I was at a wellness fair put on by the HR department of a large corporation. The New York City Chair Massage Company – www.eventschairmassage.com was part of the event and they were using regular yoga as well as laughter yoga in their chair massage sessions.
Laughter yoga (Hasyayoga) is a practice involving prolonged voluntary laughter. Laughter yoga is based on the belief that voluntary laughter provides the same physiological and psychological benefits as spontaneous laughter. Laughter yoga is done in groups, with eye contact and playfulness between participants. Forced laughter soon turns into real and contagious laughter.
Laughter yoga was made popular as an exercise routine developed by Indian physician Madan Kataria and his wife, who writes about the practice in his 2002 book Laugh For No Reason.
In time it is likely to be as popular as running or jogging.
In the mid-1990s, laughter yoga was practiced in the early mornings in open parks, primarily by groups of older people. Later, a more formal version was created and popularized as “Laughter Clubs”. Kataria’s first Laughter Yoga Club began on 13 March 1995 in Mumbai, with five people in a local public park. The concept rapidly spread worldwide, and as of 2011, there were more than 8,000 Laughter Clubs in 100 countries. Each group is run by a “Laugh Captain” and operates independently.
Laughter is easily stimulated in a group when combined with eye contact, ‘childlike playfulness’ and laughter exercises. Fake laughter quickly becomes real. Laughter Yoga brings more oxygen to the body and brain by incorporating yogic breathing which results in deep diaphragmatic breathing.
Anyone can laugh without needing to rely on humor, jokes or comedy. Laughter is initially simulated as a physical exercise while maintaining eye contact with others in the group and promoting childlike playfulness. In most cases this soon leads to real and contagious laughter. Laughter yoga is the only technique that allows adults to achieve sustained hearty laughter without involving cognitive thought It bypasses the intellectual systems that normally act as a brake on natural laughter.
Laughter yoga sessions start with gentle warm-up techniques which include stretching, chanting, clapping and body movement. These help break down inhibitions and develop feelings of ‘childlike playfulness’. Breathing exercises are used to prepare the lungs for laughter, followed by a series of ‘laughter exercises’ that combine the method of acting and visualization techniques with playfulness. These exercises, when combined with the strong social dynamics of group behavior, lead to prolonged and hearty unconditional laughter. Laughter exercises are interspersed with breathing exercises. Twenty minutes of laughter is sufficient to develop full physiological benefits. With chair massage and acupressure added the benefits expand to a much greater level
A laughter yoga session may finish with “Laughter Meditation”. This is a session of unstructured laughter whereby participants sit or lie down and allow natural laughter to flow from within “like a fountain”.
Below is a chair massage demo that shows techniques our corporate chair massage therapists use to massage their clients’ upper back, shoulders, and neck — using elbows and forearms, with minimal use of the thumbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNNSDH-0bZk
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Below is a chair massage demo that shows techniques our corporate chair massage therapists use to massage their clients’ upper back, shoulders, and neck — using elbows and forearms, with minimal use of the thumbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNNSDH-0bZk
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He is the author of over twenty-two books published in five languages.
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Today’s stress management blog is supported by a grant from Events Chair Massage –www.EventschairMasssage.com – a company that offers Corporate Chair Massage and Stress Management Services to meeting planner, event planners, party planners and HR for Trade show booths throughout the United States.
Below is a chair massage demo that shows techniques our corporate chair massage therapists use to massage their clients’ upper back, shoulders, and neck — using elbows and forearms, with minimal use of the thumbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNNSDH-0bZk
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He is the author of over twenty-two books published in five languages.
Don’t forget to tune to the RealUGuru Radio show every Thursday 4-6 PM EST at WIOX 91.3 FM or on your smart device at WIOXRadio.org.
WIOX is a diverse station that broadcasts original programming including presentation from NPR, the BBC, Democracy Now etc.
If you are interested in business success in the 21st Century in the arts or in any other endeavor you need to read Lewis’ recently published business books.
You can find books on game theory and business success here:
http://www.realuguru.com/products/printed-books/building-your-business-in-the-new-digital-reality/
http://www.realuguru.com/products/printed-books/gamification-for-business/
This course and all the offerings on http://www.RealUGuru.com focus on the application of applied game thinking, gamification, decision science, positive psychology, happiness, and visionary thinking to solve basic, complex and extreme problems. He is the creator of a free course on business success and human potential.
Here is a short interview with Lewis;
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He also offers private fee based coaching programs.
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His company www.eventsChairMassage.com offers chair massage services to meeting planners, event planners and incentive travel programs. Massage groups in his massage network offer services in all areas of the United States including: Chair Massage Chicago – Trade Show Massage Washington D.C. – Stress Master Massage Las Vegas – Castro District Corporate Massage San Francisco – Los Angeles Stress management Massage – and The Javits Center Chair Massage Company – Capital Chair Massage Albany NY
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He is the author of over twenty-two books published in five languages.
Don’t forget to tune to the “Life Hack Guru Radio Show every Thursday 4-6 PM EST at WIOX 91.3 FM or on your smart device at WIOXRadio.org.
WIOX is a diverse station that broadcasts original programming including presentation from NPR, the BBC, Democracy Now etc.
If you are interested in business success in the 21st Century in the arts or in any other endeavor you need to read Lewis’ recently published business books.
You can find books on game theory, and business success here:
http://www.realuguru.com/products/printed-books/building-your-business-in-the-new-digital-reality/
http://www.realuguru.com/products/printed-books/gamification-for-business/
This course and all the offerings on http://www.RealUGuru.com focus on the application of applied game thinking, gamification, decision science, positive psychology, happiness, and visionary thinking to solve basic, complex and extreme health and healing challenges and problems. He is the creator of a free course on business success and human potential.
He also offers private fee based coaching programs.
Call him at 212-724-8782 for more information.
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The work of the International Association of healing professionals is supported by generous grants from Events Chair Massage a company
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The Artist’s Way and Joseph Campbell’s Concept – “Live Your Bliss”
I have a friend who is a very passionate Jazz musician. She lives in New Orleans and e-mails me interesting articles.
She sent me one today I’m going to share with you. It is about being kind, bringing out the best in others and living your passion.
Joseph Campbell always talked about living “your bliss”.
He derived this idea from the Upanishads , a sacred Hindu text. Here the word Ananda is often mentioned. “Ananda” means bliss or rapture. Campbell saw this not merely as a mantra, but as a helpful guide to the individual along the journey that each of us walks through life:
“If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are—if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.”
Campbell began sharing this idea with students during his lectures in the 1970s. By the time that The Power of Myth was aired on PBS in 1988, six months following Campbell’s death, “Follow your bliss” was a philosophy that resonated deeply with the American public—both religious and secular.
While I was speaking at a stress management event I sat down in a corporate onsite chair massage book in the exhibitor area. Run by www.eventschairmassage.com I took the break time to read the article Estelle had sent me. It was about a
simple fellow named Sunny who died a few months back at 81 years of age. He had seen the world lived in India, came home to Brooklyn and took over his families old bar. He was an artist and clearly “Lived His Bliss!”
He was a pure artist and brought joy to people who were sad. When he passed on it created a ripple so great that it became a story in the New York Times.
Enjoy, Live your Bliss, be kind and help sad people to be happy.
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Lewis Harrison is the senior teacher in the Wisdom Path Community, an international network of practical philosophers, strategists, contemporary spiritual teachers, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, corporate consultants, educators and social activists. An independent scholar in Applied Game Theory and a shaman’s apprentice through the 1970s and 80s Lewis began integrating his knowledge of creativity, philosophy, and mindfulness to the creation of wealth and success. Any profit made from his teachings goes to support various philanthropic projects including the International Association of Healer Professionals (www.Healing Association.com), The Catskills Art and Culture Festival (and the Maydolong Relief Fund.
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