Power of Laughter
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1. Some people worry while others laugh their way through it. Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells us why laughter is the best medicine.
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2. “Ok. Big breath in. Hahaha”
Every morning on Laguna Beach, California, you'll find a group gathered on the sand laughing. There are no jokes. No punch lines.
3. They're laughing for no reason at all. Before you write this off as just another off-the-wall California fad. You should know laughter yoga was the brainchild of Indian doctor Madan Kataria. He was doing research for an article called 'laughter, the best medicine' when he got the idea.
[Dr. Madan Kataria / Laughter Club Creator]
“I was a very serious physician practicing medicine in India. I never laughed so much because I don't have a great sense of humor. It just came from up and certainly four o'clock in the morning I just got this idea, why not start a laughter club.”
4. What began with five people in a Mumbai park in 1995 has spread to more than 5,000 laughter clubs in 50 countries.
“You don't need any sense of humor to laugh. You don't need to be happy in order to laugh. In fact, when you laugh, you develop your sense of humor. You develop a joy within yourself.”
5. More than that, Kataria says the breathing and laughing of laughter yoga will improve your health. Even if you have to fake the laughter. It's a claim backed up by Lee Berk at Loma Linda University. Berk has found laughter decreases stress hormones, improves our immune system and boosts endorphins. Those are the brain chemicals associated with the 'runner's high.'
6. Dr. Kataria who began the laughter club movement says people who laugh are like the Dalai Lama living in the moment.
“Joyfulness makes you feel good immediately. It’s now. And that's all children do. And I want all everybody in this world to live like a child. Now. Just now.”
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta
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