The class starts off with a chant similar to Santa Claus - something like, "ho ho ho." Then a half hour of laughing that range from a giggle to a belly buster. Of course, it's not all a barrel full of laughs, there is some stretching and breathing and, obviously, yoga.
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This is a “laughter yoga”
course, part of a growing trend in parts of the United States, India
and other countries. The students are re-learning something children
already know instinctively: that laughter makes you feel better.
“Kids
laugh about 400 times a day, and adults only about 15,” notes Barb
Fisher, a certified laughter yoga leader and the instructor of this
class offered by the U-M Health System’s MFit health promotion division. “Laughter is a gift that has been given to us to make us feel better.”
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