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GO.
YOU.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE
MEDICINE.
A LOCAL WOMAN IS MAKING IT HER
MISSION TO PROVE IT.
JOINING ME TODAY TO SHOW THAT
LAUGHTER REALLY IS THE BEST
MCDONALD.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS, I'M TRYING
YOGA.
YOGA WE DO POSES, LAUGHTER,
WE LAUGH.
SO LAUGHTER, YOU LAUGH.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT DO TO THE
BODY?
IT DOES ONE OF THE THINGS TO
THE BODY.
FIRST OF ALL, IT
ENDORPHINS TO YOUR BODY.
IF YOU DO LAUGHING YOGA, YOU'LL
FROM YOUR PAIN.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE DOING
ABSOLUTELY.
DOES THE BRAIN KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FORCED
LAUGHTER AS OPPOSED TO I SEE
SOMETHING FUNNY AND MY REACTION
IS LAUGHING.
YOU DO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE,
SO YOUR BRAIN KNOWS THE
DIFFERENCE, BUT YOUR BODY DOES
NOT KNOW.
IF YOU FAKE LAUGH, YOU'LL GET
ALL THE HEALTH BENEFITS YOU
THROUGH HUMOR.
WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON
ALREADY UPON US, PEOPLE TEND,
STRESS.
LEVEL?
TAKING AN HOUR BREAK FROM
WORRYING, WHETHER IT'S THE
HOLIDAY SEASON OR ANY KIND OF
STRESSFUL SITUATION IS A REALLY
GOOD THING.
LAUGHTER YOGA, YOU'RE USING YOUR
BRAIN.
YOUR LEFT BRAIN IS YOUR WORRY
AND ANXIETY BRAIN.
THEY DON'T WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WHILE YOU'RE LAUGHING, YOU
REALLY CAN'T BE WORRIED.
RELIEF.
DID YOU FIND OUT THE FIRST
TIME YOU DID A LAUGHING YOGA
CLASS, DID YOU HAVE THAT
REACTION RIGHT AWAY?
ABSOLUTELY.
I SAID THIS IS WONDERFUL, I HAVE
TO DO THIS, THIS IS GREAT.
EXERCISES.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EXERCISE
THAT YOU USUALLY DO WITH WHO?
I'M GOING TO DO AN EXERCISE
WITH YOU THAT I USUALLY DO TO
START A CLASS.
IT.
I WANT YOU TO PRETEND THAT
YOUR FRIEND CALLED YOU ON YOUR
CELL PHONE AND YOU'RE HOLDING
YOUR CELL PHONE AND HE'S TELLING
HARD.
READY, SET, GO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
OH, MAN!
[ LAUGHTER ]
CAN YOU HEAR THIS?
DOING THIS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE, AND SOME PEOPLE
LIKE ME JUST DON'T CARE AND
LAUGH ANYWAY.
BUT YES.
AND GENERALLY, IT'S DONE WITH A
GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND BECAUSE
IT'S CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS,
IT.
THEY SEE OTHERS LAUGHING AND
THEY START TO LAUGH.
IT SWIRLS AROUND THE ROOM.
SO THE HEALTH EVENT FOR ALL
THE WONDERFUL HEALTH REASONS.
THANKS FOR COMING IN TODAY
AND INTERJECTING LAUGHTER INTO
MY MORNING AND THROUGHOUT RHODE
ISLAND.