They say laughter is the best medicine, and laughter yoga enthusiasts around the world seem to agree. Combining breathing exercises, light stretches, and deliberately silly movements, the practice ...

While traditional laughter yoga focuses on breathwork and guided laughter, Josie Flores adds her own unique twist—music and themed “trips”. “Sometimes we take a trip to England with The Beatles or to ...

A good laugh might help lead you to a good life. That's the notion compelling older Tucsonans to follow the mantra "laughter is the best medicine" in new yoga classes that follow an easy syllabus: All ...

On the fourth Sunday of every month Venerable Suco Hue Huong, the Buddhist nun who anchors Buu Hung Buddhist Monastery in east Vancouver, offers a no-nonsense lecture about life, death and the human q ...

Laughing yoga is a popular movement and breathing exercise that aims to cultivate joy, bring out your inner child, and help you let go of daily life stressors. Considering that laughter is contagious, ...

THE LAST YEAR hasn’t been kind to Claudette Hatcher. Normally a gregarious travel and event planner and professional opera singer, she’s seen her usual income sources decimated. Instead of ...

One of my favorite games as a kid was when my friends and I would lie on our backs in a sort of zigzag pattern, each of us with our heads lying on another's belly. One of us would start by doing a ...

Beginnings: Marvel-Benoist was born and raised in the rural coastal community of Tillamook County, Oregon. “My parents ran a United Methodist youth camp,” she recalls. “Even as kids, we were invited ...

From lowering blood pressure and reducing inflammation to improving heart health and relieving stress, laughter has the power to trigger a number of positive chemical and physical benefits. They say ...