Become a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher!
The purpose of this training is both to deepen your professional understanding of Laughter Yoga and the practice of Joy as well as train you to train Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders. It is fully authorized by the Dr. Kataria School of Laughter Yoga.
This is not a beginners course. Where the level 1 training (Certified Laughter Yoga Leader, 2 days) is about Laughter Yoga, this is a level 2 and about the Yoga of laughter. We will very subtantially build on the basics of Laughter Yoga, and only Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders are allowed to register. It is recommended that you have practiced Laughter Yoga for at least a few months in order to fully benefit from this training.
Exceptions can be made based on your individual circumstances and personal expertise. Please contact us for more information.
There are two ways to climb an oak tree. One is to sit on an acorn. The other is to climb the tree.
This course will teach you how to climb the tree.
Expect to laugh lots, learn more about yourself and others, and overall be inspired and empowered to shine & thrive one inch past your comfort zone.
What You Will Learn
We will start with a full and in-depth review of what you should already know and have practiced (it’s harder to teach what you don’t know and haven’t experienced) and then move on to more advance practices:
- How to effectively lead a group Laughter Yoga sessions (expect daily practice sessions with expert supervision and coaching);
- How to create and sustain a powerful group laughter dynamic;
- How to help people convert pro-active laughter into real, infectious, spontaneous laughter without needing to rely on jokes, comedy or humor;
- How to manage the unexpected and effectively adapt your skills to any situations;
- How to teach a powerful technique of profound Laughter Meditation where you do not have to make any effort to laugh, and laughter flows out of you as if emerging from a fountain (this is a very profound experience; you will feel the laughter coming out of your heart and soul, without using a single joke)
- How to laugh alone and infuse your life with more laughter and joy, and how to teach this to others;
- How to avoid burnout: Yoga breathing and easy Meditations techniques for inner balance and spiritual development;
- How to effectively use Laughter Yoga with special needs populations (elderly people, physically and mentally challenged children, the deaf, blind and mute, prisoners, school children and school teachers.)
- How to start a Laughter Club (organization, marketing and advertising, creating a core group and encouraging leadership, communication skills);
- How to successfully organize and deliver the 2-day Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Trainings (we’ve taught more such trainings than anybody else in the world, with still a fair lead on the 2nd best: we know how); essential topics and precisely how to present them, addressing different learning styles;
- The art and craft of getting into the media (how to write press releases which actually get published so your Laughter Clubs and programs will be successful from the start). There is no secret here: it’s a skillset, not a mystery;
- Overall: how to successfully create, manage and grow a Laughter Yoga business (our goal is to help you make money, not cost you some. What makes us uniquely positioned to teach this particular topic is that we don’t just teach it, we’ve been doing it ourselves full time and rather successfully for the past 7 years);
- And more still!
You will be trained to conduct Laughter Yoga Seminars, workshops for corporates, companies, hospitals, schools, colleges & universities, old age homes, prisons, children with special needs, etc.
After completing this training, you will be authorized to train Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders.
Other skills that you will learn at this training include, yet are not limited to:
- Organization Skills
- Marketing, Advertising & PR Skills
- Creating a core group and Leadership Skills
- Communication Skills
- Training skills to train laughter leaders
- Various aspects of presentation to develop facilitation skills and different commands.
Who This Training Is For
Becoming a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher is of great value to the following professions:
- Alternative Therapist and Healers;
- Recreation Activity facilitators;
- Yoga/Tai Chi/physical fitness trainers;
- Occupational Therapists;
- Psychologists and Psychotherapists;
- Nurses;
- Social Workers;
- Counselors;
- Health Care Workers;
- Professional Speakers;
- HR Trainers;
- Clowns and Comedians.
What You Need To Bring
- A big smile;
- Pen & paper for taking notes;
- A costume, musical instrument or other equipment or props (for any presentation you wish to share on the talent night);
- One small wrapped gift for our exchange of gifts;
- A fun & joyful outfit for the costume party (unless you are really uncomfortable with this we would encourage you to bring something that is created with everyday items only such as underwear, plastic or paper bags, toilet paper, etc.)
About Your Teacher and Why You Want To Learn His Skillset
Thank you for considering training as a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher with me. My name is Sebastien Gendry. I am the Founder and Director of the American School of Laughter Yoga. Life prepared me very thoroughly for my job as a Master Laughter Yoga Teacher Trainer:
- France is where I was born and university trained. I understand the academic approach.
- Germany and Austria is where I learned for three years to excel at synthesis and organization. I understand efficiency.
- England is where I sharpened my business skills for seven years running my own telemarketing agency of ultimately 80+ staff in the field of high technologies. I understand stress, business systems and people management.
- California has been my home since 2001 and where I first blossomed as a Yoga Teacher, Fitness Trainer, Massage Therapist and Energy Healer. I understand the world of complementary therapies. It saved me from a total breakdown.
I have a life long passion for “Folk Wisdom”: what anyone can do anytime, anywhere, at minimum cost to get better in body, mind and spirit. Laughter Yoga fits that definition perfectly.
Here are my Laughter Yoga achievements:
- I was the first American to train as a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher and played a major role in introducing Laughter Yoga to North America.
- I was the second person in the world, after Dr Kataria, to dedicate myself full time to teaching and promoting this method and have single handedly organized and taught more Certified Laughter Yoga Leader trainings than anybody else in the world (this is not by chance, read my students testimonials), successfully led hundreds of Laughter Yoga sessions with a variety of publics and extensively written on the nuts and bolts of Laughter Yoga. My DVDs are sold worldwide.
- I am a natural leader and excel at both achieving optimum group laughter dynamics and teaching others how to do the same. Click here to learn more about my educational approach.
- I fly an average of 70,000 to 100,000 miles per year teaching and promoting Laughter Yoga. This is what I love to do and I am good at it.
- I have taughter Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher trainings in the USA, France, and Mexico.
I can confidently say that I have achieved mastery in both the delivery of the Laughter Yoga technique as well as in the running of a Laughter Yoga business.
It’s a skillset, not a gift. I can teach that skillset to you in 2012 on the following dates:
2012 Training Calendar
- Mont St Michel, France, July 23-28, 2012
- Melbourne, Australia, August 20-24 (just before the 2012 Australasian Laughter Yoga Conference)
- Chicago, USA, Sept. 15-20 (just before the 2012 All America Laughter Yoga Conference)
Student Testimonials
We are really good at what we do, but don’t listen to us (clearly we have a bias).
Click here to read what our students & clients say about us.
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