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Event:

Laughter Yoga Club

Dates:

Starts on August 7th, 2011 and occurs every month on the same day.

Category:

Yoga

When:
1st Sunday of the Month, 5pm to 5:45pm (starting August 7, 2011)

Where:
Heartsong Yoga Center
264 North Main Street
East Longmeadow, MA 01028-1815

Free:
Donations to Heartsong for use of space accepted.

Contact:
Robert Rivest: 413-747-5004 Email: robertrivest@verizon.net
Heartsong Yoga: 413-525-0720 Email: info@heartsongyoga.com

What is Laughter Yoga?

Laughter Yoga combines fun, easy to learn, Laughter exercises with simple, calming Yogic Breathing (Pranayama).

Laughter Yoga is a complete well-being workout that is sweeping the world. In 1995 Dr. Madan Kataria, a Physician from Mumbai, India, launched the first Laughter Club with merely a handful of people. Today, it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6000 Social Laughter Clubs in about 60 countries.

Laughter Yoga is based on a scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between laughter exercises and real laughter. Anyone can Laugh for No Reason, without relying on humor, jokes or comedy and get the same physiological and psychological benefits (boosts immune system, releases endorphins, increases oxygen intake, decreases stress hormones, creates a joyful connection with others, and enables you to laugh more easily at life's travails).

In Laughter Yoga Clubs, Laughter is joyfully simulated in a group with full body laughter exercises/games and childlike playfulness. The "simulated" laughter soon turns into real and contagious laughter that lifts our spirits and carries over into our every day lives. Come join the fun!

Robert Rivest is a certified Laughter Yoga Leader, a Comic Mime Artist and a Stress Management Educator. Since 1983 Robert has given over 5,000 presentations on Mime, Laughter, Health and Stress Management. From his initial training in mime, dance, theatre, and improvisation in Paris and NYC, Robert expanded his studies to include meditation, tai-chi, yoga, qigong, and Laughter Yoga.

In 1997 Robert developed his Meditation and Mindful Movements series and has taught it in schools, yoga centers, hospitals and community centers ever since. Robert has taught several classes at Heartsong including: Allia, Meditation and Tai-Chi-Gong.