The Benefits of Laughter : Laughing is a reaction to certain stimuli. It may ensue from hearing a joke‚ being tickled‚ or other stimuli. Most commonly‚ it is considered a visual expression of a number of positive emotional states‚ such as joy‚ mirth‚ happiness‚ relief‚ etc. However on some occasions it may express other emotions‚ such as embarrassment‚ apology or confusion (nervous laughter) or courtesy laugh. Laughter is a part of human behavior regulated by brain‚ helping humans clarify their
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Dawkins English 101 February 6‚ 2013 The Importance of Laughter - Outline Introductory Paragraph Do you want to catch something that is as contagious as the flu but actually has positive effects on your body? Laughter is the highly recommended “disease”. The sound of laughter brings joy to its listeners and lures them into its depths. It captivates persons of all genders‚ moods‚ races and ages; it is that entrancing. Additionally‚ laughter has been proven to be a medicine that can heal body‚ soul
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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
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Laughter Therapy - An Effective Treatment Today when nothing is free‚ laughter is perhaps the only medicine that comes for free but does miracles for us. Laughter is the best medicine! About 20-25 minutes of laughter every day can make you feel fresh‚ energetic and young for the whole day... Do you always feel stressed? Are you a heart patient? Is your blood pressure high? Do you want to improve your immune system? Do you feel depressed and are undergoing psychosomatic disorder? Do you want to
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Laughter Yoga Laughter Yoga is a possibility to rediscover the resource for healt and well-being which was lost between childhood and adulthood. It is a combination of breath-‚ extending- and stretching exercises based Yoga‚ which can be combined with pantomime and playful exercices. “We don’t laugh because we are happy – we are happy because we laugh.” This sentence is attributed by the indian doctor Madan Kataria. He is considered to be the spititual father of Laughter Yoga- Animation. Wheter
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hearted by doing physical exercise….laughter yoga is 1 of the physical exercise which help in doing it.. Laughter yoga is a unique concept where anyone can laugh without any reason jokes etc Laughter is simulated as a body exercise in a group; with eye contact and childlike playfulness‚. The concept of Laughter One gets the same physiological and psychological benefits The brainchild of Dr. Madan Kataria‚ a Physician from Mumbai‚ India‚ launched the first Laughter Club at a Park on March 13‚ 1995‚
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In Alfred Tennyson’s poem‚ “Tears‚ Idle Tears‚” imagery and figurative language are used to reveal the pain of remembering the past. The narrator is sitting in the “happy Autumn-fields‚/ and thinking of the days that are no more” (Tennyson 4‚5). This allows the reader to vividly picture the field during the fall where the narrator is thinking about the past. He then describes the past as being as “fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail” (6). This simile compares the freshness of his past to
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In this paper‚ I will explore the notion of irony in Achebe’s "Girls at War and Other Stories". My choice of Achebe’s collection of short stories is due to the scarcity of the critics written about it. All the focus and attention went to Achebe’s novels leaving out his short stories which are interesting to study especially that they represent different points of time in Achebe’s life as a writer. I will be specifically studying three of his short stories dealing with the Biafran war and their relationship
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Therapy and laughter is something that is rarely or never think of the global community. In the dictionary‚ the definition of therapy is "an effort to restore the health of the sick." therapy is a treatment that is very serious and requires the expertise of certain individuals to overcome. After all‚ people enter a therapy for a serious cause‚ often at critical times in their lives. There are many different types of therapy we generally known as Crystal and Gemstone therapy‚ Aromatherapy‚ Pet
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The importance of laughter to our health and well-being is becoming increasingly more recognized by the medical profession‚ health care providers‚ as well as the population at large. Nothing is more personal than your smile and your laughter. They are your personal signature and are totally unique to you. Babies start laughing when they are 10 -12 weeks old. When they laugh their whole body jumps and bounces. Everything in their small bodies is engaged in a laughter that is innocent‚ pure and
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