Madan Kataria Livres

'Laughter yoga is a perfect way to laugh and get exercise at the same time...I've tried it, and it works.' - Oprah Winfrey With Laughter Yoga, join the worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine! This book will show you how to bring laughter into your life at any time of the day - no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humour! Laughter Yoga is all about voluntary laughter - how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss and enhanced mood. If you act happy, you'll become happy - your body can't tell the difference. The exercises in Laughter Yoga combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full mind-body workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: 30 minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine. 'Laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.' - John Cleese, after visiting a laughter club in Mumbai during the filming of BBC's TV series The Human Face 'Laughter yoga exemplifies a form of 'right-brain thinking' that managers should promote.' - Daniel H. Pink

Could you use a good laugh? This definitive guide by the founder of the worldwide laughter yoga movement will show you how to giggle your way to good health! Bring laughter into your life at any time of day--no special equipment needed, no new wardrobe, no expensive classes, not even a sense of humor! Laughter yoga is all about voluntary laughter--how you can learn to laugh even in the absence of humorous stimuli, and reap the extraordinary, scientifically proven benefits, which include stress reduction, pain relief, weight loss, heightened immunity, and, especially, enhanced mood: If you act happy, you'll become happy--your body can't tell the difference! Children laugh more than 300 times a day, adults fewer than fifteen. But it's easy to start laughing again. The exercises in this book combine voluntary laughter with yogic breathing to give you a full body-mind workout. And it turns out that laughter is the fastest way to reduce stress and the best kind of cardio: Ten minutes of hearty laughter is equal to thirty minutes on the rowing machine. With Laughter Yoga, join the growing worldwide movement and discover how laughter really is the best medicine. A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE

Voller Witz und doch eindringlich schildert der Verfasser in diesem Buch, wie die Lachbewegung in Indien entstand, wie er die ersten Lachclubs in seiner Heimatstadt Mumbai (Bombay) gründete, ohne sich von der Ironie und dem Spott seiner Mitmenschen beirren zu lassen, und wie die Bewegung sich langsam aber sicher zunächst über ganz Indien und schließlich über die ganze Welt ausbreitete. Er führt uns die gesundheitlichen Vorteile vor Augen, die das regelmäßige Lachen in unserer gehetzten und streßbeladenen Zeit nicht nur unserem Körper, sondern auch unserem Gemüt zu bieten hat. Auf wunderbare Weise verknüpft er die verschiedenen, von ihm selbst entwickelten Formen des Lachens, wie das herzliche Lachen, das stille Lachen, das Löwen-Lachen, das aufschwingende Lachen, das Ein-Meter-Lachen und das Cocktail-Lachen, mit Atem- und Dehnübungen, die ihren Ursprung im Yoga haben. Er zeigt uns, wie wichtig das Lachen für unseren Alltag ist, und in welchem Maße es unsere Einstellungen und unser Leben verändern kann.

Smích je opravdu velmi prospěšný, a to ve všech aspektech života – v životě osobním, pracovním i společenském. Smích funguje nejen jako cvičení, ale i jako terapeutický prostředek ke zvládání chronických chorob, a o tom svědčí nespočet studií založených na důkazech. Jóga smíchu povýšila smích na novou úroveň tím, že ho zařadila mezi rutinní denní úkony, aby se mohly naplno projevit jeho zdraví prospěšné účinky. Tato kniha začíná historií a vznikem fenoménu jógy smíchu: jak se vyvíjel a šířil se po světě, přeléval se do různých oblastí života. Dále se dočtete, jak cvičit smích ve skupinách, v páru i o samotě. Jóga smíchu je okamžitou záležitostí. Její účinky můžete cítit už od prvního setkání. Kromě toho je velmi efektivní, nenáročná na čas, je vědecky podložená a je snadné se ji naučit. Tak se smějte taky!