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 l Certified Laughter Trainings
Laughter Clubs in Chicago and Suburbs l Laughter Coaching
October 2-3
Chicago, IL
Join in the fun and frolic as Laughter Leaders, Laughter Professionals and Laughter Enthusiasts come together for a laughing, learning and funtastic experience one can have in two days.
Presenter Registration open til August 20
Vendor Registration open til September 5
Volunteer Help Appreciated!Participation Registration is now Open!
Make it a reunion with others and remember once again the power of laughter!
Laughter Weekend
for At Risk Youth
Galesburg, IL
November 19-21
Details emerging....
Call for a Preview Screening of Laughology with your organization, school or community
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 Laughter MovementThe 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 was brought about by one who is certified to teach others and certifiy them in the professional laughter leaders course so that laughter could spread throughout Chicago land and into the midwest and beyond.
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.
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 forgot through our obligations and other people's agendas, laugh!
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
Certified
Laughter Yoga Leader Training
Sept 3- Oct 1
9am - 5pm Thurs
9am - 5pm Fri
350 S. Northwest Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068
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Note* this training is followed by the Laugh Fest of
the Midwest Conference
Special Conference Discount
to attendees
Oct
22-24
6pm
- pm Fri
9am - 5pm Sat
9am - 5pm Sun
Galesburg, IL
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Dec
4 - 5
9am - 5pm Sat
9am - 5pm Sun
350 S. Northwest Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068
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for any training
Instructor:
Lynda Tourloukis
Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher - International School of Laughter Yoga
Certifed Laughter Leader -
Laughter World Tour
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