Laughter Yoga at the Healing Space on Main
What is Laughter Yoga is the first thing most people ask me when I tell them I teach this fun and unique class. It's a class that is suitable for anyone of any age or abiltiy.
Laughter Yoga is different than most yoga classes as you don't need special clothes or equipment but it does help to come with an open mind.
A typical Laughter Yoga class starts with the instructor teaching the class how to breath.
Well most people know how to breath, but in laughter yoga we do a lot of abdominal breathing and that is what we start practicing first. Then we move on to laughter exercises. We don't do anything like Downward Facing Dog but we do get up and move around the room. As the class members start to interact with each other during the exercises, that is when the laughter really gets going.
Laughter Yoga is a great way to exercise your heart and and lungs and it also has some other health benefits. People who participate in Laughter Exercises have been shown to have lower blood pressure, increased immune systems, better and deeper sleep and generally suffer less from depression. The fact is you don't even have to have a sense of humor to benefit from Laughter Yoga although it certainly doesn't hurt.
We host Laughter Yoga events at the Healing Space on occasion but Beth Boeck our resident laughter guru, often does presentations of Laughter Yoga out in the community. Some recent presentations have been at St. Joseph's Hospital in West Bend, The Menomonee Falls Optimist Club, Waukesha County Human Services, and The Tri-County YMCA.
Meet our Laughter Yoga Practitioner
Beth Boeck, LCSW
Contact Beth at beth@livingwellcounseling.com or 262 366-4530 for more information.