October 12, 2016
by Anne Miller
This is a story that our councillors begged us not to run … but we’re not afraid to take on the tough assignments.
Or the downright silly ones, either.
At noon on Wednesday, the South Burnett mayor and councillors – and a more than a handful of Council employees – gathered in the Glendon Street Forecourt to make absolute gooses of themselves.
All in the name of Mental Health Week …
(What’s that about Englishmen and the midday sun?)
Tracy Ahlquist, from SYG Counselling Services at Nanango, ran a Laughter Yoga session to teach the councillors and employees some new ways to relieve stress.
Laughter Yoga is based on the idea that voluntary laughter provides the same physiological and psychological benefits as spontaneous laughter.
The “games” create a playfulness between the participants who quickly start genuinely laughing out loud.
So Tracy had the councillors sticking out their tongues, scratching their backsides, waving their arms around and making odd noises.
They all took part, although a couple looked like they wished the ground would open up beneath their feet.
When it was time to depart back into the Council Chambers, they couldn’t escape fast enough … but at least they were all smiling!
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