Laughter seminars


Laughter relaxes the body, invokes pleasant feelings, and enlivens the mind. Such a state allows us to access our human potential and thus to achieve astonishing feats.

Laughter seminars teach laughing exercises and a playful approach to «laughing without a cause» (>> LaughterFacts pdf-Document (93kb).
The positive effect of these activities on concentration, prowess, and the creativity of the participants is astonishing! Laughter seminars are an as yet little known but highly efficient tool to support the work within any kind of group in companies or educational institutions. 

Laughter seminars are of a very clear and simple structure and can thus be adapted to the most differing needs with ease. Combining them with other kinds of seminars is very well possible. Laughter seminars or short laughing events are most suited for:
Conferences (with any number of participants): enlivening, relaxing and enhancing the effectiveness Retreats: getting up to working speed within a very short time.
Creative meetings: energizing during slack times and generally accessing the creative potential of participants.
Team development processes: getting started and accelerating them.
Clarification processes: empower the dynamics of the process.

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Irrespective of the kind and duration of an event, laughter seminars and short laughing events are always structured along the same lines.


The course of a laughter seminar:

-  A short theoretical introduction helps to arouse the participant's
  curiosity and establishing an accepting attitude. It involves
  astonishing and unknown historical and medical facts about laughter.
-  Simple but entertaining exercises for both body and voice.
  The core «laughter session» is based on Dr. Madan Kataria's
  «laughing without a cause».
-  The last phase serves to integrate the achieved effect and is always
  adapted to the audience and the setting.
  Some of the possibilities are:
  - «anchoring exercises» from the field of mental training
  - theme-specific animations that lead back to «normal work»
    - perception exercises that lead to calm and concentration.

Important note: laughter seminars do not gloss over difficulties and problems cynically or with ignorance. Quite on the contrary, they strengthen the participant's own resources so that they can face difficulties and problems with a new attitude. Therefore, laughter seminars can prove very efficient in companies at times of crises, too.
Laughing is something that improves through training!

As in other contexts, training means that one cannot always expect the same results. Please don't judge your own laughter! You can laugh in an artificial or genuine manner, laugh with effort or playfully! The motto is: «fake it until you make it». For the best results, one should train once or several times daily. Whichever way you do it, you can be sure of positive effects on your body and your mood.


Costs

Costs for laughter seminars and laughter trainings are to be negotiated. They depend on the character of the event, i.e. the length and structure of the training.
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>> There is a lot to be said about laughter (221kb pdf) e.g. about laughter's health promoting effects, or the improved psychic well-being, or about laughter and social interaction, or many other aspects. In this brochure you find a short excerpt from the findings of years of research of gelotology, i.e. the science of laughter.

>> Laughter facts (93kb pdf). A nice collection in A4 format for the pinboard, to frame or to send on. It is a daily reminder of the advantages that laughter offers you. It prompts you to exercise and develop your "laughter capabilities" every day.