Laughter yoga can help to lift your mood, reduce stress, increase your energy levels, even strengthen your immune system and raises your resilience and ability to handle life.
Laughing releases endorphins, dopamine and serotonin (the ‘happy’ hormones) and it represses the stress hormones like cortisol. Since you cannot always rely on finding external influences to make you laugh, learning to laugh without them is so valuable.
Laughter yoga involves a series of movements and sounds to promote deliberate laughter.
Scientifically, your body cannot differentiate between real and fake laughter (if done wholeheartedly), so you receive the same health benefits either way.
It’s a great way to peel away the all the masks and to just be silly and connect with your inner child.