My Profile

Teresa Verde is a Public Speaker and Certified Laughter Yoga Leader.í??æ She has been bringing laughter into the world since the day she was born and has been leading programs on The Healing Power of Laughter/Laughter Yoga in the Pacific Northwest since October 2001.í??æ A pioneer of Laughter Yoga in Washington State, she founded one of the first public laughter clubs in Seattle and has led over 400 programs in many varied settings. Her clients include the University of Washington Medical Center, Arthritis Foundation, American Cancer Society, Scleroderma Foundation, Puget Sound Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, City of Seattle, Seattle Childrení¢ä?åä?¢s Museum, Everett Community College, National Alliance of Mental Illness and many many more, including numerous retirement communities. She has taught classes on the healing benefits of laughter and laughter yoga at Bastyr University and at the University of Washington.í??æ She has appeared in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle Times, Northwest Primetime, North Seattle Herald-Outlook (front page), Letí¢ä?åä?¢s Talk Medicare, King County Journal, Love Magazine, New Spirit Journal, Soy Source and Phinney Ridge Review, as well as online at MSN Health & Fitness and on the radio programs: KOMOí¢ä?åä?¢s Health Minute, Chat with Women, Consider This with Laura &Terry and the television news segment All Things Northwest. Teresa is also a published freelance writer, former newspaper columnist, author of a weekly blog all about laughter and member of Seattle Free Lances.í??æ She is currently working on a book about laughter.