LAUGHTER THERAPY
Dr. Kataria's Laughter Yoga Website Laughter Yoga (Hasya Yoga) Global Movemment for Health, Happiness and World Peace. Laugher Clubs are non-political, non-religious, non-racial and no cult.
Dr. Madan Kataria as a community Hero Merry Medicine Man and the Guru of Giggling , Dr Madan Kataria is the Founding President of Laughter Clubs International. The main connector for him is the Laughter Yoga organization founded by him.
Dr. Goodheart's website: Benefits of Laughter Therapy include strengthening of the immune system, enhancement of intellectual performance and improving information retention.
Chris
Cooks laughter therapy
States that benefits of Laughter Therapy include Increased productivity, stress
reduction, less work absenteeism and staff turnover, enhanced communication,
greater teamwork and camaraderie, more openness to change, positive
conflict management, improved laugh life It deals with topics like Laughter
Therapy exercises, Comedy Course and on Being Witty etc.. Email
Think Quest website outlines from Laughing Out Loud to Good Health and offers a video of laughter!
Joe Hoare's website on Laughter Yoga
The therapeutic effect of laughing A report on BBC Laughter eases hospital pain in children
Laughter
therapy Website of Enda Junkins MSW, LCSW, BCD
Stressing that We need to laugh more and seek the stress reducing humor in our
everyday lives
The
Role of Laughter in Psychotherapy by Enda Junkins.
Need
To Laugh in Your Relationship
Laughter: Keeps Relationships, Resolves Conflict, Enhances
Communication, Supports Love, Keeps a Relationship Fun, and promotes or Creates
Intimacy.
Steve
Wilson who operates the world
laughter tour was already a well-established professional in 1999, when he
dedicated his life to teaching and promoting the health and world peace benefits
of laughter
"Helping people achieve their fullest potential via enjoyable,
systematic, life-affirming self-care strategies."
Humor Resources of Jeff Justice P. O. Box 52404 Atlanta, GA 30355-0404 404-262-7406] has a laughter club affiliated to the Laughter Club International (LCI) - the Worldwide organization, founded by Dr. Kataria.E-Mail
Association
for Applied and Therapeutic Humor by Steve Wilson, Psychologist, with
material provided by Dr. Madan Kataria Contact by Email.
Laughter Therapy makes you feel better
How laughing protects the heart. A report on BBC
Humor
For Healing - Laughter Therapy - Stress & Pain of Arthritis etc
and shows that Laughter really can be the best medicine. ...
Articles & Resources on this site include : Tickling Our Funny Bone,
Humor: An Antidote For Stress, Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter, (discusses how
humor allows a person to "forget" about pains such as aches,
arthritis, etc.), Laughter As Therapy (for both the patient and the
caregiver), A Prescription to Laugh: Healing Through Humor And Laughter:
How Can You Use Laughter and Humor for Healing? Also posted are : A Prescription
to Laugh: Healing Through Humor And Laughter and The Norman Cousins Article:
Sometimes you gotta laugh!
Laughter Therapy The
therapeutic use of laughter -- to relieve stress, combat disease and
strengthen the immune system, no longer raises medical eyebrows
Holistic
Humor Therapy website of Paul E. McGhee, Ph.D. outlines the benefits
of laughing, its infectious nature etc., along with the fact that
hospitals are incorporating formal and informal laughter therapy programs
into their therapeutic regimens. Laughing is found to lower blood pressure,
reduce stress hormones, increase muscle flexion, and boost immune function by
raising levels of infection-fighting T-cells, disease-fighting proteins called
Gamma-interferon and B-cells, which produce disease-destroying antibodies.
Laughter also triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural
painkillers, and produces a general sense of well-being. Laughter is infectious.
Hospitals around the country are incorporating formal and informal laughter
therapy programs into their therapeutic regimens. In countries such as India,
laughing clubs -- in which participants gather in the early morning for the sole
purpose of laughing -- are becoming as popular as Rotary Clubs in the United
States. Humor is a universal language. It's a contagious emotion and a natural
diversion. It brings other people in and breaks down barriers. Best of all it is
free and has no known side reactions.
Some interesting topics discussed are Humor and
Cancer, Humor: How Does It Work?,
Humor Therapy for Stress Management, Humor Therapy for Diabetes, Laugh Your Way
to Enlightenment and A Healthy Dose of Laughter.
Enda
Junkins website Enda Junkins, LMSW-ACP, BCD 3200 N. MacArthur
Blvd, Suite 106
Irving, Texas 75062 Voice: (972) ALL-LAFF (255-5233) Fax: (972)
255-4253 Email
A.A.T.H. - The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor -
Laugh
And Smile Your Way To Health An
American Doctor's link to laughter.
World Laughter Tour
International clearinghouse for information, ideas and news about therapeutic
laughter and laughter clubs
Rx Laughter Founded in
1998, Rx Laughter is a national nonprofit research, therapeutic entertainment
and health education organization devoted to the medical uses of laughter.
Edna Junkins Laughter Tips
Shopping For Laughter (Description of products)
Ordering Laughter--You'll Be Glad You Did (Order Form)
BOOKS: How to Laugh About Everything in Your Life That Isn't Really Funny,
Ph.D., MFT Annette Goodheart, at Amazon.com.
Argentina, Buenos Aires laughter club: "La Risa y La Salud"� of Mirtha Manno, and Ruben Delauro.
LaughterWorksAustralia,
of Bronwen Williams, is in East
Victoria Park WA 6981, Cell: 040 423 6378, Email
"We who laugh...LAST!"
Australia: Peter Salerno, [email protected]
Australia: Shirley Hicks, ph: 61 2 9879-4865, [email protected]
Australia, Brisbane:
Laughter
club Susan Welch, [email protected];
http://www.bilby.net.au/laughterclub
Australia,
Victoria. Laughter Club of Victoria. Contact Phillipa Challis, [email protected].
Western Australia Laughter club of Ian
Hall
Lachen Lieben Lernen Austrian site of Ellen
Mueller; Cell: 0699 15235001
Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor -
Canada: http://www.aplacetwobe.com/Pages/WrkShps/laugh.html
Denmark,
Copenhagen; Jan Thygesen
Poulsen,
The Scandinavian Humorprojekt of Jens
Birkmose, Denmark/Scandinavia;
London Laughter Club of Julie Whitehead
Dr. Roland Schutzbach's European Laughter Society, (ELS) Berne, A Swiss Laughter Club.
French
Laughter Club French School of
Laughter. Email
Germany: http://www.humor.ch/index2.html
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German
Laugher Club of Robert
W. L. Butt in Hamburg
German Laughter Club HOHOHAHA, of Oliver Luda, at Hohenstaufenring 30-32,
50674 K�ln.
Germany, Oliver Luda, Hohenstaufenring 30-32, 50674 K�ln
Icelandic Laugher Club of Valgerdur Snaeland Jonsdottir, ( in Icelandic)
Indian Laughter Club Directory:
Italy (2002 Conference of International Society for Humor Studies): http://www.sitlec.unibo.it/ishs2002
Italian Laughter Club of Roberta Fidora in Milan
Malaysian
Laughter Club of
Peter Salerno
Malaysian Laughter CLub of Mahes
Karuppiah. The e-mail contact is Tel Contact 012-3203035 or
603-20933927.
Dutch Humour Foundation,
of Guido Thys
Laughter
Club of Norway: http://www.mamut.com/livoglyst
Laughter (smiech) Organization of Poland,
Warsaw of Aleksander �amek Email
Singapore: ZAREENA BANA, CO-CHAIR PERSON OF JOO CHIAT EAST COAST LAUGHTER CLUB, 57 GOODMAN ROAD, SINGAPORE 439020 email [email protected] Tel. No.6345-9014 Cell 97867451
Stichting
Humor Straatweg 19a 3603 CV Maarssen Tel.: 0346 581 829 Fax: 0346 557 161 Email
Mexico: Monterrey, N.L.; "Risueno y Saludable"; The First World Laughter Tour Laughter Club in Mexico; Jose Vicente Elizondo Garcia, Certified Laughter Leader. Meets at Hotel Holiday Inn Express, first Saturday of each month. For exact times and other information Email
Spanish Lughater Club of Geoffrey John Molloy
International Laughter club of Sweden Maud Skoog Brandin - Kalmar
Swedish
Laughter Club of Maud Skoog
Brandin - Kalmar,
Adress: Tj�rhovsgatan 1 392 31 Kalmar Tel: 0480-22480 Fax: 0480-24036 Cell
Swedish
Laughter Club of Lena
Ulfsdotter H�gnelid [Giraffens skratt & s�ng]
M�jbrov�gen 20, 168 54 Bromma Tel: 08-564 339 34, Cell: 0709-508532
Swedish Laughter Club of Pauline
Salzer, Skratt i M�lardalen,
Swedish Laughter Club of SKRATKAMMAREN Email
Swedish
Laughter Club of Charlotte Schanner,
SchannerUnlimited;
Swedish
Laughter Club of Vivi Nilsson,
National Association for Self-Esteem ??
Karyn Buxman's webiste RN, MS, CSP, CPAE, CLL, is a co-founder of the World Laughter Tour. She holds memberships in the International Society of Humor Studies (ISHS), and American Association for Therapeutic Humor (AATH). Accessible tollfre at: 800-8HUMORX (800-848-6679) and by E-mail
Dr. Lee Berk's Website , DrPH, MPH, FACSM, CHES is a pioneer researcher studying positive emotions/behaviors and their biochemical/physiological effects on stress hormones and immune system components in the field of Psychoneuroimmunology. accessible by Email
Jacki Kwan's Website In 1999, Jacki created HA!HA!LOGY�, a therapeutic humor program for health care facilities. The essence of Jacki�s mission is clearly expressed in Dionne Warwick�s classic hit: "What the world needs now is LAUGH sweet LAUGH." EmailDr.
Clifford C. Kuhn's Wesbite a psychiatrist is based on the innovative
humor techniques he uses with patients and development of therapeutically
effective humor-based principles and strategies for the workplace, which he
currently offers to business through his company Laugh Doctor Enterprises,
LLC. Accessible by Email
Jim Canterucci's Website Transition Management Advisors, 992 Martin Grove Court Westerville, Ohio 43081-3596 Phone 614-899-9044 or 800-370-7373 E-mail
Patty Wooten, RN, PHN, - the
"Queen of Jest", author of three books, Heart Humor and Healing,
Compassionate Laughter and her newest release Hospital Clowns.
John Lynch a humorist and a professional clown since 1992, tries to reconcile
the real world with the absurd and now supervises the Big Apple Clown Care Unit
at Miami Children�s Hospital in Florida. Email
Details of the above six links who are on the Professional
Advisory Committee of World
Laughter Tour, Inc. is available at that website.
Laughter - Still the Best
Medicine by Drs. Gael Crystal & Patrick Flanagan
Laughter
Is Good Medicine by Paul Antokolsky's Laughter Therapy Group