A fun-filled introduction to the science, practice and application of Laughter Yoga for self, family & friends and other non-professional use.

If you wish to teach Laughter Yoga to paying clients, you may progress to the 2-day Laughter Yoga Leader Training on completion of this 1-day Basic Learning Course.

Pre-requisites:  A willingness to laugh for no reason.

You Will Discover

This inspiring 1-day Basic Laughter Yoga Training will include:

• Differences between the Basic Learning Course and Certified Leader Training.
• Five Reasons Why We Need to Laugh More Today.
• What is laughter yoga? Why is it an ideal delivery system to obtain physical, mental, and emotional benefits?
• Plenty of practice to perfect your laughing!
• Latest laughter exercises to feel healthy and happy.
• The three key reasons will change your attitude toward laughter!
• Why laughter yoga is superior to humor, jokes, and comedy!
• Learn Signature Laughter Yoga Pose for Sustained and Hearty Laughter, that produces rapid physiological changes.
• A variety of new laughter exercises will stimulate your laughter muscles.
• Cultivating the Four Elements of Joy: Singing, Dancing, Playing, and Laughing.
• What is the link between laughter and yoga?
• Get your body oxygenated with these five breathing-based laughter exercises.
• Genuine vs. Voluntary Laughter and what it means for your health.
• Discover the theory of the mirror neuron to learn more about why laughter is contagious.
• Learn the New Laugh and Dance Party: Integrate Aerobic-Style Dancing with Laughter Exercises learning including the steps to the all-time popular Bollywood laughter yoga dance music.
• Take your laughter muscles to the next level with a variety of new laughter exercises.
• Discover how and why Laughter Yoga can assist with Depression, Anxiety, and Chronic Illnesses Like Cancer, Diabetes and Hypertension.
• Laughter Yoga as a Personal Development Program:
• Develop your self-confidence and communication skills.
• Laughing during challenging times and living life to the fullest.
• Plus of course Lots of Laughter Practice!
• Laugh your way to better health with the 40-Day Laughter Challenge!

Fee

€150 for 1 day / 7 hours in-person training.  Includes workshop manual and Certificate of Completion from Laughter Yoga Academy..

You will receive 2 certificates – Certificate of Completion from Dr Madan Kataria and Laughter Yoga International and Certificate of Completion from Laughter Yoga Academy.

You will also be registered as an International Laughter Yoga Leader with Dr K’s Laughter Yoga International website directory.

Pre-requisites:  Completion of the Laughter Yoga Basic Learning Course

Delivery Mode:  In-person 2-day weekend training at our Nature retreat centre commencing on Friday evening at 8pm.  Accommodation is available on a first-booked basis.

Format

40% theory and 60% activities.

1 in-person session of 2 hours, 4 in-person sessions of 3.5 hours Total in-person 16 hours

plus 1 final session of 1,5 hours on Zoom, 40 days after completion of the weekend.

Fee

€350 for the 2-days / 16 hours training.  Includes workshop manual, Certificate of Completion from Dr. Kataria and Laughter Yoga International and your Registration with Laughter Yoga University and listing on the Laughter Yoga International website .

Session 1

Introductions: Teacher, Participants, and course.   Personal story.

• Laughter Yoga History:  Cousins, Fry, Berk, Patch Adams, Madan & Madhuri Kataria
• What is Laughter Yoga? 5 points, 3 reasons, 4 steps, and 5 benefits
• Key session: Warm-up, Basic laughter, Laughing meditation, Humming
• Laughing Alone: How, when, where, about the 40 days Laughter Challenge, Buddy system
• Assignment:  Laugh every day for 5 minutes and create a short video about what LY is and share in the group

Session 2

Feedback

• Laughter Yoga 5 benefits
• Laughter yoga – the Science of breathing
• Scientific research on Laughter Yoga
• Complete Session:  4 steps, Laughter and games, Laughing meditation, Yoga Nidra
• Assignment:  Laugh every day for 5 minutes and 1 minute a day with laughter buddy.
  Create a new laughter exercise and share in the group

Session 3

Feedback

• Unconditional Laughter 5 secrets
• Session Structure – leader skills – advice & tips to facilitate laughter yoga classes
• Laughter Club: How it works, how to start it and why
• Complete session: 4 steps, laughter and games, laughing meditation, grounding dance
• Assignment: laugh every day for 10 minutes and 1 minute a day with laughter buddy.
  Create a new laughter yoga exercise and share in the group.

Session 4

Feedback

• 4 Elements of Joy: Laughter, Play, Dance, Sing
• Learn a basic Yoga Nidra, a powerful relaxation technique that promotes efficiency and well-being.
• Gibberish
• Extra: 9 Factors of Happiness
• Extra: introduction to chakras
• Laughter Yoga in corporate environment
• Laughter Yoga with old people and with children
• Conclusions, commitments, certificate award and celebration!

Assignment: Laugh every day for 10 minutes for 40 days and 1 minute a day with laughter buddy.

Session 5

40 days later – this is the only session on Zoom.

Feedback. Review of 40 days challenge. Q&A