting the spine. He took a lot of painkillers each day but found no relief, which is why he decided to watch funny movies instead. To his surprise, he found that just thirty minutes of laughter gave him almost two hours of painless sleep.
I also read about the scientific studies conducted by Dr. Lee Berk of Loma Linda University in California, which showed that mirthful laughter reduced stress and had a positive impact on the immune system.
This got me thinking. Life in Mumbai was stressful and people hardly laughed. They were forever in a rush and struggled to meet their needs and fulfill their dreams. Even I appeared dour and had lost my laughter to the daily rigors of my profession and the added burden of a publication. It was not a joke: there was no time to laugh.
I believed that laughter could improve health and enable one to cope with the stressors of the modern age. I looked for ways to add more laughter to people's lives and help them with their medical or personal crises. I started joking and laughing with my patients and realized that they recovered much faster when they were happy and positive.
The Beginning
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Autoren-Porträt von Madan, M.D. Kataria
Madan Kataria, M.D., "the guru of giggling" (The Times, U.K.), is the founder of the laughter yoga club movement that started in 1995 in Mumbai. He has conducted seminars and workshops around the world for such organizations as UBS, Emirates Bank, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Volvo. He has also been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and ABC, and is associated with an increasing number of medical research projects analyzing the benefits of laughter. Retired from medical practice, he devotes all his time to writing, teaching, coaching, and training laughter leaders in order to foster the spread of laughter clubs. He is the creator of World Laughter Day, which is celebrated on the first Sunday of every May. Andrew Weil, M.D. (foreword) is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Spontaneous Happiness, Spontaneous Healing, and Healthy Aging. A world-renowned pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, he is the founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Madan, M.D. Kataria
- 2020, 256 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 13,2 x 19,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: PENGUIN BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 0143134949
- ISBN-13: 9780143134947
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Acclaim for the Practice of Laughter YogaLaughter yoga is a perfect way to laugh and get exercise at the same time. It approaches laughter as a body exercise so it's easy to laugh even if you're depressed or in a bad mood. . . . I've tried it, and it works. Oprah Winfrey
I can't think of any other mind-body technique that has caught on this way. I told [the] American Senate Committee during a hearing about healthcare reform that laughter yoga could help lower American healthcare costs. Andrew Weil, M.D.
Laughter yoga exemplifies a form of 'right-brain thinking' that managers should promote. Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind
Laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy. John Cleese, after visiting a laughter club in Mumbai during the filming of BBC's TV series The Human Face
An ideal tool for complete body-mind wellness . . . Laughter increases the supply of oxygen to body tissues, boosts immunity, relieves pain, lowers stress, and even helps protect against heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, migraines, and cancer. It is a powerful technique: safe, easy, and a lot of fun. Andrew Weil, M.D., from the Foreword
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