For thousands of years some
cultures like India used laughter as a major
therapeutic stress reduction technique. Santa is a
great advocate for keeping a happy disposition and
using laughter to keep your mood positive and your
daily stresses in toe without scope to run into
chromic trouble. Researchers know that chronic
stress can trigger an array of diseases. Laughter is
a tremendous healing activity that Santa has been
advocating since his inception.
Santa is a happy jovial
character traveling the world constantly ‘ho ho
ho-ing’. He knows that laughter immediately shuts
off the flow of stress hormones and the fight or
flight response that responds to the experience of
stress, anger or hostility. He knows how to handle
stress with laughter. He has been showing us how to
handle life’s daily stresses with the magical health
benefits of laughter.
Did you know that our
natural killer cells that destroy tumors and viruses
increase when we laugh as do gamma-interferon, a
disease fighting protein, the B-cells which make
disease destroying antibodies and the T-cells which
are a major part of the immune response? Laughter
has also been shown to protect your adrenal glands
(which produce the primary hormones DHEA and
cortisol) which are considered the major shock
absorber hormones in your body buffering you from
the potential mental and physical impact that stress
can cause. The benefits of laughter are enormous. No
wonder Santa is always healthy and has never missed
a Christmas yet!
So loosen up and commit to
having some good belly laughs this festive season.
The laughter with the most health benefits are the
ones where you laugh so hard that you slap your
thighs as the tears spurt from your eyes. If you
have to fake your laughter until you can get your
mind-set seeing the funny side of life then do just
that. Use movies, comedy skits anything you can find
to help you to induce laughter and I mean hearty ‘ho
ho ho’ laughter. Laugh hard, it is awesomely good
for you.
Now who doesn't want an
easy and fun way to work out our bodies?
Research has also shown that hearty laughter
actually gives your organs a work-out too! Take a
moment and remember the last time you had a really
good belly laugh. Do you remember feeling some-what
exhausted? That happens because you have actually
given your body a work-out including your facial,
abdominal, leg and back muscles. Yes it is true you
have just experienced an intense aerobic work-out.
So remember to ‘ho ho ho’ where ever you go and
you’ll be healthy as well as merry! Enjoy good
hearty laughter this festive season and throughout
the year!
Visit these on-line Laughter Yoga
videos:
http://www.youtube.com/laughteryoga
To see a short video on Laughter Yoga Steps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EGTETc5oFU&mode=related&search=
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