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With COVID Pandemic continuing into 2021, Laughter Yoga sessions continued to take place using the Zoom application on-line.  As part of the team on the Daily Giggle Channel, here is a screen-shot from one of our sessions in March 2021:

As summer 2021 drew on, I ran a monthly ‘in-person’ Laughter Yoga session in a coupe of local parks – here’s the one in Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge on 17 July 2021:

24 August 2019 Laughter Yoga sessions at Camper Calling Festival, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire – Mexican Wave Mandala laughter …..

5 May 2019 Oner minute Laughter for World Peace on World Laughter Day – Stourbridge:

18 April 2019 One Minute Laughter for World Peace with Dudley Laughter Club:

13 March 2019 – A short introduction video explaining what happens during a Laughter Yoga session:

A very proud moment …. being presented with Laughter Ambassador Award by Dr Madan Kataria at the Global Laughter Conference, Frankfurt on 25 June 2017

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LaughBirmingham Laughter Flashmob as part of National Laughter Week in Birmingham City Centre

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Red Nose Day Sessions up to 24 March 2017

The total amount the Laughter Yoga Professionals Team raised was £ 845.20

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Red Nose Day session at Dudley Leisure Centre

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Laughter session at Sainsburys, Amblecote (23 March)

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Addermoor Farm Primary School, Coventry (March)

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Saturday Special Group – 4 February 2017

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Group photo from Laughter Yoga – Basic Skills Workshop – 7 January 2017

Here is a photo from our festive Laughter Club Wordsley on 12 December 2016

3 November 2016 Last session of an 8-week Laughter Yoga & Mindfulness workshop – Diwali Celebration for the Sikh & Hindu Community Group in Dudley

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10-12 June 2016 Laughter Conference and Festival:

Improvisation workshop in the woods at Cabourne Parva

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6 June 2016 – LaughBirmingham – Laughter Flashmob:

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Laughter Flashmob in Victoria Square

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Roller-Coaster Laughter in Victoria Square

April / May 2016 – Niamh Conway-Carroll, Journalism student from Staffordshire University created a documentary as part of her thesis showing the benefits of Laughter Yoga based on video footage and discussions with participants from both Wordsley and Malvern ‘Merrie Maggie’ Laughter Club sessions:

January 2016 – used Face Masks during a Laughter Yoga session with Halesowen Asian Elders:

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The end to the November 2015 Laughter Club session in Wordsley, Stourbridge was ‘electric’.  Check out this photo:

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On 2 September 2015, I took part in the London Laughing Tube Flashmob – here is a photo of me on the tube …. laughing:

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Before we went onto the tube, we did a warm-up Laughter Yoga session in Green Park, here is a short video of part of our warm-up:

March 2015 – Paint your Face Funny for Comic Relief:

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May 2014 with Wyre Forest District Council:

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In August 2013, we did ‘Appreciation Laughter’ wearing flamboyant face masks:

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Another photo at the end of a Laughter Yoga session taken in February 2013:

11-2-13 Laughter Meditation at Merrie Maggie's

At the end of a laughter Yoga session, participants take part in Laughter Meditation where they sustain deep belly laughter for up to 5 minutes.  This is the climax of the session, which is both exhausting and invigorating:

Laughter Meditation

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