3 things You can do to help Heal your Body, Mind & Soul.

 Play  Laughter  Joy

Dona Anderson

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Your body cannot heal without play.

Your mind cannot heal without laughter.

Your soul cannot heal without joy.

~Catherine Rippenger Fenwick~

Healing with Humor, educator, therapist, author, speaker.  

           

How many times when you are unwell do you play some kind of game, do a puzzle, card game, craft or other things that you love to do that takes your mind off things and supports your soul.

How many times when you were unwell, sick, had a bad cold, flu, headache, new stitches or whatever it was did you try not to laugh but couldn't help it. You may even put on a comedy show to watch to help you feel better.

How may times did you find Joy in a song, a home cooked meal, a card, flowers, a visit from loved ones or cuddles from your pet.

I imagine it was many times.

A moment to play lets us move onto something that's fun, we can do, control. It fills our face, mind and heart with a smile.

 

A moment for laughter lets us relax, let our stress & worries soften a bit as it disappears out of our bodies and into the world.

A moment of joy lets us remember all the people and things in our lives that we love, hold dear and want to get back to.

Play ... Laughter ... Joy

PS. Often when I've been at a craft faire someone stops by just to have a chat.  

I've heard many good stories but mostly ones of sadness, grief, sickness and stress. 

Many times it was quite emotional but I could see how the releasing of the story helped them heal a bit that day - their face and shoulders softened a bit to help them breathe.

Sometimes they even came back the next day to chat again.💗

Our Lucy, loves to snuggle.

Take Care have a great day and week.

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Bye for now. 

Links for sharing below.

If You're Happy and You Know It | Song for Kids by Little Fox

A little song to bring a Smile to your face.

Dona Anderson

A while back this song was playing in my head so I thought I'd share the first verse with my Yoga Ladies.

A song to sing. 

It was fun, a memory from our childhood.  We all lit up with a big smile and a few laughs. 

It became our bit of JOY for a couple of minutes!

Hooray!

So easy to Have some Fun.

Who will you pass this one on to?

Laughing baby

I couldn't help it.

Get your Giggle ready!

Dona Anderson

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Let's all have a wonderful laugh!

One contagious thing that's good for us.

Have on Wonderful day, 

Marieles Dinner - Funny Dog eats elegant at table - Le dîner de Mariele ...

Get Ready to Laugh, Laugh, Laugh!

Surprise!

Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson

OK. I don't normally share this type of video here, but I couldn't resist!

Laughter is so important to help us stay healthy and this is so cute, loved it.

After see the link to 7 benefits below.

I know you loved it too.  

Watch it again ... I've watched it at least 5 times now!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll share a few laughs with your friends.

We could even call this a couple of minutes of Laughter Yoga for the day.

Did you like this surprise?

Here's a link to  7 Health Benefits of Laughter

Laugh lots and Hugs, Dona.

Laughter yoga: laughing away the stress

Laughter Yoga

Have you heard of it?

Yes it works!

Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson

Real laughs and fake laughter work the same for the health of our bodies!
See more benefits in the link I included below

Laughter Yoga - There are classes around the world and some are even set up for specific practitioner needs.

I did a workshop a few years ago at a weekend retreat.  There was about 30 of us in the class and first it did seem hard to get started. Watch the video and then I'll tell you more below.

What do you think?  Is it something you could try?

In the class I did we started out doing the fake stuff and were given things for us to do or say to laugh at.

Later on the laughs started to come on their own and we all kept feeding off each other.  We ended the class all lying on the floor in a big circle that just laughed.  Someone would start it and then we'd all go off and then quiet down and then it would start again. The guy beside me had a cute giggle that set me off many times.

It was a great workout. I was exhausted and sweating at the end!  For the rest of the weekend if anyone of us heard any laughter from somewhere we and would automatically start to laugh as well for no reason.

Have to tell you, those that didn't attend the class wished they had!

See if there is a class where you live or try to make up things on your own.  Make this your special time to release stress and as they say, Fake it till you Make it.

Invest in yourself!

When was the last time you had a really good laugh?  I hope it was today. 

Need more convincing? 

 Here's a link to more benefits of laughter.

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Laughs and Hugs!

Want another laugh, check out this video from a later post.