Harness the Power of Your Laugh!: Laughing Heartily Today and Everyday!

By Lynda Andrews and Dr Madan Kataria

Harness the Power of Your Laugh!

Good news! You can laugh every day, no matter what is happening in the world. Even if you are very busy with life, you only need a few minutes a day, and you will discover that laughing is like a nourishing food. We need to actively and consciously laugh every day to give our bodies the best opportunity to grow strongly, happily, and healthily. The best news is that laughing is a deep-breathing technique. Much scientific research has been done over recent years on cell oxygenation and disease.

Nobel Prize winner Dr Otto Warburg, president of the Institute of Cell Physiology, says: Deep breathing techniques increase oxygen to the cells and are the most important factors in living a disease-free and energetic life.

Dr Sheldon Hendler, MD, medical researcher in cell oxygenation, says: Oxygenation through deep breathing boosts the immune system and can rid the body of chronic illnesses.

Make a difference in your life and for those you love by practicing and sharing the playful Laughter Yoga exercises in this book. Discover the joy of laughing every day, and welcome to our global laughter family!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Oct 14, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452549668

Lynda Andrews

Lynda Andrews is a teacher by vocation and lives in New Zealand. She has a lifetime passion for people and health and trained as a Laughter Yoga Teacher in 2008. She is committed to sharing the playful and creative, yet deeply effective ways of generating Health, Joy and Word Peace!

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-3500-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-4966-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011908901

Balboa Press rev. date: 10/7/2011

To Sarah, Michael and Rosie.

You are my joy! I love you all very much.

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Contents

Foreword

Preface and acknowledgements

All about Laughter Yoga

Hearty, hugging laughter

Baby, giggling laughter

Happy, connecting laughter

Ants in your pants, wriggling laughter

Being yourself laughter

Jumping for joy laughter

Cat licking laughter

Brain relaxing laughter

Unzipped winking laughter

Life is for living laughter

Thumbs up, appreciating laughter

Let’s go fishing laughter

Playing together laughter

Strong heart beating laughter

Horsing around laughter

Nose spooning laughter

Letting yourself out of the box laughter

Hula hooping, letting loose laughter

Flying free as a bird laughter

Keeping young at heart laughter

Bubbly warm water, soothing laughter

Leaping, buzzing, tongue laughter

A breath of fresh air, expanding laughter

On the beach, dancing laughter

Giving and receiving laughter

Laid back, chilling out laughter

Family fun loving laughter

Upside down, hanging out laughter

Angel wings, surprising laughter

Baby toes, grounding laughter

Resources

Foreword

There are times in life when a person makes an instant impression. Lynda Andrews is one of these people. When she introduced herself on our Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher Course, in Melbourne 2008, she said, Hello, my name is Lynda and I am from Paekakariki! Ha, ha, ha,ha! The whole room exploded into laughter. It was soon very clear that she was intent to learn everything she could about Laughter Yoga. She made copious notes, some of which were able to be used by other students in the group.

As the Founder of Laughter Yoga, I am very happy to write the foreword to this book. Although, I am a very busy man, it was an easy book to read. Even if I only had a few minutes to spare, I could dip into any part of the book and enjoy the inspiring image and practise laughing. The laughter and breathing exercises are well written and simple to duplicate from the instructions Lynda has given. And, the daily invitations Lynda has written to make a difference to your life are wonderful suggestions that will help anyone to develop their Inner Spirit of Joy.

It is no surprise to me that Lynda has written