Emily Burchell, UK: Laughter Yoga Helped Me Discover Myself . While attending a mindset event in 2018, I met a lady who told me of her experience of Laughter Yoga, which inspired me to attend a Laughter Yoga leader training and that was the best thing that I ever did. At the training, they found me very serious and said I needed to laugh and have more fun. But this was not always the case with ...

Karin Lesiak, Poland: There was a time in my life when I experienced a lot of challenges in my personal life. From a joyful, optimistic person under the influence of trouble and stress I became more and more depressed, sad, I lacked energy and the will to live. Everyday activities were getting more and more difficult. The situation was threatening my health. I had to think about my children, who I...

Paola Panama: At the physical level, my joint inflammation and pain have reduced considerably allowing me to be active again and helped me to work as an aquatic therapist. The heart rhythm has stabilized, and when I still have episodes of tachycardia, I know how to calm the mind. My lung capacity has increased. According to the pulmonologist who examined me, my lung capacity has increased despite ...

Kiran, USA: I am originally from Hyderabad, India but currently live near Boston with my husband and two children. I am a fashion designer by profession and a Laughter Yogi in training. The first time I heard about LY was in the mid 90s when it had just started and was catching on. Although I was amused reading in news papers about groups of seniors getting together in city parks, laughing loudly ...

Shivakumar Shekar, Poland: I am a non-resident Indian, living In Poland Since a decade for good. I worked at different levels at Polish and multinational companies, mostly in sales, marketing & international business development. Life was going on, side by side I started teaching Pathanjali Yoga at different places to bring our motherland connection to living land. I started the internation...

Tove Kane, Ireland: The person that you are seeing here is not the person I was before Dr Kataria and Laughter Yoga. I was actually really depressed. I’d had a very serious heart condition. I’d had an incident in the swimming pool. I used to be a tri-athlete, and when I was training I had a problem when my heart stopped and we all know what that means. I was saved and I ended up having...

Sara Kay, UK: There are no jokes in my story – in January 2016, I was prescribed antidepressants after going through a divorce. They initially helped, but my brain couldn’t easily retain information, and I quickly realized I needed a well-being tool. I stumbled on Laughter Yoga and went to the Laughter Yoga Club in Manchester in September 2016. It was a light bulb moment, and I loved i...

Judith Corner Small, NZ: I first discovered Laughter Yoga at a time in my life when I was searching for connection and meaning in life. Little did I know what a turning point I was coming to. Sometimes things need to break open and fall apart in order to rebuild and make positive changes. In my quest to find more peace and wellness in myself and in the world, I discovered Laughter Yoga in the l...