Jay Gilchrist (left) and Chris Cotant, members of the Laughter Club, practice laughing exercises on Jan. 17 at the Iowa City Senior Center in Iowa City. The senior center holds the Laughter Club ...

A blonde-bobbed woman, about 50 years old, chuckles to herself among a group of strangers sitting in a circle -- her eyes mischievous and child-like. She folds her hands to her mouth, and reddens as ...

Lee Berk, who has a doctorate in public health, and his team of researchers at Loma Linda University in California found that the anticipation of "mirthful laughter" increased hormones that alleviate ...

Standing in a room full of strangers, making direct eye contact with others, and laughing in their face might sound like a nightmare to some. Members of the Iowa City Senior Center’s Laughter Club ...

On a rainy Tuesday morning, the yoga students gather at an old house in Southeast Portland. They take off their shoes and head to a studio in the back. They stretch for a moment, leaning forward and ...

[LAUGHTER] >> IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT NEW COMIC OR CAP VIDEO HAS THESE PEOPLE LAUGHING, YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THIS ISN’T COMEDY AT ALL. IT IS YOGA. >> LAUGHTER YOGA IS A UNIQUE FORM OF ...

If laughter is the best medicine, then it stands to reason that laughter yoga is good for the body and soul. Yes, laughter yoga. The movement began in the mid-1990s when Madan Kataria, a physician ...

It has been said that through meditation, we can bring about world peace. Dr. Madan Kataria, co-founder with his wife, Madhuri, of the laughter yoga movement, believes it can be done with laughter.

Six in the morning is way too early for the kind of raucous guffaws that are echoing around a sports ground in central Bombay. Walkers and joggers are frowning at a group of 40 people hooting and ...

May 13, 2005 — -- Maybe that guy at the office who deliberately laughs at the boss's jokes has it right. A carefully cultivated ability to giggle might help you and the people around you feel ...

The first thing you need to know is it’s Ok to fake it. The second thing you need to know is you’ll burn calories doing it. The third thing you need to know is it’s very good to do in the car on the ...

Being high among strangers can be awkward enough, but being high and doing laughter yoga with strangers takes discomfort to a whole new level. As a recent guest of Ganja Goddess Getaway, a female-only ...