Laugh for Health

At Laugh for Health, our goal is to help our clients achieve the best quality of life possible. We understand that one solution does not fit every situation so we take the time to listen and learn about each client's needs and preferences.

Traditional western medicine has long ignored natural healing modalities, instead relying on manufactured pharmaceuticals to solve all our concerns. Laughter as a medical tool has become documented during the past 50 years. Laugh for Health is your partner in this remarkable journey.

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Norman Cousins, in his 1960s' book Anatomy of an Illness, told of his remarkable recovery from a painful terminal illness, by the use of laughter. His pain was so great that he could not rest, we cannot heal when the body cannot rest. He found that ten minutes of laughter gave him two hours free of pain. His work started the modern day research into the beneficial brain chemicals created by the use of laughter. Over 300 scientific articles on this subject can be accessed through www.laughteryoga.org.

Christopher Reeves funded research that showed that the brain can create new neural pathways when old ones were destroyed.

"Dendrites, small neural branches, branch and grow in response to our own interactions with and explorations of, life." Dave Beck, R.N. The Brain that Changes Itself, tells us "our thoughts can change the material structure of our brains". This book also highlights cases of re-wired brain maps. Laughter is one way to rewire a brain.

It has been my personal experience that I rewired my serotonin re-uptake neural pathways, in other words, I cured myself of Clinical Depression with the regular use of Structured Laughter Sessions. I had been diagnosed with Clinical Depression, and using over $400 a month of depression related prescribed medications for over eleven years. After just three months of daily structured Laughter Sessions, I no longer needed any medication to function. I am convinced that I rewired my neural pathways that had been fried through the stressors the precipitated my depression.

Mark Thoreson, former world class competitive skier, Ski Instructor, Surfer, Back Country Runner, lost, through infection the Vestibular function of his inner ear. What that means is a man who depended upon balance for the activities that were his life, could not longer even stand or sit without tipping over. Mark's brain has become rewired, no longer receiving balance signals from the inner ear, he receives signals from the pull of gravity by resistance beneath his feet.

The proof that we are able to rewire, grow new neural pathways is astounding and astonishing. Use of regrowth with Laughter as a tool should not be overlooked. Laughter Exercise Activity Sessions are affordable and beneficial.

Laughter as medicine is good, with no known bad side effects. No warning labels, no expiration dates and no chance that the teenagers will sneak into the medicine cabinet and overdose while you are out.

I can design Laughter Exercise Activity Sessions for your residential and/or healing facility, create a Teamwork Building Workshop for your business, train you or a staff member to be a Certified Laughter Leader.