InvokeLaughter.com Laughter Yoga Clubs

Laughter Yoga Aug. 21 Sat. at 10:30

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:42:36 +0000

One more Laughter Yoga this summer!

This will be our last session for the summer at the park. Rain or shine! Don’t miss it!!

Saturday, August 21 @10:30am at Simms Millennium Park, Courtenay

Feel free to bring friends and family. It is FREE!! Drop-in. NO experience required. We can use the pavilion if it’s raining. The sound echo is very good under/within there, so that should be fun too!

Can’t wait to laugh with you all!! hahaha.. heheheheeeee hohohohoho

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Akiko Shima
yoga instructor, laughter leader & doula
(250)339-2195

Victoria Laughter Yoga August 4, 11, 18, 25

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:17:46 +0000

If You Want More Laughter in Your Life…Come Join the Fun and Fundraiser!

(check out this You Tube clip of Laughter Yoga by CNN…LY in action, what it is and its benefits!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eB3ISAYE-I

All Welcome!

Every Wednesday @ 7-8pm in August starting the 4th, then 11th, 18th, 25th

By Donation. Part of the Proceeds will go to Victoria Women’s Transition House.

Where:

In James Bay Area @ Macdonalds Park (Niagara and Montreal St)… look for the balloons! Hope to see you there…

Ha Ha Ha!

Help Spread More Laughter in Victoria and help support V.W.T.H… pass this email on to at least 2 of your friends! (Thanx)

Ha Ha Ha!

For more info Contact Gracie Francis @ email: Laughterworks@live.ca or 250.590.0488

Cheers,

Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, PLD (Professional Laughter Dude).

The benefits of Laughter Yoga are many and go way beyond “ordinary” laughter. Find out why: http://victorialaughteryogaclub.wordpress.com

Victoria Laughter Yoga Clubs: Laughter Yoga is the unique concept that we can laugh for no reason at all.

* Laughter exercises send endorphins (feel good hormones) to the brain.

* Yoga breathing: more oxygen to brain and body equals:

* Feeling healthier and more energetic.

* Sessions are led by a certified Laughter Yoga Leader.

* Non-profit, non-religious, non-political.

For more info, click here:

http://victorialaughteryogaclub.wordpress.com/

110-174 Wilson Street

Victoria, BC, Canada

V9A 7N7

250-477-8608

Laughter Yoga July 17 Courtenay 10:30

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:54:16 +0000

Comox Valley Laughter Yoga will be held Saturday morning (10:30 AM) – July 17.

It will be a long stretch of time until the next one, on August 21, so don’t miss this one!

Akiko and Alan will be your ho-ho-ho leaders ha ha ha!

Where? at the Pavilion in Simms Park, Courtenay, B.C. starting at 10:30 AM for about an hour. There is also the Courtenay Market happening in Simms Park as well on Saturdays; look for our sign near the Pavilion. Mark your calendars and come out for great ho-ho-ha-ha-ha laughs!

Here are some comments about the last session in June:
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Wow, what a great time we had! There were several ‘newbies’ that fit right in and had a great laugh at it all. Hohoho.

The FRESH air was wonderful, and the bright blue sky was super. The laughter exercises were coming very very fast and new-ness was everywhere! Twelve of us lay on a blanket on the grass for a hilarious ‘meditation’ that went on and on and on… so FUNny! ha ha ha!

Looking forward to the next one – can’t wait, can’t wait! ho!
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Address:

Simms Milenium Park is opposite Lewis Park, next to the Fifth Street bridge in Courtenay, British Coumbia. More info phone Alan 250-339-2687.

Hope to laugh with you there!

Laughter Yoga Saturday (reminder)

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:02:10 +0000

Comox Valley Laughter Yoga will be held Saturday morning (10:30 AM) – June 19.

It will be a long stretch of time until the next one, on July 17, and then August 21, so don’t miss this one!

Akiko and Alan will be your ho-ho-ho leaders ha ha ha!

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Address:

Simms Milenium Park is opposite Lewis Park, next to the Fifth Street bridge in Courtenay, British Coumbia. More info phone Alan 250-339-2687.

Hope to laugh with you there!

Laughter Yoga Summer Schedule

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:46:25 +0000

New Summer Schedule, on Saturday mornings at 10:30:
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Following the last laughter session on May 29, 2010 (starts at 2:00 PM, lead by Alan (ha ha ha) ), there is a new schedule for the Comox Valley Laughter Yoga Club.
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The Comox Valley Laughter Yoga will be held in the mornings (10:30 AM) of the third Saturday of the month:
June 19,
July 17,
August 21
at the Pavilion in Simms Park, Courtenay, B.C. starting at 10:30 AM for about an hour. There is also the Courtenay Market happening in Simms Park as well on Saturdays; look for our sign near the Pavilion. Mark your calendars and come out for great ho-ho-ha-ha-ha laughs!

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Address:

Simms Milenium Park is opposite Lewis Park, next to the Fifth Street bridge in Courtenay, British Coumbia. More info phone Alan 250-339-2687.

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Celebrate World Laughter Day

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:11:00 +0000

World Laughter Day is customarily celebrated on the first Sunday of May. This year, on May 2^nd, 2010, the world will once again come together to laugh and spread the word of happiness and joy.

“Laughter is the best medicine. I love to share and promote health and spread peace through laughter,” said Akiko Shima, a Comox Valley laughter leader.

Thanks to Zocalos, Sean Murphy at Cedar Therapeutic Massage, Quality Foods, Zen Zero, Valhalla, and Thrifty Foods for great prizes for the free draws!

Here are 10 good reasons to come and laugh with us:

Laughter is a stress buster. It reduces the levels of stress hormones in the body.
Laughter strengthens the immune system and helps maintain good health.
Laughter is anti-aging. It increases blood supply to the face, nourishing the skin and making it glow.
Laughter is an aerobic exercise equivalent to any other standard aerobic exercise.
Laughter increases the levels of endorphins – the body’s natural painkillers.
Laughter helps control high blood pressure by reducing the release of stress-related hormones.
Laughter helps depression, anxiety and psychosomatic disorders.
Laughter Yoga makes us more creative and imaginative. It improves our sense of humour.
Laughter shrinks the hurts of everyday life to a smaller, if not inconsequential, size. It interrupts the power struggle and defuses anger by releasing it.
Laughter helps individuals be more self-confident and self-expressive.

The celebration will take place on Sunday, May 2^nd, from 1:00-3:00pm at the Women’s Resource Centre. It is located at #1-1491 McPhee Avenue, Courtenay. There will be door prizes, and refreshments will be served. Admission is FREE. Bring your friends and have a good laugh.

FMI: Akiko Shima at 339-2195 or www. InvokeLaughter.com

Brain Awareness Benefits

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:07:46 +0000

Do you know this week, March 16-22, is Brain Awareness Week?

Laughter yoga has great benefit to all of us. Like stimulates the section of the brain responsible for motor functions, increases the level of adrenaline and catecholamine to the body, produces a high level of mental awareness and boosts memory.

I got email from Allan O’Meara who is one of a laughter yoga teacher in Vancouver in January. What he said in the email was… I have been working with senior (some of them have Alzheimer) for 10 years, want to celebrate and give back a little to all those seniors who have touched my life and have taught me many lessons. So Allan decided to raise $10,000 or more for Alzheimer’s Society, BC.

This really touched me since I lost my grandmother to Alzheimer’s disease years ago. I thought I would like to join him for the cause and decided to make the next laughter club session on March 20th for the fund-raising event. I will donate 100% of the proceeds from the session to the Alzheimer Society of BC.

As you know laughter yoga has great benefit for all of us!!

Tips… Laughter enhances and improves integrated brain activity!! A study at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, showed a unique pattern of brain activity while experiencing humor and laughter. Humor and laughter stimulate the left, right and frontal areas of the brain. It also stimulates the section of the brain responsible for motor functions. Humor also increases the level of adrenaline and catecholamine’s in the body, producing a high level of mental awareness and memory.

We will have a regular laughter yoga session and donate 100% of the proceeds from the session to the Alzheimer Society of BC.

Come and Join us! Bring your friends and family!! Everyone is welcome. No experience is required.

Hope you can make it! Bring friends and family along and we will do hoho hahaha!!!

Looking forward to seeing many of you on Saturday!

Love, Light and Laughter
Akiko Shima
Laughter Leader, Comox, BC

8,000 Clubs!

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:07 +0000

I was reading the Laughter Yoga Institute’s newsletter and they are saying that there are 8,000 clubs with 300,000 members world-wide!!! When I attended the Laughter Yoga Leader training last fall (2009), I had learned that there were 6,000 clubs with 60,000 members. I wonder where they got the higher numbers from? The average number per club has jumped considerably, from 1:10 to 1:38 around the world.

It doesn’t really matter, I’m not a fact “policeman”, but I am curious!

If you are intersted in receiving a worldwide newsletter of Laughter Yoga events, fill in your email on this page:
http://www.lyinstitute.org/newsletter.htm
There are article links, laughter-news headlines, and announcements for events all over the world. Just reading about them may inspire you to create your own events, wherever you may be!

Laughter Comox Valley

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:40:38 +0000

The Comox Valley Laughter Yoga Club is FREE and open to all adults, men and women.

Come and laugh with us. Laugh better, feel better, do better!

Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders will help invoke your inner laughter, without jokes, making funny faces, or comedy…..

Every Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Women’s Resource Center in Courtenay, British Columbia.

View the Map
Address:

#1-1491 McPhee Avenue, Courtenay, BC, V9N 3A3

The Women’s Resource Center is opposite the Courtenay Elementary School on McPhee.

Download this free poster for your place of work or your home to remind you to laugh regularly!

· Drop in, no appointment needed

· About 1 hour

· Wear comfortable clothes

· It’s “internal jogging” without the side effects.

· Bring a water bottle, if you like, and your laugh!

· Non-religious, non-political, non-competitive, non-exploitive, non-perfectionistic, non-threatening, non-competitive, non-cult, non-profit!

· No yoga poses, just breathing and laughing

· No membership fees, although donations to help cover costs are appreciated.

· Scent-free please. As we can do strong breathing in close quarters, perfumes or scents bother some of us. This includes hair spray, lotions, fabric softener, deodorants, anything with scent. We have members who are really sensitive.

· Anywhere from 6 to 26 people show up; come and join in on the fun and health benefits!

“It’s so easy to laugh for no reason at all; it’s contagious – and you feel great afterwards, both physically and mentally.”

“Laughter Yoga is a simple idea: anyone can laugh for no reason all. We don’t need jokes, a sense of humor or comedies to laugh,” explains Dr Kataria.

“We initiate laughter as an exercise in a group, and when we make eye contact with others, it soon turns into real, contagious laughter.”

We all enjoy a good laugh – and here is an opportunity to practice laughing in a safe environment.

"When I am in a negative state, feeling tired, or just lazy, I tell myself to ‘just show up at class’; and it is amazing, every time I leave energized and happy again!" Judy S., Comox

"This is the best thing I have found to lift me up – and it lasts and lasts" Peter W., Nanaimo

"I love to laugh!" Joanna, Vancouver, BC

"It’s helped my breathing a lot." Jim Swift, Courtenay

If you like to laugh, come and join us. Invoke your laughter.

We start off very simple with clapping, then chanting ‘Ho ho, ha ha ha" to simulate laughter, and then a few simple exercises and yoga breathing. Soon the giggles become real laughter, which can develop into a full belly laugh.

There is nothing like a good belly laugh!

Laughter
IS
the
BEST
medicine.

"I tell people who a feeling a bit inhibited or shy, just fake it ’till you make it! It really works."
Alan Pattinson

An effective way to lift your spirits. Counteract depression with laughter, the best medicine.

Boosts endorphins – just like a runner’s high.

A little laughter goes a long way.

Laugh locally, think globally.

Laughter is contagious, let’s start an epidemic!

Laughter Yoga Clubs- Victoria, B.C.

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:11:32 +0000

VICTORIA LAUGHTER CLUBS

(Phone first to check times!!!)Monday: Fernwood: Orange Hall 1620 Fernwood, 10-11am, drop in by donation (Sharon Schroeder 250-661-0072)

Esquimalt Rec. Centre, 527 Fraser Street:
Drop in fee: $5.00, (Or sign up for 6 weeks at a time)
Monday: 11am to 12 noon (Gene Furbee)

Tuesday:

Commonwealth Community Centre: 6 weeks for
$60 (Full, another session starting in October…contact
Commonwealth)
Tuesday: 7-8pm starting Sep. 29 (Kathleen Roxborough)

Wednesday:

Westshore Laughter Club: 718A Kelly Road, by
donation
Wednesday: 6:30pm~7:30pm (Miho Lindley)

Esquimalt Rec. Centre, 527 Fraser Street:
Drop in fee: $5.00, (Or sign up for 6 weeks at a time)
Wednesday: 7-8pm (April Davidson)

Thursday:

Fernwood: Orange Hall 1620 Fernwood, 1-2pm, drop in by donation (Sharon Schroeder 250-661-0072)

Queenswood: 2494 Arbutus Rd. 10:15-11:15am (Nita Ng, 250-477-3822)

Sooke Community Centre: Sep 24 to Dec 17 $5
drop in fee or sign up for a series of sessions. 10:30-11:30am (April Davidson)

Saturday:

Esquimalt Rec Centre. Drop in
fee: $5.00, (Or sign up for a series of sessions)
Saturdays 10-11am, Sep 12-Dec 12 (Matti Anttila)

CERTIFIED LAUGHTER YOGA TEACHERS and LEADERS Victoria

VICTORIA CERTIFIED LAUGHTER YOGA TEACHERS:

Matti Anttila 250.477.8608 victorialaughteryogaclub@gmail.com

Robin Rushton rprushton@shaw.ca

Kathleen Sun 250.891.5433 red.arbutus@hotmail.com

Catherine Turner 250.995.2460 awms2008@shaw.ca

VICTORIA CERTIFIED LAUGHTER YOGA LEADERS: (ACTIVE)

April Davidson 250.388.7717 afdavidson@shaw.ca

Gene Furbee 250.598.8574 genefurbee@shaw.ca

Miho Lindley 250.391.1117 laughter.yoga@live.com

Nita Ng 250-477-3822 yogapark@gmail.com

Kathleen Roxborough 250-590-5020, cell: 250-516-9378 kate@laughterheals.ca

Sharon Schroeder 250-661-0072 laughterengels@gmail.com

Victoria, British Columbia Laughter Yoga Clubs comments, additions, or suggestions please send to the webmaster Alan Pattinson in Comox