Laughing is good for your health. Laughter yoga thus uses laughter to benefit from its benefits: on stress, pain, but also sleep.

Laughter feels good: mental, emotional and physical relaxation. Laughter would indeed have many benefits, for example:

• the release of endorphins, hormones causing a feeling of relaxation, well-being, pleasure;
• stress reduction;
• the reduction of pain, by reducing muscle tension and allowing the release of natural anti-inflammatory drugs;
• the improvement of digestion, thanks to the abdominal gymnastics that it causes;
• relaxation and faster falling asleep;
• or even easier respiratory exchanges.

Laughter is a way to express your emotions, to free yourself from your anger, frustration, resentment, etc.

In the practice of laughter yoga, it is not the humor that triggers the laughter, but the needs of the exercise. Laughter is intentional.

Games are the perfect breeding ground for laughter, and being in a group is also a facilitator.

The session includes several exercises, including:

• stretching, warm-ups;
• breathing;
• meditation;
• moments of free laughter;
• but also fun exercises to easily trigger laughter.

Note that stretching, relaxation, breathing are elements borrowed from yoga.

Rigology is a technique for developing the joy of living. it was developed in 2002 by Corinne Cosserron.

It aims, through a global approach including the harmony of the body, the emotions and the spirit, to reach the true joy of living. It is based on the mind, body, emotions and spirituality.

Rigology encompasses several disciplines, such as laughter yoga, playful relaxation therapy or even meditation. The common point: the use of laughter.

To learn more and find out more precisely what rigology is, visit the website of the International School of Laughter and Happiness.