HO HO HAHAHA HO HO HAHAHA!!!
.....and so my attention has been brought to the subject of LAUGHTER! Over the last few years bursting more and more into the children's entertainment industry I have developed an ability to, without hesitation, be absolutely ridiculous......and have an immensely WONDERFUL time doing so!!! Little by little my soul has slowly opened to life, the judgments that I have bestowed so harshly upon myself and on others have flown with the wind and the acceptance of life and all its ups and downs has become a lot easier to move with. Well how pleasure filled to find that there is actually an epidemic of the heavenly healing sport....meditation.....social exercise .... of 'LAUGHTER YOGA' running rampant through this world, and how utterly thrilled I was to find that all its facilitators are able to back me up on the indescribable healing abilities of silliness, play and laughter.Recently getting a VIP view of a Laughter Yoga information DVD done by Perths 'Angel Kimmy' and her super sidekick (and my soul sister) Olimpia on Laughter Yoga with a group of disabled people I discovered that there is absolutely no denial of the benefits of this fun filled behavior and side splitting cackles, Usually wheel chair bound young men and women were dancing and smiling, previously withdrawn and self conscious souls were open and laughing, completely in love with the experience to BE FREE!
I am blessed to have a wonderful almost 7 year old child that pulls me into 'the now' daily with behavior that forces me to drop the remote and turn away from the demise of the 6 o'clock news and laugh hysterically as a tower of Jenga blocks explodes on the floor. I am blessed to work in a job that requires me to be ridiculous and express myself......but for those of you that don't have a release I would highly recommend locating a Laughter Yoga Club near you and going along for a session, if you don't like it you can walk away and move on....if you do like it......which I KNOW YOU WILL.....you will spread happiness like a 2 year old spreads Vegemite on the table top and shout it like a euphoric drunk.
Laughter Yoga was first founded by an Indian Doctor from Mumbai in 1995 when he started the first laughter club. Laughter clubs have now grown worldwide to around 60 countries and growing ever more. The concept is not only the release of judgement, pulling you out of the stresses of the day by stepping into a bit of nonsense but a sneaky Yogic technique at getting you to breathe!!!! When you laugh....you BREATH, you release air that is held within and the oxygen flow to the brain and body releases tension, aids the brain in releasing all the good stuff into the body to relax you and as a result the health benefits are UNBELIEVABLE! For those of you that are built like me......unable to sit still for more that 30 seconds without huffing and stomping off to do dishes or climb trees......this is meditation FOR YOU!
So what happens at laughter yoga? Well you play games....and laugh....you sing songs......then laugh.....you breathe.....then LAUGH and then sometimes you sit in a circle with complete strangers.....and then LAUGH till it hurts your sides....the laughter comes from nothing, 'fake it till you make it' they say and literally force yourself to make laughing noises....but after a few ridiculous faces, one good snort and a bit of silly behavior the laughter flows freely and your group of strangers become like family and friends. IT IS FUN!
For me its the concept of dealing with emotion in a way that I can understand. I am such a feeler, and working in the healing and arts/performance industry as I do, I feel like sometimes I have fine tuned and rather intense emotions for such a little woman, I require a lot of outlets. I write, I make music, I dance, I perform and still there are days when I feel overwhelmed by the pressure of my existence and the responsibility I hold in being who I am, i watch 'Legend of the Fall' and cry into a packet of Macro Organic Cheezles over nothing in particular.......but graced with 'The Indian Ocean Laughter Club' at my door step each Tuesday at 6pm I finally have a new outlet that's not full of palm oil! After the first session I was on an absolute high....that slowly panned out into such a relaxed state that I slept WITHOUT WAKING UP ONCE TO WRITE POETRY OR PEE!!!!!
Since the first session I am already finding my way with laughter as a means of dealing with so many situations. The facilitator of the Club Peter, even shared a story of how he hated traffic so much he decided to laugh while he was stuck on a gridlocked highway. Just the thought of it alone sent me into fits of giggles and I have taken inspiration from this and laughed my way through many a sticky situation. It really does fix EVERYTHING!
So jump on board the laughter train my pretties....come into the light......flail your limbs into stupidity and when all else fails........LAUGH!!!!!!!!!
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Lots of fluff EarthyFae :)
