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 Introductory Club
Meeting
You are invited
to attend an Introductory Club
Meeting
on
Wednesday evening, March 30,
2008, in the Meeting Room at
Crossroads Books & Gifts
, located at the Hillcrest & Grelot
Roads!
At
this meeting we will talk about the purpose of
laughter clubs, view some DVD clips on laughter
& health benefits, and view some DVD clips
on laughter club "laughter
exercises."
There are no fees for this non-political,
non-religious, non-perfectionist,
fun monthly stress-relieving
public
open program!
If you are
interested in learning more about the club,
please
email Steve Durkac
or scroll down to subscribe to our email
update list below.
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7:00 PM | Wednesday
| March 30, 2008 | Crossroads Books &
Gifts |
Mobile Laughter Club
WHAT: A public
Laughter Club for you to come experience a dose
of well-being, health, happiness, and a laughing
time with some simple laughter
exercises!
WHERE: Where?
Where... I'm working on it, so please continue
to check back.
WHEN: We meet...
Well, you better check back on this one, too.
But I believe we will meet twice a month, for
about 30 minutes a meeting.
WHY: Here are
some reasons why we meet...
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Lessen
personal stress!
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Contribute to your health!
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Improves your outlook at
life!
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Build cooperative spirit!
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Improves breathing!
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Reduces the stress hormone,
cortisol!
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Increases endorphines, the "feel good"
hormone!
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Ease muscle tension!
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Increases T-Cell count, immune system
cells!
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Increases Lymphocyte Blastogenesis, which
help immune system work faster!
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Help vetilation and clear mucus plugs for
better breathing!
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Exercise heart rate
improvement!
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Enhances blood oxygen levels and
circulation!
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Help blood vessels function
better!
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Burn
calories!
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Laughter Clubs in
TIME Magazine
 TIME
coverage of LAUGHTER YOGA outlining that there
are ways to reap physical and psychological
benefits of laughter that are now subject of
serious scientific study, but Dr. Kataria, has
practiced them for ten years now through 1,800
clubs in India, and 700-800 around the world
from Finland to the Philippines.
Every year there is a celebration
of a Kataria-inspired holiday called World
Laughter Day, in first Sunday of May.
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What Does a Laughter Club
Look Like?
A
Laughter Club is
non-political, non-religious, non-explotive,
non-perfectionistic, and does not require
everyone to participate in all the exercises. It
can meet for about 30-minutes, weekly,
bi-weekly, or monthly.
A Laughter Club
flows through these basic program
componants:
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Attendees stand and sit
in a circle, with the Certified Laughter Leader
in the middle. They will welcome and give an
introduction to the process.
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Simply breathing and
stretching exercises.
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Laughing exercises (3 to
8, depending on time frame and group
comfortability level).
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Announcements and
conclusion.
View a sample Laughter
Club in Virginia with this You Tube
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70jWPWBoySI
Read
Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen's Laughter is Good
Medicine
on Reader's
Digest Online.
Learn
more about Laughter
Clubs and see news clips at the World Laughter
Tour web
site
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