Laughter Yoga Relevant Books & DVDs
In case you want more books and DVDs that are educational and relevant to Laughter Yoga, you may be interested in the following:
How to stop worrying and start living
Dale Carnegie wrote a most inspiring book in 1944 titled "How to stop worrying and start living". Over 6 million copies have been sold since then. This book is not the author's opinion on what one could do to stop worrying but rather the compiled wisdom of hundreds of people who faced major adversity in their life and what they did to overcome their own worries. Here is one of the many suggested methods:
Laughing on demand vs Laughing on command
I recently read a blog from Dr Kataria responding to an actor who said he could easily laugh on command and was wondering what more Laughter Yoga could teach him (a lot!). Dr K's reply was outstanding as usual, and I took the liberty to build on it. Here it is:
CNN Asia: Groups in Mumbai take the old saying about laughter being the best medicine literally
This is a nervous stand-up comedian's dream audience. Not only will they laugh at anything, apparently they will also laugh at absolutely nothing. Laughter yoga, yes seriously, has become a popular stressbuster worldwide. The premise is that laughter -- spontaneous or contrived -- releases endorphins in the body that relieve anxiety.
Why laughter can heal you: stress theory vs germ theory
There are two may theories when it comes to disease: the germ theory and the stress theory. The germ theory states that germs are the culprits that make you sick. The stress theory states that germs are already inside of you, in bigger and larger numbers that you’ll ever know.