Laughter Yoga will be discussed in the upcoming First
Filipino Therapists Conference and Expo on Sept. 24 to 25 at the Crown Plaza,
Ortigas Center.
Life is too important to be taken
seriously, says Oscar Wilde. We are serious nation with serious people who have
serious health problems, many of which are related to stress. Laughter relieves
stress. Through laughter, we cope with fear and anger-the two emotions that
results in stress.
With this, Laughter Yoga, an
exercise routine, is sweeping the world and is complete well-being workout. It
was brought to the Philippines by ElvieEstavillo in 2000. Since then, the
unique and unconventionally yoga has spread nationwide. Laughter Yoga is
founded in Mumbai, India in 1995 by a physician named Dr.MadanKataria. The
primary reason Dr.Kataria named the technique Laughter Yoga was because he
incorporated Pranayama, the ancient science of yogic breathing, into laughter
exercises. This has a powerful and immediate effect on our physiology and has
been used for more than 4,000 years to influence the body, mind and emotions.
According to yogic philosophy, we are alive because the cosmic energy from the
universe flows into our body through our breath that is the life energy force
or Prana. The essence of life is breathing. Due to stress and negative
emotions, breathing becomes irregular and shallow, thus affecting the flow of
Prana through the body.
In the Philippines, Paolo Trinidad
has founded Laughter Yoga Club Philippines (LYCP) and is a Laughter Yoga
professor.
Laughter Yoga combines unconditional
laughter yogic breathing (Pranayama). Laughter is stimulated as a body exercise
in a group, eye contact and childlike playfulness. It soon turns into a real,
contagious laughter. The concept of laughter yoga is based on the idea that the
body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter.
For details, call Ex-Link Management
and Marketing Services Corp. at 642-2769,0918-4678699 and 0922-23206598.
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