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“A merry heart doeth good like
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- Proverbs
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“Laughter has a positive effect on
the cardiovascular system. Blood pressure is
lowered overall and resting heart rate
decreases. Additionally, the immune system
appears to get tuned up. We should become more
serious about
laughter."
-- Dr. Lee Berk, Loma Linda
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Laughter Workshop
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(Sessions
vary from 1.5 - 4 hours, In-House,
or, Break-out Session with a Conference.)
A workshop is a one-time seminar
format program that is usually tailored to fit
the specific stress resolution needs of the
business, department, or organization for which
it is being offered. Some examples
are:
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Laughter as
Stress Resolution for the Office - How
to utilize laughter as an effective means deal
with workplace
pressures.
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Laughter as
Stress Resolution for Caregivers - How
to utilize laughter as an effective means deal
with the unique burdens of caring for others in
hospital, hospice, or various healthcare
settings.
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Lead, Laugh, or
Leave - How to use humor as the shock
absorber for the tough times and circumstances
of leadership of today's workforce, and as a
tool for your personal and career
success!
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Ficilitating Fun at Work
- This workshop is for HR and
department leaders who wish to explore
workable ways to incorporate fun and humor
into their workplace for the benefit of employee
morale, increased productivity, and staff
retention
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 Listen to a clip from a
Laughter Program on understanding the 3 types of
laughter... |
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Laughter Clubs
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(30 minute
sessions, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) Each
club gathering consists of a basic format of
laughter exercises and
activities.
A
Laughter Club Program is
non-political, non-religious, non-explotive,
non-perfectionistic, and does not require
everyone to participate in all the
exercises.
A Laughter Club
Program flows through these basic
program componants:
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Attendees
stand and sit in a circle, with the Certified
Laughter Leader in the middle. They will welcome
and give an introduction to the
process.
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Simply
breathing and stretching exercises.
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Laughing
exercises (3 to 8, depending on time frame and
group comfortability level).
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Announcements and
conclusion.
Laughter Club
Programs are being used in
corporations, businesses of various sizes, a
great way to break-up the nose-to-grind
association meetings or organizational
conferences, for hospital staff, hospice
caregivers, long-term healthcare residents,
elementary school and middle school classes,
cancer support groups, heart health support
groups, and hundreds more across the United
States of
America.
View a sample Laughter
Club in Virginia with this You Tube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70jWPWBoySI
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Stress-Buster Laughter Breaks
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(5 - 8 minute mini-laughter
clubs, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or
periodically) The Stress-Buster Laughter
Break is a condensed laughter exercise
escape from the work-day for the workforce. This
is a good approach for busy or high focused
workforces, like nursing staffs on the hospital
floors.
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Therapeutic Laughter Training
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As a caregiver, you can learn
the techniques and skills of applying
therapeutic laughter to the healing program of
patients.
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Help your caregivers lighten up
and reach-out to their patients with a
confident, contentment, and care that can only
come from effectively coping with caregiver
stress!