Humour and Laughter Have Life Transforming Potency

Laughter Has No Accent

 Laughter And Vitamin C Saved This Life

Norman Cousins (1915 to 1990), longtime editor of the Saturday Review, global peacemaker, receiver of hundreds of awards including the UN Peace Medal and nearly fifty honorary doctorate degrees, overcame a life threatening disease and a massive coronary, each time using his own nutritional and emotional support protocol.

Cousin’s seminal book ”Anatomy of an Illness” details his healing journey overcoming ankylosing spondylitis (a degenerative disease causing the breakdown of collagen). Given up to die within a few months in 1965, almost completely paralyzed, Cousins checked out of the hospital, moved into a hotel room and began taking extremely high doses of vitamin C while exposing himself to a continuous stream of humorous films and similar ”laughing matter”.

His condition steadily improved and Cousins regained the use of his limbs until he was able to return to his full-time job at the Saturday Review

Explosive  Workouts With Laughter

People who believe in the benefits of laughter say it can be like an explosive  workout and may offer some of the same advantages as a workout."The effects of laughter and exercise are very similar," says a study.
Just like negative thoughts and unhappiness can make you fall sick, positive emotions can counter the effect and restore good health.

 Psychological studies indicate  that laughter is linked with the activation of the   prefrontal cortex, that produces endorphins Scientists have shown that parts of the limbic system are involved in laughter. This system is involved in emotions and helps us with functions necessary for humans' survival.

Benefits Of Shared Laughter

Shared laughter is one of the most effective tools for keeping relationships fresh and exciting. All emotional sharing builds strong and lasting relationship bonds, but sharing laughter and play also adds joy, vitality, and resilience.

Humor is a powerful and effective way to heal resentments, disagreements, and hurts. Laughter unites people during difficult times.A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically.

Anatomy of Laughter

I Love My Mirth

We change physiologically when we laugh. We stretch muscles throughout our face and body, our pulse and blood pressure go up, and we breathe faster, sending more oxygen to our tissues.When we laugh, 15 facial muscles contract and the zygomatic major muscle is stimulated.

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 - what we call a burst of laughter!

It has been medically proved that laughter actually speeds the body's recovery process.

One pioneer in laughter research, William Fry, claimed it took ten minutes on a rowing machine for his heart rate to reach the level it would after just one minute of hearty laughter.

Great Moments of  Shared Laughter 

I Want To Laugh More

Incorporating more humor and play into your daily interactions can improve the quality of your love relationships,as well as your connections with co-workers, family members, and friends.

What can you do to increase your sense of humour and bring levity into your life?

§  Read funny stories & anecdotes.

§  Seek out funny people.

§  Share a good joke or a funny story.

§  Be more spontaneous. 

§  Let go of defensiveness. 

§  Release inhibitions. 

§   Express your true feeling

Anything that adds to your effectiveness in life is worth working for.Laughter is one big, potent force to examine for it’s effectiveness.