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We're now in May - Mental Health Awareness Month It's about time I shared the extent of my mental health journey.  It will never end for me, it's about mental strength nowadays. I wasn't always happy - still dip several times a month even now.  What I do know is...

1st May 2022 is World Laughter Day - an annual event on the first Sunday in May - it's not "just" laughter as in a giggle - it's deep belly laughter. We all know we feel better after a good laugh, don't we? Did you also know that it creates peace – within yourself...

April is Stress Awareness Month Being aware of our stress levels is incredibly important.  The older we get the more we are susceptible to its' effects on us. The observance of Stress Awareness Month every April started in 1992 to increase the causes and how to...

Is Laughter Yoga actually Yoga? I get asked this a lot. In fact, it is asked so much that my answer is very straightforward. The Yoga in Laughter Yoga is the deep Pranayma breathing after we have taken part in a Laughter exercise. If we didn’t use deep breathing we...

The International Day of Happiness happens on 20th March every year. Why should we celebrate this day?....  One of the greatest inner tools you can have is to know that every day should be celebrated - it's in the Laughter Yoga ethos too. The International Day of...

12 Mental and Physical Health Benefits Of Laughter Yoga Laughing your way to good health – and mental strength - is definitely possible by practicing Laughter Yoga. The saying “Laughter is the best medicine” is actually true! Laughing on purpose (Laughter Yoga)...

What is love anyway?  Does anybody love anybody anyway? So the Howard Jones' song goes. We love our friends, relatives and partners in all different ways. Each deserving our loving attention. What it all comes to also is kindness and caring for each other. With...

What is Bollywood Laughter Yoga Dance? Way back in July 2019, at the Laughter Yoga Teachers reunion, I was introduced to a new offering from the founder of Laughter Yoga – Dr Madan Kataria.  Bollywood Laughter Yoga Dance. Many teachers were uncertain.  It was new. ...

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...

My vision is blurry – I need glasses. My brain is foggy – what do I need?   What with varifocals, special computer glasses, reading glasses, blue light glasses.  The opticians can give us so much “equipment” to help our eyes.   What about our brains...

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...