1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: Hey there, everybody. 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: It is Sunday, December twenty eighth, And when is the 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 2: last time you had a belly laugh? Not just a little, 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 2: but a deep hearted, deep belly laugh. Well, doctors are 5 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: now saying that research shows you should belly laugh at 6 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: least two to five times a week. They say the power, 7 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 2: the medicinal power of laughter is no joke. When's the 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: last time you laughed hard? 9 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 3: I feel like I do that every day. 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 4: I do so do I I can remember going to 11 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 4: see the Anaconda on Christmas Day with Paul rud Jack 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 4: Black and Crew, and there were a couple of moments 13 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 4: in there. 14 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 3: I was in tears. Yes. Is that count as a 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 3: belly laugh? 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: Absolutely? 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 4: Aren't there What constitutes a belly laugh? That's beyond just 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 4: laughing or laughing hard. 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 2: It's where your diaphragm actually gets involved. Your belly is 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 2: involved in the laughter. 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: It's funny. 22 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: I feel like every time someone snaps a series of 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: pictures when we're together, I am actually my head is 24 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: thrown back. 25 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: I'm laughing so hard. We just went on a walk. 26 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: Pretty sure I belly laughed on the walk. 27 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 2: It's one of the things when you find somebody who 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: you can share that kind of laughter with there is 29 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 2: a poll of that person because you feel good. 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 4: Now this research does it have to It's just belly 31 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 4: laugh It's not a relationship element to it necessarily. 32 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: No, it's about the power of laughter. And we'll get 33 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: into this. 34 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: But it isn't just about something you think is funny 35 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: or something you're enjoying. Doctors are saying you can actually 36 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: force laughter in order to create the exact same effect 37 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: as a natural moment where you laugh really hard. 38 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 4: So is the benefit an emotional one or something physically 39 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 4: that happens that is beneficial. 40 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: They call it physiological, so both emotional and physical. They 41 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: say that if you actually learn and practice how to 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: force this kind of laughter, it could actually replace pain medication. 43 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: That's how powerful it is. 44 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 4: Okay, you had me up to there, So I'm listening 45 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 4: now if y' all can't tell, I'm the skeptic on 46 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 4: this on this episode. 47 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: Okay, So there are several doctors involved with this this. 48 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: One of them is from the University of Pennsylvania, a cardiologist, 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: a medical professor there. He is promoting belly laughing for 50 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: better health. Doctor Miller says a good laugh is good 51 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: for your heart. Your immune system and has plenty of 52 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: other medicinal health benefits. 53 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: You're not buying it. 54 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 4: No, because you're saying now, it's one thing. You're saying medicinal. Yes, now, 55 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 4: it's one thing to improve your emotions. But to say 56 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 4: laughing that you can force has a medicinal property. 57 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm gonna stay open. I'm gonna stay open though. 58 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: Yes, please keep your mind and your heart open, because 59 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: this is actually really incredible, because this is accessible to 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: everyone and it's free. The study of laughter actually began 61 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 2: in the nineteen sixties and there was a psychologist from 62 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 2: Stanford who actually decided to draw blood samples from himself 63 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 2: while he was watching Laurel and Hardy. 64 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: So he was laughing, right, he discovered discovered that was. 65 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 3: Well. 66 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: He was using himself as patient A or exhibit A. 67 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 2: And he found he took his blood cells and studied 68 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: whatever they study when he wasn't laughing, and then while 69 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: he right after he watched Laurel and Hardy, he found 70 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: a huge increase in the number of immune boosting blood 71 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: cells in his blood after he watched that program Laurel 72 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 2: and Hardy. 73 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: This is in the nineteen sixties. 74 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: It was a comedic du Hour kind of like a 75 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 2: three Stooges kind of a thing where it was the 76 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: it was the comedy show of the time, and so 77 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 2: that was when it That was one of the first 78 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: earliest documentations of someone studying the impact of the effect 79 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: of laughter. Okay, so then in the nineteen nineties are aforementioned, 80 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: doctor Miller started showing funny movies same thing to participants. 81 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: He found, listen to this, that laughter, you have endorphins 82 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: in your brain that then promote beneficial chemicals in your blood. 83 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: Then they said nitric oxide, which actually causes your blood 84 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: vessels to dilate, which lowers blood pressure, increases. 85 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: When you laugh. It also helps with inflammation and cholesterol. 86 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: How about that. 87 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 4: You're telling me to lower my cholesterol. All I have 88 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 4: to do is laugh two to five. 89 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: Times a week, belly laugh, but it will. 90 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: I'm getting more skeptical than less. 91 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: So they say, if you can do this, if you 92 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 2: can belly laugh two to five times a week, that 93 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: reduces This is according to doctor Miller, who's much smarter 94 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 2: than me or you on this, it reduces your risk 95 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: for a heart attack and it creates endorphin, which are 96 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 2: natural painkillers. There is no downside to this, and there 97 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: are plenty of upsides. 98 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 4: Oh okay, I will keep listening before I need to 99 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 4: start writing these questions down because I. 100 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,559 Speaker 1: Have plenting Yeah, how do you feel after you laugh? 101 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 4: Everybody feels you're in a better place, I mean, just naturally. 102 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 4: And I wonder, and I'm starting to wonder about the 103 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 4: study if we are signing it to laughing. But isn't 104 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 4: this also a matter of people who are under less stress, 105 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 4: people who are under right, who aren't under the gun, 106 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 4: people who are living their lives in such a way 107 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 4: that they are naturally upbeat or happy. Is it having 108 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 4: the same effect. And can someone who is down and 109 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 4: depressed and having a terrible week and a terrible week 110 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 4: month and a terrible year just laugh and get those benefits. 111 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 3: I'm still listening. 112 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: They are saying. 113 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 2: Yes, they are saying that whether you laugh because you're 114 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 2: happy and you're having a good time, you're having a 115 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 2: fun day and you're watching a fun program, or you're 116 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: with somebody who's really funny, yes, of course, But even 117 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,559 Speaker 2: if you are, especially if you're struggling, you're in pain, 118 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 2: you're depressed, you can't get motivated. 119 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: If you can learn. 120 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 2: How to laugh, how to force laughter. It immediately will 121 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 2: improve your mood. So you do get true emotional benefits, 122 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 2: mood boosting benefits, and you also get immune boosting benefits, 123 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: heart benefits. If you can actually make this a part 124 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 2: of your intentional day. The Mayo Clinic, I actually look 125 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 2: to see beyond just these headlines that we saw from 126 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 2: this particular doctor, and then I'll get into some of 127 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: the studies. But the Mayo Clinic has an entire page 128 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: devoted to the study of laughter, the medicinal power of laughter. 129 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 2: They say stressfulief from laughter is no joke. They say 130 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 2: there are short term and long term benefits including they 131 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: also agree improving your immune system and relieving chronic pain. 132 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: Think about that. 133 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 2: We're talking about cancer, We're talking about headaches, right, What 134 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 2: like they're saying laughter has an impact on all of that? 135 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 4: What to what degree? I guess I'm trying to how 136 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 4: much of an impact? If I don't there's no hard 137 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 4: impact or study or comparison with a cholesterol reducing drug 138 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 4: or something. 139 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: That's no correct you might still have to be on statins, 140 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: but how I am. 141 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 4: Still trying to get an idea, and you if it's 142 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 4: not a number give me an idea of just how 143 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 4: significant of an improvement or a difference or an impact 144 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 4: it can make. 145 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: Are we talking small? 146 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 4: Are you saying significant or like statistically significant? 147 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 2: Okay, So I don't have exact numbers, but I can 148 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: tell you that there are a couple different studies. 149 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: There's a actually one that's going on right now in. 150 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 2: Germany, German scientists, and they are studying forced laughter, not 151 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: spontaneous laughter. 152 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 3: Germans are studying laughter. 153 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: Forced laughter, which is even funnier that that of itself 154 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 2: is hilarious. 155 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: Okay, This German study says this is what exactly. 156 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: I'm taking this straight from the study laughter inducing therapies. 157 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 2: So again, forced laughter, and we'll get into that in 158 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: a second, decreased glucose levels, they decreased the stress hormone cortisol, 159 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: and they decreased chronic pain. They also improved mobility overall mood, 160 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 2: especially in older populations. Part of their research was studying 161 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 2: older Americans who were dealing with more health issues, who 162 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 2: might be more depressed, who might have mobility issues. 163 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: They said that there were clear results that. 164 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 2: This forced forced laughter inducing therapies had multiple medicinal benefits. 165 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 2: There was another one, a study this is about pain 166 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: tolerance and laughter. Two hundred subjects were subjected to a 167 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 2: painful cold pressor stimulus after being shown a film. 168 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: I don't know what that means, but whatever, they put 169 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: some ice on your body. 170 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: Yes, those who viewed a humorous film first had a 171 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 2: significant advantage in pain tolerance after a thirty minute wait 172 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 2: period versus the people who watched just a regular movie. 173 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 2: So the people who watched something funny and were laughing 174 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 2: had significantly We're able to tolerate pain in a much 175 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 2: higher way than people who didn't watch that movie. 176 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 4: Okay, so make sure you watch a comedy before you 177 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 4: get stabbed. 178 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: I won't, but I think. 179 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 2: About if you're if you're having a bad day, if 180 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,599 Speaker 2: you're having if you have a headache, the thing you 181 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 2: wouldn't necessarily want to do is laugh that that actually 182 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: seems like the last thing you want to do. Maybe 183 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: you want to cry, But if you actually think about Remember, 184 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: we had a quote of the Day the other week 185 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 2: that said it was from my favorite I said, my 186 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: favorite monk, and he said, sometimes sometimes when you're happy, 187 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 2: you smile, But sometimes when you smile, you find joy 188 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 2: like what comes first. And sometimes if you push the laughter, 189 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 2: even when you don't feel it, even if you're not 190 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 2: actually in a funny mood or in a light mood. 191 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 2: If you force the laughter, you can create You can 192 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: change your body chemistry in that moment. 193 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: How cool is that? 194 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 3: In that moment. 195 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 4: But you also said you later on not as much pain. 196 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 4: Later on, you don't have to use that walker anymore 197 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 4: because you increase mobility. Yes, yes, the cholesterol has gone down, 198 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 4: diabetes went away, all of it. It cures everything, right, Okay, 199 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 4: So they said this forever. I don't know where it count. 200 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 4: Laughter is the best medicine, ye said this forever. So 201 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 4: there's something to that, as we all know. 202 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 2: Yes, And so the addition was even forced laughter is 203 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 2: the best mess medicines. 204 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 3: And that's. 205 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: All right. Let me ask you this. You didn't You didn't. 206 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: If humor is. 207 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: Subjective, not everybody finds the same things funny. That was 208 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: part of the reason why this research came about, because 209 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 2: you can't make everybody laugh, right, Certain people find something's funny, 210 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: other people don't. So this is why they decided to 211 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 2: come up with this forced laughter. 212 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: There is the simplest way to do it. 213 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 2: Get together with another person, look each other in the 214 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: eyes and repeat the sound ha for. 215 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: A full minute. 216 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 3: No, not gonna do that. 217 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: I guarantee you you will laugh. 218 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 3: Oh I'm laughing now. 219 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: So I used to play this game with my cousins. 220 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: We would put we would put. 221 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 2: Our head on the other person's tummy, and then someone 222 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 2: else will put their head on your tummy, and you 223 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 2: make a whole human chain of this, and then you do. 224 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: The ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. 225 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 2: And we see how long we could go without laughing, 226 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 2: And it wasn't very long, and we would be like 227 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 2: side splitting laughter. 228 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: So it's kind of that same premise. 229 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 4: I've never heard of that exercise before. This is what 230 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,479 Speaker 4: you all do with family gatherings. 231 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: I did. 232 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 2: I did, And actually turns out who knew we were 233 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 2: actually doing something that was creating endorphins and building or 234 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 2: boosting our immune system had no idea? 235 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 3: All right, So paid off with no health issues. 236 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 4: So you set. 237 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: Yourself up with that, your buddy, all right, So I 238 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 2: know you're skeptical. When we come back, I am going 239 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 2: to tell you about a phenomenon that you can access 240 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: online for free anywhere in the world. 241 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: It is called laughing yoga. We'll be right back and 242 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: welcome back everyone. 243 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 2: We are talking about belly laughter being the best medicine, 244 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 2: and sometimes we're not in the mood to laugh. Sometimes 245 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: we don't think things are very funny. So how do 246 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 2: you force that laughter and get some of these incredible 247 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 2: medicinal benefits that we're now hearing You do get short 248 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 2: term and long term if you can find a way 249 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 2: to truly belly laugh two. 250 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,719 Speaker 1: To five times a week laughing yoga. 251 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 2: It's called laugh a Stay You're losing me more. It's 252 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 2: a hilarious yoga routine. And groups do this all around 253 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 2: the world. You can actually go to centers in certain 254 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 2: parts of the world. But you I went online. It 255 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: is called it's called the Laughter Yoga International and there 256 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: are three dozen free online American laughter clubs and I 257 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: look you can do. You can join one in the morning, 258 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 2: you can join one in the evening, and you sign 259 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 2: up and it's free, and you're on the zoom kind 260 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 2: of allah the pandemic where you're meeting people from all 261 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: around the world or here in America, and you. 262 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: Actually do a zoom group laughter yoga session. 263 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 3: To do what I mean, what do you do? 264 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 4: Are you actually using a do you need a yoga 265 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 4: mat So is it yoga that's adding laughter? 266 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 3: Are they just calling a cute little name. 267 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 2: Yes, so they know they actually combined laughter with deep 268 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 2: yoga breathing technique. 269 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: So it's actually hilarious whenn watch people doing. 270 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 2: It because they This is based on laughter clubs that 271 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: were apparently a big deal in India in the nineteen nineties. Now, 272 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: so look at this is a laughing yoga class. People 273 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 2: pretend to greet each other like aliens, crawl a law 274 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: around like their favorite animals, tap their temple as if 275 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 2: a light bulb went off, saying aha ha ha ha 276 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 2: ha ha. So you're watching other people do this and 277 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 2: it's hilarious, then it's your turn to do it, so 278 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 2: they actually guide you through. 279 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: It is physical and it is using. 280 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 2: Your diaphragm, and then you're doing it collectively, so you 281 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 2: basically it's a thirty to forty five minute session. You're 282 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 2: pretty much laughing the entire time. 283 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 4: It sounds like an acting class a little bit. 284 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 2: And in acting classes, we did do some of these 285 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: types of and I didn't realize their yogic, but these 286 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 2: are specifically designed to induce laughter. 287 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 3: Okay, So let's say I don't you know, I'll let 288 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 3: you fall. I have a couple questions. Goheat. 289 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: Well. 290 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 2: I was actually just going to say what the website said, 291 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 2: so you can hear. This is how they describe what 292 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 2: laughter yoga or LAUGHI stay is laughter. Yoga is a 293 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 2: scientifically proven approach to improving physical, emotional, and mental well being. 294 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 2: By combining laughter exercises with deep yogic breathing techniques, It 295 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 2: stimulates the mind and body in ways that conventional fitness 296 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: or relax methods often cannot. 297 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: Just ten to fifteen minutes. 298 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 2: Of daily routine reduces stress, energizes the body, promotes mental 299 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 2: calmness and positivity, scientifically proven to strength and immunity, enhance 300 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 2: brain oxygen, uplift mood, and foster social connections, reducing isolation. 301 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: You buying it? 302 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 4: No, I absolutely believe. 303 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 3: I think we all do. The better, your mood is 304 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 3: the better, your healthless. 305 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 4: Yes, curious, and I think I have seen these things 306 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 4: before in places I think where my skepticism came from. 307 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 4: Or my first question, how do I on my own, 308 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 4: how can I elicit a belly laugh? To get that 309 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 4: type of you'd have to be alone somewhere in a room, 310 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 4: but nobody else in the house because it would be embarrassing. 311 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 4: Most people are not going to get on the zoom 312 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 4: call or go to some retreat. So what can those 313 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 4: folks do? Are they giving recommendations for how you can 314 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 4: do it on your own? 315 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: Yes, I think you can. Look but a lot of 316 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: it is involving repeating the word ha. So maybe you 317 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: look in the mirror and go ha ha ha ha 318 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: ha ha. You just start laughing. 319 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: So that is the easiest way. They say. You can 320 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: look in the mirror and say ha and just keep 321 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 2: repeating it. Maybe add a ha to each one's your 322 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: double triple. You will start laughing. 323 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 3: And this should be done two to five times a week. 324 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: But it's more fun if you have a partner. 325 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 4: Can you also one one more thing for me? Give 326 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 4: me the definition, Like, what is the difference? How do 327 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 4: I feel the difference between just a laugh because we 328 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 4: laugh all day every day, Yeah, and a belly laugh 329 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 4: the kind we're talking about it. 330 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: You know when your stomach hurts, like step, I'm laughing 331 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 2: so hard, my stomach hurts. 332 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: That's a belly laugh. 333 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: No, that's hard to get to it is, but. 334 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: That's the goal, so you work at it is. 335 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: Sometimes it might take ten or fifteen minutes of doing this, 336 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 2: but eventually, yes, when you feel your stomach your abs 337 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 2: just got to work out because you were laughing so hard, 338 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 2: that's the kind of belly laugh they're talking about. I 339 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 2: think it's pretty cool. I understand the skepticism, but why 340 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 2: if you are looking for some sort of relief, you've 341 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 2: got some sort of whether it's mental, physical, whatever. 342 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 1: This doesn't seem like a stretch. 343 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: To try to put into practice for at least a 344 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 2: week and see how you feel, see if you feel 345 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 2: better or different. 346 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:14,719 Speaker 1: Babe, I love you. 347 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 2: One of the things I love most about you and 348 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 2: being with you is how much we laugh together. No, 349 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 2: there is no greater feeling, and to have that with someone, 350 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 2: especially if you can have a partner in this, it 351 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 2: makes it all the better. 352 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 4: I agree, And look, this is for anybody's mood. Obviously 353 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 4: you're in a better mood, and you're in better health, 354 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 4: and you're in better everything. I see it as more 355 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 4: of an emotional thing than a physical one, is what 356 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 4: probably where I came at this completely agree with how 357 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 4: it can change your mood. 358 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 3: I was my skepticism. 359 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 4: I was joking with you a little bit different, but 360 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 4: just to hear about just how much it can have 361 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 4: a health impact is interesting. 362 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: And I'm pretty sure there's no one out. 363 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: There arguing that laughter is bad anyway, So what do you. 364 00:17:59,600 --> 00:17:59,959 Speaker 3: Got to look? 365 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 2: Unless it comes to someone else's expense, might that might 366 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 2: be the only time laughter is bad. 367 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: Even then, it might be. 368 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 3: He have good health benefits for you. 369 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: It might be bad for the other person. But you're 370 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 1: feeling great, see. 371 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 3: You laughing out, and I already feel about it. 372 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 2: Oh well, with that, everyone, thank you so much for 373 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 2: joining us. We hope you can find some laughter today 374 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 2: and at least two to five times a week please 375 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 2: that's doctor's order. But thank you for listening to us. 376 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 2: I maybe Robach alongside my laughing partner TJ. 377 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: Holmes. Have a great Sunda Day.