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125. The idea that humour is healthy and that a hearty laugh can make a person feel better has gained much more medical respectability in the last 2 decades. Humour therapy is now used extensively in Yoga and other alternative therapies. The fun frolic and childist attitude generated by laughter not only reduces inhibitions but also curtails tensions. Humour / laughter is now often an essential part of the physiotherapy given to heart and other patients. The laughter acts as an exilir to soothe pain and aids faster recovery of ailing persons.
126. Laughtercising, according to scientists and dietitians, not only exercises muscles of the stomach but emphatically helps burn calories and shed excess fat. So laughing yourself skinny is no joking matter. Laughter is equivalent to jogging and massaging of the best kind for inner organs of the body. Proof of this is in the ever increasing number of thousands of laughter clubs worldwide. As a testimony to the homage the world pays to healing powers of laughter, May 1st is celebrated as a “World Laughter Day” every year.
127. A study has shown that on average a toddler laughs dozens of times a day as compared to a few times for adults. This is a shame because laughter has numerous psychological, physiological and therapeutic benefits. Positive emotions like laughter put a new life into body’s healing mechanism and make it stronger and resilient. When we laugh together, it can bind us closer together instead of pulling apart and thus connect socially; our work, marriage and families all need humour and light moments. So why not double or treble your laughs to 30 or 45 or even more a day! It does not cost anything!
128. According to Osho, “laughter is spiritual and a prayer. In laughter, the noise of the mind stops for a few precious moments, allowing us to experience mindlessness or meditation, however fleetingly. Laughter is the highest religious quality and seriousness a sickening of the soul. Unburden yourself with laughter.”
129. Khushwant Singh, writer, says that “you should have a sense of humour and the ability to laugh (at any age) at other people’s foibles as well as your own. You will find lots of things about people which are comic, funny and will provoke laughter. Try it out. It will be good for your health.”
