Forget eye drops – The latest treatment for dry eye disease might be laughter. An exciting study from China finds that a daily dose of laughter could be as effective as artificial tears in treating this common eye condition.
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Laughter Yoga is a gentle, therapeutic form of exercise combining laughter with breathing techniques from traditional yoga. Dana Kaplan, a certified Laughter Yoga instructor, emphasizes that it requires no yoga mat or prior experience—just ..
You can call the Lachtelefon hotline from Germany and Austria every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m (CET). One laughter yogi takes the call and you can laugh together for 3 minutes. The idea came about at a laughter yoga network meeting in 2019. Five la..
In a study conducted by US Air Force senior nurse Jacquelin Killian based in Ohio, it was scientifically proven that Laughter Yoga is the ‘best medicine’ for reducing stress and anxiety. She focused her study at the Uniformed Services..
Certified laughter yoga teacher Jenna Pascual, reaffirms that laughter therapy helps to improve human connection and emotional bonding. In fact, laughter yoga is one of the most powerful tools that decrease loneliness, pain, anxiety, and insomnia..
Jeannine Luby from Scranton, Pennsylvania, reiterates the motto that ‘laughter is the best medicine’. Founder of Laugh to Live, she says that laughter has legitimate physical and mental health benefits. She came across laughter yoga w..
An Iranian study conducted on 24 Parkinson’s patients, divided into two groups - control and experimental, showed a significant drop in the anxiety levels as well as improvement in the sleep quality of the experimental group, which was expo..
Did you know that laughter yoga is a great way to lose weight? It does not cost anything and is good for your overall health. It is one such practice that not only helps to destress but is also a calorie-burning exercise. It reduces levels of the..
According to the Natural Center for Biotechnology Information, almost 60-80 percent of primary care visits in the US are related to stress. An article published a few days ago, emphasized the fact that laughter yoga has a calming and positive imp..
In this fast-paced world where we barely pause to smile at each other, we need a good dose of LOL (laugh out loud) therapy. Laughter truly is an excellent way to reduce stress in our lives. Not only does laughter provide a full-scale workout for ..