Laughing yoga

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Laughing yoga. Gulf News attends a laughing yoga session and finds out just how effective some giggle therapy can be to lift the spirit and put the smile back in your life. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Just as an apple is important to keep the doctor away, I believe a laughing at least

00:19once a day helps just as much.

00:22I am here at the Bharat Thakur Yoga Centre at Angsana Spa in Dubai Marina to find out

00:29something about what is called Laughter Yoga.

00:34Let's check it out.

00:59Real laughter and fake laughter, there is no distinction.

01:05The body is unable to distinguish between the two.

01:09Even if you laugh in a fake manner, the body has the same physiological effects as proper

01:15hearty real laughter.

01:16We are used to doing yoga which is slow, calm, meditative and suddenly when we ask students

01:21to laugh, they are very wary of the guy standing on the next mat, the other yoga student.

01:26So they find it a bit intimidating firstly and they don't laugh heartily but then over

01:31the course of time they begin to enjoy.

01:33If you want to do it on your own, one of the funniest ways to do it is to do it with a

01:37mirror.

01:38You can look into a mirror, you can laugh, it will help break a lot of barriers of people

01:43laughing at you if you are just pointing at yourself in a mirror and laughing.

01:47You can have some music play, you can watch some funny movie put on by Charlie Chaplin

01:50or something and just laugh to yourself.

01:53In this life with too much of stress and all that, we don't get to laugh, we just forget

01:57about laughing.

01:58We do every other thing, it's a very strenuous kind of life.

02:02All the time keep smiling, this is very important.

02:05We say even in our country, if you are smiling, the life will be smiling to you.

02:14That's very important to change our life, to be best and better.

02:23Hahahaha

02:27The body cannot recognize between real and fake laughter?

02:31Wow.

02:32But, a 10 minute session was enough, not just to lighten my mood but to boost my confidence

02:38and I think I am ready to take on the world.

02:41On that happy note, bring it on.

02:43Manjari Saxena.

02:44Unwind.

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