Laughter yoga was started in India by Dr. Madan Kataria in 1995. It involves simulated laughing in group sessions, even without jokes or humor. Clinical research has shown laughter yoga can lower stress levels. The document provides instructions for leading laughter yoga exercises and notes that World Laughter Day is celebrated internationally on the first Sunday of May.

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Laughter Yoga

3. What is laughter yoga?

4. Who started it and where?

5. How did they first get people to laugh?

6. What did they call their group and on
what date was it founded?

7. Laughter clubs have some rules and
regula<ons…
• It’s...
• It’s non-
• It’s non-
• It’s non-

8. The body can t tell the
difference between fake and real
laughter…
So fake it til you make it! 

9. Clinical research has been
conducted in Austria, Bangalore
(India) & the USA and its been
proven that laughter lowers
stress!
And…

10. Who knows when World Laughter Day
is in 2012?

11. ADer a laughter exercise the facilitator
will wind up by chan<ng
Ho Ho
HA!

12. Let s all get up out of
chairs & give the first
exercise a go!

13. Ho Ho
HA!

14. One of my favourites & good when
working with noisy children…

15. Get your zipper ready…

16. Ho Ho
HA!

17. I made this one up myself in November
2011…

18. Get ya HOOP on!

19. Ho Ho
HA!

20. Last one… the belly bounce

21. LAUGH FOR NO REASON!

22. Thanks for playing!
• www.laughteryoga.org
• www.worldlaughterday.org

23. Thank You!
Jewelz