President Of Mauritius Visits Laughter Club In Nagpur India

It is the first time ever in the history in the Laughter Yoga Movement any Head of State has visited a laughter club. The laughter club of Nagpur had the honor of welcoming the President of Mauritius, his Excellency Anerood Jugnauth and his wife Mrs. Sarojni Jugnauth on December 8th 2009. The event was organized by laughter leader Kishore Thutheja - the president of Nagpur Laughter Clubs. Addressing the gathering of more than 300 laughter club members the President said - Laughter really helps to maintain good health and positive mental attitude. He appreciated the Laughter Clubs idea and congratulated Nagpur Club members. He alongwith his wife participated in laughter exercises and could not help laughing. We wish to see more and more Presidents and Prime Ministers to visit Laughter Clubs and save this world, Ha Ha Ha……….

Laughter Happy-demic In Bangalore IT Company

I conducted a very successful Laughter Yoga session with 8000 people from an IT company – MindTree Limited in Bangalore on 2nd of January on the occasion of their Annual get together.  The program started with laughter and all participants enjoyed laughing together. In fact, the organizers said it was the best energy booster for the entire day. Laughter Yoga which started as a social club movement is now rapidly spreading to the business world, helping them to reduce stress in the workplace, improve efficiency and peak performance. Laughter also helps to break the barriers and improve communication among employees.

World Laughter Day Mega Event In Sydney

For years, we have been talking about 10,000 people creating the Guinness world record by laughing together in Copenhagen, Denmark on World Laughter Day, in the year 2000.  But, this year, we are getting ready to rewrite history. We have signed a contract with Sydney Comedy Festival, an organization which will host the World Laughter Day 2010 on Darling Harbor, on 2nd May. We hope to create a new world record of making more than 10,000 people laugh for nothing. This event can bring a huge awareness of global laughter movement. We look forward for your support and energy to help accomplish this feat.

I will keep you posted about further development.

Laughter Yoga On Indian Television Daily

So far, Laughter Yoga was being telecast weekly on SAB TV, a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Television.  We now have a new proposal to telecast 10 minutes of Laughter Yoga, as part of a health & fitness show, daily on a popular News channel. Besides this, there will also be a weekly half an hour holistic health show based on Laughter Yoga and its different aspects and applications. The scripting for this show will be complete by January, while filming will start sometime in February.  If things go well, very soon there will be millions laughing just by watching television.

Wish us good luck.

Laughter Yoga University In Bangalore Making Headway

The Laughter Yoga University project is steadily making headway. Our fundraising drive initiated during the Bangalore conference, has yielded great results. We collected almost 300,000 rupees in just one hour! Money is flowing from all over the world, and it is not far when our dream will become a reality. I hope construction will begin from August this year, and courses will commence by 2011. 

From time to time, the systems and procedures of the University will be published, thus enabling people to learn more about structuring of different departments and the eligibility criterion.  Apart from laughter, there will be other departments on Nature healing, Traditional Yoga, Expressive arts & music and Theatre and dance etc. Besides accredited courses on Laughter Yoga and spirituality, the Laughter Yoga University will be a platform for anyone who can teach the wisdom of laughter and joy, happiness healing, emotional expression and anything related to the art of living.

There will be two major components of this University:

1. The academic institution with teaching, coaching and training programs.
2. Health and healing based on integrative medicine combining all systems of healing.  

The residential complex of the University will promote community living and will be known as Laughter city. All laughter club members from around the world can come and live as a community.  They can own bungalows, apartments, condominiums, and community houses.

I will keep you posted about new developments every month. Your dreams can come true only if you dream! So keep dreaming along with me.

Appeal for Help in Laughter Yoga Research Study in Greece

Dear Laughter Leaders, Teachers and Laughter Club Members,

We need your help to conduct Laughter Yoga Study for our Laughter Yoga Teacher Vasiliki Skrekou, from Greece who is appearing for her final exams for MSc. And her subject for research paper is Laughter Yoga. It is a matter of honour for all of us and it is our duty to help her. Please volunteer your time to answer a few questions either on skype or by e-mail.

Please contact her for details: vasiliki@joyfulplanet.org or through skype at: vassilikiaegina

Click here to find the details of her research.

Laughter Yoga International and Dr. Kataria School of Laughter Yoga
For any information or queries contact raj@laughteryoga.org
To stop receiving our Newsletters, please write to pramod@laughteryoga.org
Click here to read online - http://laughteryoga.org/newsletter/jan10/
www.laughteryoga.org