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Reported by Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher Jeffrey
Briar from Laguna Beach, California
On Sunday, May 7 2006, the Laguna Laughter Club had its regular
meeting at 7:30am. Then a jolly gang headed 200 yards south to Main
Beach (Laguna Beach, California) and set up for World Laughter Day.
There were about a dozen beach umbrellas, a similar number of positive-message
signs, and fun and funny decor in abundance. Around noon, about
150 others joined the Laguna Laughers, and the official World Laughter
Day celebration began in earnest.
After welcoming words from Club Founder Jeffrey Briar (a "Certified
Laughter Yoga Teacher" via Dr. Kataria: www.JoyfulB.com), he
and ten other Laughter leaders led exercises. This was not a stuffy,
formal event, but rather an informal gathering of friends on the
beach - there was no stage or amplification. Nonetheless, many passersby
joined in the fun, either on the sand with the others, or from the
nearby boardwalk and hills. A goodly number of children also participated
(the event took place a few yards from a Children's Play Area).
Known participants came from as far away as San Jose (California)
and Las Vegas (Nevada).
In addition to warm up stretches and LOTS of Laughter exercises,
there was also: gibberish singing; dancing of many styles (from
Tango, Twist and Salsa to Waltz, Ballet, and Belly Dance), all to
self-sung gibberish musical accompaniment; and a genuine drum-and-music
adventure with guitars, toy piano, hand drums, kazoos and slide
whistles, and plenty of goofy voices.
Sarito Sun (www.SaritoSun.com) led more laughter exercises,
and a wonderful Peace Prayer. The event concluded at 2:00pm when
many of the participants went to the ocean and got their feet wet
--- a few hearty (as in, "hearty-har-har!") souls actually
went in for a swim (Brrr!).
We figure that all told, about 200 people were present
and laughing on this glorious, fun-filled day. Photos can be seen
at www.photobucket.com in the album, "JoyfulGent".
Reported by Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher Ronni
DiGiovanni from Palmdale, California
Our first celebration of World Laughter Day on May 7, 2006 was
hosted by Valley New Thought Center in Palmdale, California. We
had a great time. We started off with the letter from Dr. Kataria
announcing World Laughter Day - then we moved into laughing exercises
- very good, very good ye-a-a-h-h-h-!! It was alot of fun - we shared
stories, laughing contest and some jokes - it seems like everyone
had one to tell - we were supposed to laugh for one hour it actually
went alot longer about 2 1/2 hours total - What a great day and
great fun and great laughter deep from within our soul - laughter,
sharing and love flowed. We ended the circle by holding hands and
singing "The Peace Song"
World Laughter Day in San Diego:
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