by Kathryn Kimmins | Mar 1, 2017 | Laughter Yoga
Seasonal Affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression, winter blues, summer depression or seasonal depression is a mood disorder subset in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms...
by Kathryn Kimmins | Jan 6, 2017 | children, Laughter Yoga, laughter yoga and clapping, laughter yoga leader trainings
“Laughter makes us more imaginative and creative. It improves our sense of humour.” ~Albert Einstein The human brain has a left and a right hemisphere. The left side of the brain is analytical,...
by Kathryn Kimmins | Jul 11, 2016 | hand clapping songs, Laughter Yoga, laughter yoga and clapping
Would you take up an activity, or encourage your children to engage in it if you knew that it could reduce the risk of dyslexia and dyscalculia, improve cognitive abilities and special task performance, social integration, handwriting and spelling and make you feel...
by Kathryn Kimmins | Jul 11, 2016 | Laughter Yoga, One foot standing
One Foot Standing This sounds easy, right? But wait until you try it. This is what you do. Standing with your hands hanging naturally on the sides, CLOSE your eyes and lift one foot (no need to lift it too high, as long as it is not on the floor). Closing your eyes is...
by Kathryn Kimmins | Mar 3, 2016 | Laughter Yoga
Welcome to a new year – and a new you. At this time for reassessing goals for the future, it is important to realize progress may be stalled due to unresolved failures of the past. It is not due to incompetence or unworthiness, but rather to a lack of attuning to the...
by Kathryn Kimmins | Feb 13, 2016 | Laughter Yoga
“The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched – they must be felt with the heart.” ~~~Helen Keller Last week I was in Puslinch, Ontario laughing with a wonderful group of seniors. At the end of our session we exchanged hugs with open arms....
