Outline

• Introduction

Norman Cousins

Interview with Bethann Jones

Madan Kataria

What is Laughter Yoga?• Researches about Laughter and the Heart• Conclusion

Why?Children laughs more

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Can laughter be healing?

• Life threatening disease arthritis • Massive doses of vitamin C &10 minutes watching comedy show

1979

Norman Cousins

Norman Cousins

“I made the joyous discovery that ten minutes of genuine belly

laughter had an anaesthetic effect and would give me at least two

hours of pain-free sleep.”

Dr. Madan Kataria Mumbai, India in 1995

Founder of Laughter Yoga

Singapore market

Laughter Yoga& Prison

Laughter Yoga& School

Bethann Joneshttp://www.physedandrec.ualberta.caDr.Billy Strean

Edmonton Laughter Yoga Instructors

Laughter Yoga Steps

Clap

Yoga breathing

playfulness

relaxation

http://www.laughteryogaonthephone.com/

Gaga Barnes -2006

20 minutes

Outline

• Introduction

Norman Cousins

Interview with Bethann Jones

Madan Kataria

What is Laughter Yoga?• Researches about Laughter and the Heart• Conclusion

• Reduce stress• Lower blood pressure• Elevate mood• Boost immune system• Improve brain functioning• Connect you to others• Make you feel good• Protect the heart

http://helpguide.org/life/humor_laughter_health.htm

LAUGHTER

BENEFITS OF

LAUGHTER

GHTER

• Chertock (a nurse) 2009• 74 years old with heart disease• after by-pass surgery

reduced problems:

asthma

stiffness of left shoulder and arm

Michael Miller, M.D University of Maryland Medical

Center

• November 15, 2000

• 150 healthy person and 150 non-healthy, heart disease

• People with heart disease was less laughing ~ 40 % than the others with no problem disease

Research about Laughter & the Heart

If you were eating in a restaurant with some friends and the waiter accidentally spilled a drink on you, would you

• (a) not find it particularly amusing• (b) be amused but not show it outwardly • (c) smile • (d) laugh • (e) laugh heartily

http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/humor_survey.htm

Laughter Survey

A score of 53 or more may mean you have additional

laugh protection against heart disease

Research about Laughter & the Heart Drs. Goel, Miller, Mangano, Park, Plotnick, and Vogel

University of Maryland Medical Center in 2005.

• 20 healthy people, avarage age was 33. • blood flow slowed 35 % in 14 of 20 after they watched

a movie which cause stress• blood flow increased 22 % in 19 of 20 volunteers after

they watched a movie which cause a laughter

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Heart attack

Coronary Artery Disease

Endothelium: the inner lining of blood vessels

Laughter maintain the endothelium healthier

Heart Benefits for Diabetes

20 Patients with high blood pressure and

high Cholesterol levels

Laughter Group Control Group

• Laughter group had increase “good” cholesterol levels than Control group

• a lower risk of cardiovascular disease for diabetes patients

Lee Berk, DrPH, MPH Stanley Tan, MD, PhD

Outline

• Introduction

Norman Cousins

Interview with Bethann Jones

Madan Kataria

What is Laughter Yoga?• Researches about Laughter and the Heart• Conclusion

Laugh a day keeps the doctor and the cardiologist and the

psychiatrist away

References• Chertok, M.( 2009, November 17). Laughter yoga and heart

disease. Retrieved February 5, 2010, from http://www.laughteryoga.org/lyblogs/marlene-chertok/162-laughter-yoga-and-heart-disease

• Cousin, N. (1789). Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient: Reflection on healing and regeneration. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company,Inc

• Crawford, B.,Levitt, E.B.,& Newman, G. F.( 2009, March 9) Laughter is good for your heart. Retrieved February 5, 2010, from www.umm.edu/news/releases/laughter. .htm

• Krupa, D.(2009, April 17). Mirthful laughter, coupled with standard diabetic treatment, raises good cholesterol and may lower heart attack risk. Retrieved February 9, 2010, from http://www.the-aps.org/press/releases/09/14.htm

• Miller, M., Mangano, C., Park, Y.,Goel, R., Plotnick, G. D, and Vogel R. A. (2006, February). Impact of cinematic viewing on endothelial function. Retrieved February 5, 2009, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1860773/?tool=pubmed