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Speaker 1: Now, Mikey, I'm still just getting to know you, but

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Speaker 1: I do believe that you like you like a laugh.

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Speaker 1: I just haven't heard like a cackle, like a hyena

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I do like a laugh, but it's got to be warranted,

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Speaker 3: a warranted laugh. Yeah, I'm not going to laugh at

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Speaker 3: What about laughter for wellness? I don't believe in wellness.

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Speaker 3: I don't believe in woo woo.

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Speaker 1: I don't believe in anything spiritual.

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Speaker 3: So I know what you're doing here, Brooklyn. I think

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Speaker 3: that you and I are going to.

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Speaker 1: Throw anything like I laugh, these random things and new

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Speaker 1: experiences in life.

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Speaker 3: So then strap yourself in.

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Speaker 1: It's more open than I.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, we have such a treat because joining us

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Speaker 2: in this studio, Sharon at Gambrell from Laughter Yoga, Sydney

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Speaker 3: Hello Sharon, good morning everbody.

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Speaker 2: So this is a thing, Yeah.

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Speaker 3: This is a thing. Yes? Yes? What is what is

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Speaker 3: laughter yoga? Who? When did it become a thing? So

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Speaker 3: it became a thing around thirty years ago?

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Speaker 2: Thirty one years ago and murebi In, a medical doctor,

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Speaker 2: was researching the health benefits of laughter for his patients.

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Speaker 2: He found that when they were happy and in good spirits,

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Speaker 2: And he was looking at expanding on that. So his

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Speaker 2: So he went back to his research and he found

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Speaker 2: that there's an amazing system in our body that the

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Speaker 2: intentional laughter. So what we're going to be doing is

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Speaker 2: intentional laughter. And and I'll warn you up a little bit.

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Speaker 2: I know we only have a quick time. I used

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Speaker 1: Ready to go?

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Speaker 2: Can I say I did read? If you smile, let's

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Speaker 2: all smile.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, you actually feel happy.

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Speaker 2: So the muscles in your face go up and they

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Speaker 2: stimulate the imntal in your brain, which is your stress responder,

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Speaker 2: So the muscles sort of communicate with your brain. Just

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Speaker 2: say that you're happy, even if you're not. So the

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Speaker 2: premise of laughter yogurt is laughing from the inside out.

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Speaker 2: We intentionally laughed in a group and it becomes real

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Speaker 2: laughter very quickly.

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Speaker 3: On TV, but I've never done it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, So I do it a little bit differently

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Speaker 2: because I am sort of cynical as well. I'm not happy,

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Speaker 2: go lucky, unhappy childhood. So I do this for my

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Speaker 3: That is, because we may have a cynic with us

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Speaker 2: Many male cynics. We believe, banks it companies. So I

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Speaker 3: Ah okay, okay, that's another show.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and also a higher pay grade than what I'm

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Speaker 3: That's fair.

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Speaker 3: But but can you can you take us through some

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Speaker 2: So if you're watching a comedian or a funny sitcom,

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Speaker 2: that's absolutely wonderful for your health. What we do we

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Speaker 3: And one more breathing in, breathing out, ha ha ha.

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Speaker 2: It can be any laugh you like, there's no wrong.

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Speaker 2: imagine you're a beautiful willow tree. And this is a

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Speaker 2: breathing up and the light there, mikey and one more

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Speaker 3: And one last one breathing in. Smile. And so what

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Speaker 2: Can opponents of laughter yoga, there's the laughter exercises, which,

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Speaker 2: breakdown the barriers. It's very good to lower your blood

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Speaker 2: They did a study at Stanford University and they found

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Speaker 2: that thirty minutes on a treadmill was equivalent to ten

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Speaker 3: So just have a lot. So just have a lot.

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Speaker 2: Well, you want to check it out book your own

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Speaker 2: laughter yoga class.

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Speaker 1: Had to laughter Yoga Sydney dot com dot au Sharon.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Sharon Arn Happiness. That's g A M B R

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Speaker 3: I L L.

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Speaker 2: What's happening?

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Speaker 3: Really?

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Speaker 2: No, No, you can say it in a French accent,

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Speaker 2: if you're really Gambrielle, if you like, let's.

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Speaker 1: Just finish with the team here and the appreciation, laughter

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Speaker 1: and for the team out there, and.

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Speaker 3: Very good, very good. Yeah, thank you, Sarah,