Spreading
Laughter in Chicagoland one Chuckle at a Time...
This site is
being developed to contain information about the benefits of
laughter, ways to use it to enhance the quality of life, Laughter Leaders,
Laughter Clubs and Events... for a comprehensive website for laughter in
Chicago, suburbs and the Greater Illinois area....More to Come!
Certified Laughter Leaders l World Laughter Day
Certified Laughter Trainings l Laughter Coaching
Laughter Clubs in Chicago and Suburbs l Coalition Meetings
The Laugh Fest in the Midwest
What's on Our Agenda for 2012?
For Certified Laughter Professionals
Join our Coalitions Quarterly Meetings
January 21st
10am - 4pm
The School of Laughter
350 S. Northwest Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Take you on this year and find that man/woman you've been dying to meet all your life...right inside of you! Learn about your personal mission utilizing laughter in your everyday, bump up your professionaism with laughter...no kidding! Learn about what your contribution is to the world!
What a year...what a YOU and how AMAZING it will all be!
Join us... For More Information ... Make us your YOUniversity this year!
2012 Chicagoland
Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Trainings
Engage in the Joy of laughter for yourself and for others this year
warning... this workshop will change your life!
Refresh your laughter, reengage your learning and
define your leadership in laughterJan 28-29 Park Ridge, IL Sat/Sun 9am-5pm
Feb 3-5 Laughter Retreat and Training
(City of Refuge Retreat Center Culloden, GA)
March 24-25 Sat/Sun 9am-5pm
April 3 - May 8 (Six Weeks of training)
(An Indepth Training with a focus on Leadership and on hand practice in every session)
June 23-24 Sat/Sun 9am-5pm
Aug 11-12 Sat/Sun 9am-5pm
Oct 18-19 Sat/Sun 9am-5pm**
(in conjunction with the Laugh Fest in the Midwest 3rd Annual Conference)
Dec 1-2
Find Out More
February 11th
10am - 4pm
The School of Laughter
350 S. Northwest Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Finally, a way to relate to those you love that's fun and helps you to begin to let go and live more joyfully with others. Get out of the house and bring your spouse, your friend, your partner, your coworker, your sibling or just someone you would like to relate better with.
This class is per couple, light lunch and chocolate served
How can you resist?!!
For More Information
National Humor Month
April 1-30
Stay Tuned for funtastic Events
Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
25th Anniversary Humor Conference
Chicago
April 19-21
Get Excited!
Get Registered!
World Laughter Day
14th Annual Event
Sunday May 6thMEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Be Part of the Laughter Float
May 29th
Jolly in July 4th Annual Challenge
July 1-31
July 27-28-29
Three Days of Laughter & Learning with a focus on
Your Personal Growth with Laughter
Your Professional Growth with Laughter
Your Personal Mission with Laughter
Two Opportunities to Change Your Life Incredibly This Year
Aug - Oct
Sept - Nov
4th Annual Smile Campaign
August 1-31
Joyful Minutes
September 1-30
The Laugh Fest in the Midwest
Returns Oct 20-21st
from 9am-4pm
for a third opportunity to gather
Chicagoland Laughter Leaders together for fun and frolic
This conference is open to anyone and everyone who wants to enjoy a day of laughter at an unbelievable price! This year we are making it a no excuses opportunity to join us, laugh and learn!
Daily Tricks and Treats
October 1-31
The Grateful Giggle Game
November 1-30
Stresslessness for the Jolly in the HollyDaze
December 1-31
The Annual Solstice Sing Along
December 18th from 7-9pm
A great way to create your Life and Laugh Development
Develop
joy as you delve into finding new solutions, possibilities and orient opportunities.
Use Professional Coaching to create alignment in the body and
mind so that what you think, feel and act upon comes from an intention and
a value system that is in align with your true desires.
Develop YOU
in the most joyous way
For more information also see - www.followthelaughter.com
Certified
Laughter Leaders l World Laughter Day
l Certified Laughter
Trainings
Laughter Clubs in Chicago
and Suburbs l Laughter
Coaching
What
is Laughter?
Inherently it is a dynamic resource that exists in us all. It is the utterance of the expression of joy. Initially it evolved over 16 million years ago and in the sense of the grunts and panting of expression made by our animal counterparts, in humans it has evolved to convey a great many things.
One can snicker in delight or in misfortune of another's sudden tumble. In the case of the latter, that is what is called incongruent laughter, where something of the unexpected occurs and creates a reaction in us, we laugh at the oddity of it.
We laugh in relief when something of a stress is lifted and the tension is gone, that relief signals that the built up tension and anxiety can now relax and the load is often one that laughing can relieve more easily.
We also laugh in nervousness or to conceal something within that we are fearful of expressing. Camoflauge laughter tends to be guarded.
In all of the
different ways we can laugh the joyful exuberant laugh is the one that is
practiced and developed ...or remembered at this website and in the laughter
movement that sprung up in 1995 in Mumbai India.
The idea capitalized in the mind of an entrepreneuring medical doctor who was intrigued by the concept of laughter being good medicine for the body. As he wrote he was hit by a thought that excited him to create a club for laughter. The same day he began a club and in only a short time later he had developed many clubs where there were thousands in India.
People became interested and visited these laughing clubs of India and soon found that this indeed could be a countermeasure for stress elsewhere.
Steve Wilson, a psycologist from the USA visited and intrigued Dr. Kataria to come to the USA to form a plan to set up laughter clubs. Together they worked to create laughter clubs and a program to develop a training so that it could be done in a professional manner to lead others to find and remember their joy through laughter.
Today there are thousands of laughter clubs in over 65 countries and on the first Sunday in May, World Laughter Day is celebrated to commemorate the joy in the world. This practice has been going on since 1998.
Chicago Coalition of Chuckles
This site and group came about when one person decided that the way to bring laughter to Chicago was through it's leaders and that when we work together the building is not only easier and more fullfilling it creates so much more than one can do alone. Becoming a Teacher of Laughter Yoga gave the opportunity to do just that
The Coalition of Chuckles is her mission to gather the many laughter leaders to create a unified presence and strength that when gathered in a unified theme could truly make a difference in the midwest promoting the amazing benefits of laughter.
We could all
use ways to relieve the stress and one great way is to simply do what is inherently
a natural trait that we were born with and forget through our obligations,
stress and buying into other people's agendas. It all adds up to busy lives
and reducing joy to a luxury.
We are here to Laugh Out Loud!
Laugh for no reason at all and watch the change begin in you.
Learn to Lead yourself and others in Laughter Professionally!
Get
Laughing Professionally
Or join us to feel great!
This training
is life changing!
Certified
Laughter Yoga 28th Leader Training
Jan
28-29
9am - 5pm Sat
9am - 5pm Sun
350 S. Northwest Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068
For
More Information
Register
for any training
Instructor:
Lynda Tourloukis
Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher - International School of Laughter Yoga
Certifed Laughter Leader -
Laughter World Tour
Who
Benefits from this training?
So
Far Lynda's certified...
People just like yourself and...
Doctors
Psychologists,
Social Workers
Nurses
Wellness Practicioners Acupuncturists
Massage Therapists
Wellness Directors
Activity Coordinators
Health Counselors/Coaches
Business Development Coordinators
Tour Guides
Army Personnel
Yoga Instructors
Life Coaches
Personal Development Specialists
Motivational Speakers
Trainers
Sales Professionals
Air Traffic Controllers
Rotarians
Program Developers
Bed and Breakfast Owners
YMCA Instructors
Youth Leadership Professionals
Librarians
Nursing Directors
Meditation Specialists
Special Education Teachers
Dieticians
Department Managers
Personal Trainers
Homemakers
Para Professionals
Students
Intuitive Artists
Philanthropists
Authors
Financial Planners
Government Workers
Fitness Instructors
Church Directors
Business Coaches
Photographers
Assisted Living Care Coordinators Medical Professionals
High School Teachers
Kindergarten Teachers
Heart Care Specialists
Program Coordinators
Hospice Directors
Party Planners
Hospice Volunteers
Business Entrepreneurs
Outdoor Education Specialists
Police Sergeants
Chocolateers
Lawyers
Mental Health Specialists
Parents
Labyrinth Facilitators
Technology Specialists
Travel Coordinators
Chiropractors
Consultants
Designers
Cosmotologists
Docents
Merchants
Community coordinators
Adult ESL Teachers
Retreat Leaders, Managers
Business Development Specialists, Teens
Recent Retirees
Seniors
Prison Guards
School Counselors
Nutritionists
Veterans
Ministers
Actors
Grocers
Musicians
Artists
and all for very unique reasons with the same idea to fill with more joy and
release the stress.
Many came with the idea of adding this benefit to their work or practice in
life and found out that they too benefitted by the experience. Givers Gain!.
In finding out it could be so dynamic for themselves in ways they hadn't previously
imagined, the extra benefit that came along was to find how it indirectly
created a change in their homes and families too!
More Joy for everyone!
Change
your laugh perspective and you'll change your life perspective!
Lynda Tourloukis
