laughter yoga

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1、LaughterYogaVoice1Whatarethesepeoplelaughingat?Theyarenotlaughingatajoke.Theyarenotlaughingatafunnyplayortelevisionprogram.Instead,theyarelaughingforexercise!Andtheyarenotalone.Infact,thisformofexerciseisbecomingmoreandmorepopulareveryday!Today’sSpotlightisonthi

2、sinterestingformofexercise-LaughterYoga.Voice2LaughterYogaisbasedontraditionalformsofYoga.Yogaisamethodforbringingstrengthandcalmtoaperson’smindandbody.Itisanancientformofmeditation,orselfexamination.Peopleusebreathingtotrytocalmandcontroltheirminds.Voice1Butyog

3、aisalsoaformofstrengthexercise.Peopledoingyogasmoothlymovetheirbodiesintoexactpositions.Holdingthesepositionsrequiresstrength.Thisalsohelpspeopletocalmandcontroltheirminds.Voice2LaughterYogacomesfromthesesameideas.LaughterYogausesbreathingexercisesandlaughtertos

4、trengthenthemindandbody.Forexample,peopledoinglaughteryogaperformsimplelaughterexercisestogetherinagroup.Whiletheyarelaughing,theyconcentrateonbreathinginaparticularway.Theyalsomoveandstretchtheirbodies.Voice1DoctorMadanKatariainventedLaughterYoga.HeisadoctorinM

5、umbai,India.DoctorKatariabelievedthatpeoplehadforgottenhowtoreallylaugh.Foralongtime,heresearchedlaughter.Throughhisresearchhemadeaninterestingdiscovery.Thehumanminddoesnotknowthedifferencebetweenforcedlaughterandreallaughter.Forcedlaughtercanleadtoafeelingofhap

6、piness.Voice2AndthenDoctorKatariahadtheideaforagroupofpeoplewhowouldlaughtogether.Thelaughtercouldimprovepeople’slives.DoctorKatariagatheredafewofhisfriendstogether.TheymetinapublicparkinMumbai.DoctorKatariasays:Voice3“Itold[myfriends],thisisnotalaughingmatter.[

7、Itisnotsomethingsilly.]Itisaveryseriousthingthatwehaveforgottentolaugh.Letusdolaughterasasortofexercise.”Voice1Thatsmallgroupgrewandgrew!AndthisishowpeopledoLaughterYogatoday.PeopledoingLaughterYogausuallymeettogetherinaLaughterClub.DoctorKataria’sfriendsformedt

8、hefirstLaughterClub.Thiswasin1995.Voice2Today,overfivethousand[5,000]laughterclubsexist.Andtheselaughterclubsmeetinfiftythree[53]countries.Anyonecanjoinalaughterclub.