Becoming a Laughter Yoga Leader

Late last year, a friend sent out a mass e-mail asking who would like to join her at a training session to become Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders. Thinking about my experience with laughter yoga and having come across a lot of research lately about the benefits of laughter, I decided this would be a good thing for me to do. The fact that this particular workshop was being held practically in my backyard made it obvious to me that this was something I shouldn't pass up.

So, last December, during a typical frosty, wintry, snowy  Chicago weekend, a nice-sized group of people from diverse backgrounds and locations met at a social hall of a retirement complex in a northwestern suburb of Chicago to learn  how to become Laughter Yoga Leaders. While the weather outside was bitter, wet and freezing, the atmosphere inside was warm, friendly and inviting. It didn't take long before this room full of strangers bonded and became friends.  It was amazing how close we all grew to feel for each other during this short amount of time, considering that laughter was the main method of communication throughout the experience.