Laughter yoga team building

A laughter session consists of three parts: warm-up and relaxation, laughter-stimulating exercises and the laughter meditation or free laughter. This does not include the after-party because the social aspect afterwards is a very important factor. Laughter opens doors and brings people closer together. As Charlie Chaplin said, "The shortest way between two people is laughter." 

During the first part, we try to become aware of ourselves, the environment, the here & now through relaxation and breathing exercises. We prepare ourselves and our bodies to laugh. Just as in a relaxation exercise you say to your body, "I want to relax," we now say to our body, "I want to laugh." And the will to laugh is essential.

During the second part we are going to focus on laughter-promoting exercises: we are going to rediscover our own laughter from a stimulated "made" laughter through simple but funny exercises. The laughter-promoting exercises are interspersed with breathing exercises (the yoga part) because laughter is a very intense activity.

The last part is the laughter meditation or free laughter: then for about ten minutes we concentrate only on laughter.

Laughter yoga is based on the fact that we don't have to wait for something to happen to laugh: we make ourselves laugh. The social and interactive aspects are very important here: seeing laughter makes you laugh! Similarly, the body makes no distinction between a fake laugh or a real laugh: the same beneficial effects - both physical and mental - are the result (stimulates circulation, lowers blood pressure, relaxes, massages the digestive system, makes it easier to put things into perspective,...). 

But of course the main reason to do it is simply because it is incredibly fun! Laughter can't be explained - it has to be done! An original teambuilding, no doubt!