Laughing Yoga has been something I’ve been curious about since our Sing Along Yoga Workshop here at NOURISH. It was briefly mentioned before the workshop started and since then I’ve been thinking about what it might be like to participate in a Laughing Yoga class.
After some reading online, I realized that laughing yoga seems very similar to our Sing Along yoga class. Everyone is a little apprehensive at first, not knowing what it’s going to be like, how much they will actually sing aloud. As it turns out, everyone sang their hearts out to every word that they knew and it seems the same is experienced in Laughing Yoga. The participants usually begin tentatively until you just can’t stop yourself from laughing even if you tried. And by the end everyone is feeling refreshed, more clear headed and feeling like they just had a really unique Laughing Yoga experience.
To begin, everyone gets grounded and then several exercises are introduced to begin the laughing process. For example, try to give the deepest belly laugh that you can, then watch as others can’t help but join in the laughter. This might be a fun yoga class to try out here at NOURISH, maybe one day we’ll be able to laugh uncontrollable together as we move in and out of poses.
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