TO BE HEALTHY, WEALTHY & WISE
It is everyone’s dream. Throw in the magic potion of a Fountain of Youth elixir, and the human race will beat your door down to purchase it in a bottle. What if I told you there is something you can do that doesn’t cost you a penny? Something real, not magic. Something that comes natural to us. Something we were born with? That is laughter!
When we are children, we laugh for no reason at all and up to 400 times a day. Unfortunately, as we age, we laugh less and less. If we are lucky, we will laugh up to 20 times a day as adults. It is important to reconnect to our childlike innocence and remember what it was like to just laugh out loud to reduce stress in our lives! As we age we only utilize 60% of our lungs. What can we do to regain lung capacity and our sense of humor? Laughter Yoga is an answer.
Dr. Berk, conducted research on the effects of unconditional laughter on the human body and mind declared, “… if you bottled laughter all up in a pill, you’d need FDA approval!” |
3 MINUTES OF LAUGHTER YOGA = 30 MINUTES OF AEROBICS
Practicing Laughter Yoga opens up our breathing capacity, which increases our lung capacity. As our lungs’ capacity increases, our intake of oxygen increases. This boosts our immune systems and releases endorphins into our bodies.
Dr. Lee Berk at Loma Linda University, discovered that three minutes of Laughter Yoga equals 30 minutes of aerobic exercise. Our hearts are muscles, and when we laugh, they contract the heart muscles, pumping more oxygen into our bodies.
Regardless of the fact that we could all laugh, there are situations when we do not feel like laughing, but even pretend laughter has worthwhile properties. It has been medically proven that the body cannot differentiate between actual laughter and bogus laughter. |
LAUGHTER YOGA IS NO LAUGHING MATTER
Laughter Yoga is NOT traditional Hatha Yoga, and you will NOT turn yourself into a pretzel! If you can laugh, you CAN do LaughterYoga!
Laughter Yoga originated in 1995 by Madan Kataria, MD, a medical doctor, who began doing research into why certain patients of his were thriving and living longer. As the doctor began his research, he was learning about the impacts and benefit of laughter on the human body. Dr. Kataria created a set of breathing exercises incorporating artificial laughter, along with movement, to bring unconditional laughter to those in need of its benefits.
Laughter Yoga started with just 5 people in Mumbai, India in 1995. It is now in over 65 countries around the world, and is practiced in over 10,000 groups/clubs, where people gather to do these laughing exercises together and gain the healthy benefits it provides for its participants, as long as they LAUGH!
Regardless of the fact that we could all laugh, there are situations when we do not feel like laughing, but even pretend laughter has worthwhile properties. It has been medically proven that the body cannot differentiate between actual laughter and bogus laughter.
TEENA MILLER LAUGHTER YOGA INSTRUCTOR
Teena Miller is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, having personally studied with Dr. Kataria. Teena currently teaches Laughter Yoga exercises to over 200 people, on a weekly basis. She is an elementary school teacher in the Vacaville Unified School District, an author, artist, and public speaker.
Teena knows what it is to laugh out loud as opposed to shedding tears. Having overcome late Stage III breast cancer, followed by Melanoma Stage II skin cancer, Teena looks for healthy ways to keep herself on the planet, and at the same time, of service to her community. It was after the melanoma that she learned about Laughter Yoga.
For Teena, it is all about getting more oxygen into her body, and laughing provides that tool. Dr. Otto Warburg, who twice won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, advocated the advantages of laughter quite a few years ago. He states, “Deep breathing techniques increase oxygen to the cells and are the most important factors in living a disease-free and energetic life. When cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not and cannot occur.”
To Teena Laughter Yoga is a tool she uses to boost her immune system and increase oxygen in her body. Simply put, with every laugh Teena believes she is improving her life and living longer on the planet!
TEENA MILLER TO JOIN US AT METABOLIC BALANCE MEETING
One of the obstacles to changing life style is habit. Often food habits are related to stress. Laughter Yoga is successful in reducing stress stress. It is something anyone can do any place, any time. I recently met Teena. I was struck by her story. I have invited her to lead us in Laughter Yoga at the Metabolic Balance meeting on Wednesday, September 19th, 4-5pm at 43 Quail Court, Ste. 215 (Conference Room), Walnut Creek, CA. Visitors welcome, please RSVP.
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You can find out how you can recapture your youth and laughter with Metabolic Balance®. Visit MetabolicBalanceCalifornia.com for more information. Or contact Myra if you are interested in joining. Sign up for important news & tips.
With Metabolic Balance® it is more about how good you feel than anything else. Metabolic balance® has individualized programs for weight loss, weight gain, weight maintenance & get healthy, and a special program for athletes.
SOURCES
Laugh Yourself Young: Discover the Fountain of Youth, By Teena Miller, Solano Fit Magazine, Aug. 2011
Watch Teena Miller. See Teena laughing on YouTube.
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