International Laughter Yoga Day
Laughter Yoga with Instructor Ganna Ainsworth
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- Emotional & Physical Reset – Each season brings different energies:
- World Laughter Day - being connected to many others who will celebrate this day in a similar way and share the joy with each other and the world.
Registration is not required but allows us to let you know if the event is canceled.
Laughter Yoga was founded in 1995. Being a relatively new style of yoga, it incorporates breathing and mindfulness present in ancient styles of yoga, such as hatha yoga. Ganna Ainsworth was trained as a Laughter Yoga leader in Nashville in 2009. She taught Laughter Yoga in Nashville and Chattanooga, TN and now is delighted to share this joyful gift with the wonderful supporters of Dishman Hills Conservancy and the greater Spokane community
Laughter Yoga is practiced by standing in a circle and moving around while interacting with other participants. The Laughter Yoga leader demonstrates an exercise and then everyone repeats it, while laughing. All of the Laughter Yoga exercises engage imagination and playfulness.
Laughter Yoga doesn’t require a mat, because there are no asanas. Instead, we will practicing deep belly laughter, silliness, and engagement of your imagination and creativity, and mindful breathing. You will need water, as laughter yoga is similar to a cardio exercise, or a lawn chair if you have difficulty standing.
It is amazing to drop your inhibitions and laugh without a reason, and the laughter exercises will help you have an amazing time! No jokes are told, and there are no comedians, but you will have the deepest and most sustained laughter for no reason! Laughter yoga has been shown to bring a slew of positive psychological and physiological benefits - it boosts immune function, helps with chronic pain, improves mood, decreases blood pressure, and even changes personality if practiced regularly.
By participating in Laughter Yoga class, you agree to have a video or picture taken of you in this class, which could be used for future Laughter Yoga events.
Event will be weather dependent. Registrants will be notified.
Directions & Parking: From I-90, take exit 285 onto Appleway/Sprague and take a right onto S Sargent Road. Please park in the lower, dirt, parking lot directly to the right when you first pulled onto Sargent Rd then walk up to Camp Caro from the main path leading away from the parking lot. The laughter yoga class will gather in the wooded clearing behind Camp Caro Lodge.
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If you have trouble registering, please email Ruth Gifford at ed@dishmanhills.org
