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Laughing across Ontario for nearly ten years now, I have experienced great pleasure mixed with feelings of euphoria and delight. Laughing in such a unique way has brought out the little girl in me and in others, in more ways than one (hundred). I (we) get to be silly...

Just recently I facilitated a Laughter Yoga session for the AIDS Network of Hamilton's Health & Wellness Day. One gentleman participant shared with the group that he couldn’t clap his hands because he has gout in both hands and feet and clapping was painful for...

   "If you want to be healthy in mind and body and live to be a hundred, LAUGH and LAUGH some more!!!!!."  The Dalai Lama was once asked, why he is always so happy. He replied. “Perhaps it is because I spend every waking moment thinking about the...

Did you know that we can actually learn to laugh? Our body and mind can be trained to laugh at will. It’s like learning to ride a bicycle. It’s like muscle memory; once you learn it, you never forget it. Did you know that Laughter Yoga makes a clear distinction...

I just celebrated my birthday and yet I still feel like I am 15 years old!  I don't know where the last fifty years have gone. It seems I was just graduating from high school a few minutes ago and now I find myself becoming more younger every day. There are some...

Let's go back, way back to when we were children with an active imagination.  I RE - member building a fort out of blankets, chairs and a table and shining a flashlight on my face while telling scary stories. What about playing teacher and student or...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the physician Galen said that "cheerful" women were less likely to get tumors than those women who were depressed. Laughter also seems to dilate blood vessels. The opposite happens when a gripping movie stresses you, possibly constricting blood...

Your body is an amazing machine – that naturally fights back against cold and flu viruses, but THEN you already knew that! Colds and flu are among the most common human ailments, adults suffer two or three colds per year on average, while children can get two to...