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Original Source: Laughter yoga versus group exercise program in elderly depressed women: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND: Laughter Yoga founded by M. Kataria is a combination of unconditioned laughter and yogic breathing. Its effect on mental and physical aspects of healthy individuals was shown to be beneficial. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Kataria's Laughter Yoga and group exercise therapy in decreasing depression and increasing life satisfaction in older adult women of a cultural community of Tehran, Iran. METHODS: Seventy depressed old women who were members of a cu...
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SCAN Health Plan Arizona Honors World Laughter Day with Laughter Yoga Event in Tucson
They say that laughter is the best medicine, and SCAN Health Plan agrees. Tucson seniors will have the opportunity to learn just how therapeutic it is at a Laughter Yoga event, sp...
Laughter perception networks in brain different for mocking, joyful or ticklish laughter
A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These different kinds of laughter also spark...
Savannah, GA (PRWEB) December 06, 2012 With Yoga Journal reporting that 20.4 Americans are now practicing yoga and New Year's resolutions right around the corner, you probably know someone wh...
Cerebral Connectivity Patterns Differ Based On Auditory, Social Information In Laughter
A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These different kinds of laughter also spark...
Tickling Laughter Produces Different Brain Response Than Social Laughter
When we hear someone laughing because they are being tickled, the connections in our brains respond differently than when we hear social laughter, such as that which expresses joy or accompanies mock...
Tickling Laughter Produces Different Brain Response To Social Laughter
When we hear someone laughing because they are being tickled, the connections in our brains respond differently to when we hear social laughter, such as that which expresses joy or accompanies mockin...
Ticklish laughter tickles your brain
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (PRWEB) April 20, 2013 The course offered worldwide by the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers is an opportunity to learn how to become a Yoga teacher. The Yoga training program...
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BACKGROUND: Laughter Yoga founded by M. Kataria is a combination of unconditioned laughter and yogic breathing. Its effect on mental and physical aspects of healthy individuals was shown to be benefic...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe firsthand experiences with yoga as shared by adults with or at risk for type 2 diabetes and to examine their beliefs regarding maintenance of yoga pr...
Laughter exaggerates happy and sad faces depending on visual context.
Laughter is an auditory stimulus that powerfully conveys positive emotion. We investigated how laughter influenced the visual perception of facial expressions. We presented a sound clip of laughter si...
The objective of the current study was to find out whether yoga practice was beneficial to the spine by comparing degenerative disc disease in the spines of long-time yoga practitioners and non-yoga p...
Aim: To examine the effects of a once-weekly laughter and exercise program on physical and psychological health among elderly people living in the community. As a regular exercise program can be di...
