Laughter is the Best Medicine
Turns out this age old proverb is no joke. Medical research is showing us that laughter really does lead to better physical, emotional and mental health. A good laugh can help reduce stress, lower blood pressure, elevate mood, boost immune function, improve brain function, protect the heart and the list goes on. All this from a giggle.
To learn more about the health benefits of laughter, check out these websites:
No question laughter feels good, but knowing it is actually good for you makes laughing all the more important. Life is full of demands and challenges and days do go by when we don’t have a good giggle. It sounds funny (Ha!), but we may need to make time to laugh. Our health depends on it.
At least that is what physician Dr. Madan Kataria thinks. Dr. Kataria believes laughter can improve health, increase productivity and maybe even bring about world peace. So he scaled back his medical practice in hopes of triggering an international laughing epidemic. So far, he is off to a pretty good start. Dr. Kataria’s brainchild – Laughter Clubs – numbers in the 5000’s and exists in almost 50 countries.
To learn more about laughter clubs, visit:
Or to find a club near you, click:
Laughter clubs don’t sound like your kind of thing, try Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., authors of the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
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1) Learn to laugh at yourself.
2) Inject humor any time it is appropriate.
3) Read the comics to find one that you find funny and follow it.
4) Watch comedies on televisions.
5) Go see a funny movie with a friend.
6) Listen to comedy audiotapes in your car while driving.
7) Play with kids.
8) Ask yourself, “what is funny about this situation?”
Of course we are bias, but number 9 could certainly be wear an Empoword giggle tee shirt. From experience, we can tell you wearing “giggle” brings a smile to the face of everyone you see. No matter what way you choose to bring more laughter and joy into your life, we hope you remember to make time to relax, to smile, to enjoy your friends and family, to be playful and silly, and of course, giggle.
