October 30, 2013
by Margaret Westerman
Proston Library
People of all ages and walks of life gathered at the Proston Library recently for the inaugural “Laughter Yoga” session presented by Laughter Yoga teacher and tutor Roslyn Melmeth.
Laughter Yoga is a revolutionary idea.
This simple but profound exercise routine is sweeping the world. Why? Because it provides a complete well-being workout.
Laughter Yoga is the brainchild of Dr Madan Kataria, a Mumbai physician who started the first laughter club in a park on March 13, 1995 with just five people.
Today it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6000 social laughter clubs in 60 countries.
Laughter Yoga combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing (Pranayama).
Anyone can laugh for no reason without relying on humor, jokes or comedy.
Laughter is simulated in group exercises. But with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns into real and contagious laughter.
The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on the fact that our bodies cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter; one gets the same physiological and psychological benefits.
And laughter is now being prescribed as the best medicine for wellness.
Studies have validated the efficacy of laughter and its therapeutic power in dealing with physical, mental and emotional health.
Laughter’s physiological and psychological benefits make it a powerful remedial tool, and one that has the ability to dramatically change people’s perspective on life by quickly relieving stress and depression, and elevating mood states.
It also helps people get in touch with reality and control emotions and feelings under adverse situations.
Besides healing the mind and mitigating emotional pain, laughter even helps alleviate physical pain caused by injury or disease and can help in a speedy recovery.
Thousands of practitioners around the world have reported remarkable improvements in health conditions – all based on unconditional laughter, which makes it the easiest and the simplest exercise to rejuvenate the body-mind system.
The Laughter Yoga session was an outstanding success, with everyone asking “will there be another and if so, when?”. And everyone left the Library feeling uplifted
The good news is that Roslyn has agreed to continue to present Laughter Yoga.
The next session will be held at the Proston Library at 3.45pm on December 4, 2013.
Bookings are essential, and can be made in person at the Library or by phoning them on (07) 4168-9103.
In addition, four of the attendees have requested tutoring to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program.
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