It seems that laughter therapy is no joke. Structured interventions that aim to tickle our funny bone, like laughter yoga or hospital clowns, really do appear to reduce anxiety and improve life ...

Beginnings: Marvel-Benoist was born and raised in the rural coastal community of Tillamook County, Oregon. “My parents ran a United Methodist youth camp,” she recalls. “Even as kids, we were invited ...

Laughter has an infectious quality. One individual begins to laugh, and soon the whole room is in hysterics. Yet, beyond its capacity to ease tension or uplift spirits, laughter is growing in ...

EASTHAMPTON - Trevor Smith, a certified laughter leader and human potential coach, will lead a free program to teach laughter therapy exercises and other techniques to help people reduce stress in ...

May 13, 2005 — -- Maybe that guy at the office who deliberately laughs at the boss's jokes has it right. A carefully cultivated ability to giggle might help you and the people around you feel ...

Funny best friends laughing cheerfully while standing together in a studio. Two happy young women enjoying themselves against a purple background. Female friends making memories together. Melanin Bee ...

Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —“oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha”— soon ripples into genuine ...

(RNS) — Wearing a bright pink tank top, Celeste Greene enthusiastically pops off the Zoom screen, clapping as she chants: “HO HO. HA HA HA. HO HO. HA HA HA. YAY,” each smack of her forceful hands ...

"Like we say, exercise at least three to five days a week," Miller said. "Belly laugh at least two to five days a week." Although luminaries from the ancient Greeks to Freud have opined on the roots ...