Laughter truly IS the best medicine

One of these days, I'm going to start a LAUGHING CLUB. A LAUGHING GROUP. LAUGHTER THERAPY. Go ahead. Laugh. That's exactly what I want you to do. I've done this before - a little bit - and it was just amazing. In the early days of my psychology practice, I had a very small women's therapy group. After we'd been meeting for a number of weeks, one of the members, who was a twin, came to group and told us that her twin had died two weeks ago. We all listened and helped her process and remember and grieve. And then we laughed. Before that night's group, I had sent them the link below and asked if they'd like to try. All three had said yes. So we watched the clip, and laughed with it. And then I challenged them to laugh for 2 solid minutes without it. We went for nearly 4. We laughed at nothing and at each other - and then we pulled the little glass pebbles out of a bowl I have on the table and tossed them at each other and laughed harder. One pebble went down a shirt front by accident; then it became a game to try to land them there. (Ages here were 79, 71 or 72, 60-something, and 55.) So afterward, I asked them what happened, what it did. The ALL said they forgot every single thing that was bothering them, that they felt lighter, they played and loved it, realized they don't play enough, that it's THAT easy to get outside of what's eating you. Here's the information we shared about laughter clubs: Laughter Yoga Clubs Laughter Yoga Clubs were started by Indian physician, Dr. Madan Kataria in 1995 with just five people. Today, the Laughter Movement is widely accepted and has become a global phenomenon with over 6000 clubs in 60 countries. Realizing the tremendous power of laughter and its efficacy as the best prescription for wellness, Laughter Clubs have brought smiles and laughter in the lives of many people suffering from physical and mental and emotional upsets. http://www.laughteryoga.org/english

Four minutes

Take four minutes and let this volunteer firefighter tell you how to make your life count. Really. Just do it. You have four minutes. http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter