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As you'll probably be very aware, Blue Monday was devised by a UK travel company to sell more holidays. Of course holidays are really beneficial to us when we have low mood! However there's real evidence that after Christmas, with little to look forward to we do...

Did you know that I’ve been self-employed since 2005?  That’s over 15 years of experience, 5 years of which have been in Serious Laughter.  During all of those 15 years I’ve not grown with expertise massively until the start of the Pandemic of 2020. Luckily, I love...

Being alive and healthy is more important than Christmas.  Than anything else I believe. You know the saying "You can’t pour from an empty cup". And one of the times we are so tempted to do just this is at the run up, and during, the Christmas holiday. There’s the...

I'm writing this blog on World Kindness Day (13 November) and personally I always strive to do random acts of kindness whenever it’s possible. But what I didn’t know was how many health benefits this has on the mind and body! So in this blog I thought I’d share...

What is Laughter Yoga? Is it Yoga? Laughing Yoga? Do we laugh whilst doing Yoga poses? Yes and no… Simply put, officially named Laughter Yoga (sometimes you’ll hear it referred to Laughing Yoga) – is intentional laughter combined with deep Yogic Pranayama...

The Selfie has a healthy side to it... You know I had a profound thought the other day – Since selfies came out, most people do pretend smiles for them don’t they? Yes, this is faking a smile.  Faking a smile creates feel-good chemicals inside you. Do it for long...

At the time of writing this blog, school children are spending a significant amount of time being home-schooled and on computer screens. There may be little social interaction which is light-hearted and designed to let off steam for both school children and their...

Puppets have been featured in my life since I was probably about 8 years old.  Do you remember Sooty and Sweep? Rod Hull and Emu? Nookie Bear? Pelham puppets? (my older sister joined me with that craze!). Probably every gift opportunity I usually asked for the...

Laughter sessions… with deep belly laughter.  Slightly scary?  Of course it can be a tiny bit challenging… it's stepping out of your comfort zone and into your growth zone. The only challenge is making the first step - going online to a session.  You’re invited to...

It was easy to think of a company name for my Laughter Yoga business. I had become a focussed, serious human being for a very long time prior to 2016. You see, the last time I remember my belly hurting, cheeks aching and eyes streaming through laughing was when I...

Being resilient and creative are some of the benefits of practicing Laughter Yoga regularly.  Physical Laughter Clubs and Workshops are magical, not only with the laughter but also meeting people face-to-face. Back in October 2019 I started chatting with another...