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| How Laughter Yoga Can Help Your Team 1. Laughter Yoga has the ability to generate positive energy. When people laugh together in a group it creates a positive group energy originating from positive thoughts, emotions and feelings. It eliminates negative emotions and thoughts. It encourages the atmosphere making it conducive to a constructive state of mind. 2. Laughter improves communication and allows for more openness with each other. It creates a feeling of safety where issues seem less important. It helps people to express more freely and clearly. Laughter Yoga makes people more likeable because it reduces the tendency to gain self-confidence by analyzing and judging others. 3. Laughter Yoga group sessions create a bonding as people learn to share and care about one another. It provides a sense of emotional security which resists stress and promotes excellence in all other areas of life. Laughter Yoga teaches one to understand others and balance one’s own emotions. It diffuses stress and generates peace and harmony in the mind which leads to improved thinking and better creativity with a defined focus. The team goals become clear and accepted by everyone. People learn to complement and balance each other instead of building conflicts. 4. Laughter is powerful group dynamics. The mirror neurons in the brain cause us to experience the emotions of people we communicate with. Being with laughing people, we experience their laughter which makes it easier for us to laugh. Each time we establish eye contact with people who are laughing; the mirror neurons add their laughter experience to our own and this creates a feeling of togetherness which is a major component for successful team building. 5. Laughter boosting is another effective method which uses unconditional laughter to prepare for stressful occasions. It is a great way to overcome shyness and fear of speaking. This can promote working together without feeling diffident and insecure. It raises one’s ability to interact and connect with other people – all of which is essential for building a good team. 6. Unconditional, thought-free laughter and non-judgmental communication with other members of the laughter group creates relaxed and uplifted feelings. It is hard to remain in conflict with someone when you are laughing. Power struggles cause us to focus on our own needs and ignore the needs of others. Laughter interrupts the power struggle. Resolving Issues At Work With Laughter Yoga 1. Resolving Ego Hassles: people sometimes get highly egoistic and are not willing to compromise - more so if they are in high ranking positions and status. Ego tussles at times gives rise to feelings of jealousy and antagonism which can get counterproductive. 2. Resolving Lack Of Focus: The other critical element of team work success is that all the team efforts are directed towards the same clear goals, the team goals. This relies heavily on good communication in the team and the harmony in member relationships. Working in different directions can shift the focus and hamper team work. 3. Resolving Lack Of Leadership Qualities: conflicting personalities and interests can lead to dominance and feelings of supremacy that is detrimental to team building. Laughter promotes a strong union between those who laugh together resulting in family-like bonds – essential for a good team. The goal of Laughter Yoga is to connect people with one another at heart level without judgment. It enhances leadership qualities and creates an atmosphere of openness and directness. 4. Resolving Lack Of Communication: communication is the key to a strong working relationship. Frequently, poor communication is a result of the fact that the people find it difficult to express themselves. Lack of confidence, shyness and fear of speaking deter them from passing information that may be required by others. Even More Laughter Yoga Benefits… Benefits of team building  Increased productivityImprovement in mental attitude and mental alertnessIncreased self-confidence Laughter Yoga diffuses painful emotions like fear, anger and boredom by releasing them. This can prevent or stop conflicts, ease tension and help us to see and understand others people’s point of view.Laughter makes us generous to a level where we feel better giving than receiving.Increased positive interpersonal communication Increases awareness of the positive aspects of group effort Laughter Yoga gives a better perspective; even annoying traits of people we interact with suddenly seem less important and become bearable (or even endearing) when we laugh about them. *Laughter Yoga sessions in specific fields which require team work such as companies, sports, education, and health care would prove to be extremely valuable and beneficial. Many practitioners around the world involved in these areas have reported significant improvement in their abilities and output. |
| Where Has Laughter Yoga Been? Laughter Yoga Therapy is Going & Growing Sessions for Private Groups and Businesses Available Shenandoah University Faculty, Winchester, VAOak Crest Companies/The June Jeffrey Education CenterBusiness Networking International (BNI Group)Wellspring: A Source For Living With CancerKiwanis WomenThe Young Professionals: Chamber Of Commerce, Winchester, VAThe National Association of Retired Federal Employees |
| Where to Find More Information About Laughter Yoga in Business www.laughteryogacorporate.com |
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 Ramana Heyman | Shenandoah Valley Laughter Yoga | Orchard Hill Healing Center |