Social, psychological, and physiological studies have provided evidence indicating that laughter imposes an increased demand on trunk muscles. It was the aim of this study to quantify the activation of trunk muscles during laughter yoga in comparison with crunch and back lifting exercises regarding the mean trunk muscle activity. Muscular activity during laughter yoga exercises was measured by ...

BACKGROUND Laughter Yoga founded by M. Kataria is a combination of unconditioned laughter and yogic breathing. Its effect on mental and physical aspects of healthy individuals was shown to be beneficial. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Kataria's Laughter Yoga and group exercise therapy in decreasing depression and increasing life satisfaction in older...

BACKGROUND Laughter Yoga consists of physical exercise, relaxation techniques and simulated vigorous laughter. It has been associated with physical and psychological benefits for people in diverse clinical and non-clinical settings, but has not yet been tested in a haemodialysis setting. The study had three aims: 1) to examine the feasibility of conducting Laughter Yoga for patients with end st...

background:   materials and methods:   results:   conclusions:   the fi ndings showed that laughter yoga had a positive effect on students’ general health and improved the signs of physical and sleep disorders, lowered anxiety and depression, and promoted their social function. therefore, laughter yoga can be used as one of the effective strategies on students’ general health.

Abstract Cancer patients experience physical, psychological, social, and spiritual challenges which are related to mental well-being. Laughter Yoga includes those laughter exercises which may enhance mental well-being in patients undergoing chemo therapy. Purpose: To determine the Impact of Laughter Yoga on Mental Well-being of Cancer Patients under Chemotherapy Methodology: T...

background: cancer is usually accompanied by considerable stress for the sufferer, and the stress has destructive effects on chemotherapy treatment process. therefore, the current research deals with the effect of yoga laughter on the cancer patients’ stress before chemotherapy. methods: in this research, as the first step, 37 cancer sufferers , who had been hospitalized in shohada tajrish hosp...

A quick guide to tickling, a form of laughter-evoking play that can be considered as an index of agency, with a discussion of its taxonomic distribution and its possible relationship to traditional measures of self-recognition.

BACKGROUND Cancer is usually accompanied by considerable stress for the sufferer, and the stress has destructive effects on Chemotherapy treatment process. Therefore, the current research deals with the effect of yoga laughter on the cancer patients' stress before chemotherapy. METHODS In this research, as the first step, 37 cancer sufferers , who had been hospitalized in Shohada Tajrish Hosp...

Humor is an important, ubiquitous phenomenon; however, seemingly disparate conditions seem to facilitate humor. We integrate these conditions by suggesting that laughter and amusement result from violations that are simultaneously seen as benign. We investigated three conditions that make a violation benign and thus humorous: (a) the presence of an alternative norm suggesting that the situation...