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Cooking
Up Laughter
Members
of a club:
- Meet
for a period of time, from 15 minutes to an hour
- Start
with practicising breathing exercises and stretching
- Indulge
in and learn different kinds of "laughter," each lasting for about
30 to 45 seconds
- Between
"laughters" members practice deep breathing, and neck, shoulder
and stretching exercises
- No
jokes are used, members laugh for the sake of laughing
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| Dana
Flynn, laughter leader and yoga instructor, conducts a morning
session at Healing Hearts, Manhattan |
| PHOTO:
Preeti Dawra |
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| Types
of laughter: |
- One-meter
laugh
-
Swinging laugh
- Pigeon
laugh
- Lion
laugh
- Dancing
laugh
- Hearty
laugh
- Silent
laugh
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| Listen
to different
Laughter Exercises (RealAudio
format) |
| Type |
Dur. |
Size |
| 1 |
11
sec |
73
k |
| 2 |
12
sec |
73
k |
| 3 |
06
sec |
44
k |
| 4 |
07
sec |
55
k |
| 5 |
11
sec |
73
k |
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| Benefits
of laughter |
- Increases
the level of oxygen to the brain
- Encourages
muscles to relax
- Exercises
muscles all over the body
- Reduces
the level of stress hormone, cortisol
- Triggers
the level of feel-good hormone, endrophin
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