Maria Manninen, Finland: At the end of last year my life was so tough that I spent lots of time crying alone at home. I had read about Skype Laughter Club in one Finnish magazine of well-being earlier that year and really felt that I should give it a try. I signed in and anxiously waited for the first on line session. In a couple of weeks’ time my life started to fill up with joy and laughter. I found myself smiling and laughing throughout the day. And when something was funny, I would laugh out loud which I hardly did before. I got so much into laughing that I did a 3-day Laughter Yoga leader’s training and now lead the Skype Laughter Club on line. After a daily Skype laughter session, I feel so much happier. In fact, sometimes I laugh so much that I have to explain to people that I’m a Laughter Yoga practitioner!

Maria Manninen