Laughter Therapy
Laughter Therapy - An Effective Treatment
Almost all of us have heard that "Laughter is best Medicine!" How true is this statement? A study conducted shows that 20-25 minutes of laughter every day is healthy for the body. This can make you feel fresh, energetic and young for the whole day. What makes us laugh?
When we laugh, the zygomatic major muscle is stimulated and 15 facial muscles contracted.
In the meantime, the epiglottis partly closes the larynx and air intake becomes irregular.
A noise usually accompanies this struggle to get enough oxygen to enter the system. This condition is what we call a burst of laughter. What is laughter therapy? Laughter therapy is a form of therapy that encourages people to use the natural, physiological process of laugher to release painful emotions like anger, fear, helplessness, depression and stress. How laughter caused the body healthy? Laughter provides a full-scale workout for your muscles and unleashes a rush of stress-busting endorphins. In this modern era, we tends to have a busy lifestyle and dealing with lots of stresses in works and life. Hence laughter is perhaps the only medicine that comes for free but does miracles for us since it helps us to be healthy in many ways. It helps us relieve stress, strengthen and improving our immune system, and helps blood vessel functions better. There are many other benefits of laughter therapy other than stated above such makes it easier to cope with life and its challenges, enhancing the social skills and improve communication, build in self-confident or self-esteem, and lastly makes you looks young and healthier.
Most diseases are related to stress and tension depressions. An estimated 80 percent of all doctors’ visits and medication prescribed today are for stress related illnesses. A person who having a stress and tension depression might having various problems in their body such as high blood pressure, heart troubles, diabetic and digestion problems. Laughter is a
Almost all of us have heard that "Laughter is best Medicine!" How true is this statement? A study conducted shows that 20-25 minutes of laughter every day is healthy for the body. This can make you feel fresh, energetic and young for the whole day. What makes us laugh?
When we laugh, the zygomatic major muscle is stimulated and 15 facial muscles contracted.
In the meantime, the epiglottis partly closes the larynx and air intake becomes irregular.
A noise usually accompanies this struggle to get enough oxygen to enter the system. This condition is what we call a burst of laughter. What is laughter therapy? Laughter therapy is a form of therapy that encourages people to use the natural, physiological process of laugher to release painful emotions like anger, fear, helplessness, depression and stress. How laughter caused the body healthy? Laughter provides a full-scale workout for your muscles and unleashes a rush of stress-busting endorphins. In this modern era, we tends to have a busy lifestyle and dealing with lots of stresses in works and life. Hence laughter is perhaps the only medicine that comes for free but does miracles for us since it helps us to be healthy in many ways. It helps us relieve stress, strengthen and improving our immune system, and helps blood vessel functions better. There are many other benefits of laughter therapy other than stated above such makes it easier to cope with life and its challenges, enhancing the social skills and improve communication, build in self-confident or self-esteem, and lastly makes you looks young and healthier.
Most diseases are related to stress and tension depressions. An estimated 80 percent of all doctors’ visits and medication prescribed today are for stress related illnesses. A person who having a stress and tension depression might having various problems in their body such as high blood pressure, heart troubles, diabetic and digestion problems. Laughter is a
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