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Happiness shared many of you know this story, but it's worth a second or even third reading does. Enjoy.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the only window in the room

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours.

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation .."happy poems"

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, passing the time by describing to his roommate all he saw out of the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the outside world.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.

Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailing their boats models .. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a beautiful view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all these exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by.

Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed."happy poems"

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.

She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he leaned on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.

He strained to slowly turn to the window out of bed

It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what his dead companion had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said: "Maybe I just wanted to encourage you."

Epilogue:

There is tremendous happiness make others happy, despite our own situations.

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can not buy.

"Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present.""happy poems"

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Happiness "Poem"

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There’s just no accounting for happiness,

or the way it turns up like a prodigal

who comes back to the dust at your feet

having squandered a fortune far away.

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And how can you not forgive?

You make a feast in honor of what

was lost, and take from its place the finest

garment, which you saved for an occasion

you could not imagine, and you weep night and day

to know that you were not abandoned,

that happiness saved its most extreme form

for you alone.

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No, happiness is the uncle you never

knew about, who flies a single-engine plane

onto the grassy landing strip, hitchhikes

into town, and inquires at every door

until he finds you asleep midafternoon

as you so often are during the unmerciful

hours of your despair.

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It comes to the monk in his cell.

It comes to the woman sweeping the street

with a birch broom, to the child

whose mother has passed out from drink.

It comes to the lover, to the dog chewing

a sock, to the pusher, to the basketmaker,

and to the clerk stacking cans of carrots

in the night.

                     It even comes to the boulder

in the perpetual shade of pine barrens,

to rain falling on the open sea,

to the wineglass, weary of holding wine.

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Love and Happiness

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True happiness is smooth pulling away from you.

Happiness is best achieved through living an ethical life. A good life is a happy life. Good relations and take responsibility not only make a good life possible; they are happiness itself.

But good people are not always happy. Why? Because goodness is an ideal state; There's something you point, sort of moving target. Happiness can be achieved above all is casual and ephemeral. Conditions change and look again. Even the best goalkeeper does not always hit the bull's-eye. External conditions make it easier to achieve happiness. For example, an archer is more likely to achieve a target if the bow made better use if you use an arc of pain. Nobody, however, has everything you need quiet time, perfect health, teachers simply loving parents who care.

No one can be happy all the time. But you can approach happiness with a good family, a good friend, a good government, good enough possessions and proper health. The great archer with bow inadequate expel incompetent Archer with the latest equipment and the best.

I agree with the observation of Goethe: "I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element is my personal approach that creates the climate is my mood every day that makes the climate I possess tremendous power to make unhappy... or happy life. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all cases, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is intensifying and escalating, and a person is humanized or dehumanized . If we treat people as they are, they make them worse. If we treat people as they should be, we help them become what they are capable of Become "."happy poems"

Happiness, while it is not possible all the time, can at least part time. More than that, you can look back at your life and say you were happy. Happiness is the overall assessment of their life, not episodic moments. He is the image of Seurat pointillist remotely, matters closely.

True happiness is smooth pulling away from you that you find a better car that can thrive. I love the good things and love the right way is the key. Ethical relationships make it more likely that you look back on your life, you will be able to say. "I've lived a good life"

However, there is something about happiness, which is independent of virtue. This is the happiness found in joy of life, the joy of just being. This can be experienced, either with each other or in moments of solitude. What form it takes, I guess, it is a matter of temperament. Individual arrangements and education will make people find happiness in different ways. Some are social, others alone. I can not find happiness in the association, while you may prefer a walk in the woods. You can enjoy the tranquility of a good book, or maybe it's the friendliness of the dinner table you need. Some cities of love, the other campaign."happy poems"

But how to find happiness, is always accompanied by love, happiness is ultimately the love of life, celebration of life. The brand of happiness is that they are sensitive to the world around you, you acknowledge your dependence on its environment and is full of goodness.

You want to take care of what you love, and is taking care of him. The person who finds happiness in love is the person who can be trusted to make others happy. This is the meaning behind the aphorism of Lao Tzu, "The person who loves the world as their own bodies can be entrusted to the empire."

There are those who have everything they claim to have wanted, but still are not happy. They think they can be happy even indifferent, happy all independent. The opposite is true: happiness requires the gratitude and recognition of the interdependence around you. More wealth does not make you happy; deeper relationships and do better.

The places of happiness are endless, endless sources. And you live in these places because they were not prosecuted but because you have opened their hearts and are allowed to enter."happy poems"

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General article on Laughter Yoga - An Overview

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Laughter is the best medicine; we all know that. But in today's high-pressure, high voltage, and the competitive world, laughter is fading. People used to laugh at least 18 minutes a day, but today we laugh not more than 6 minutes per day, despite the huge increase in living standards. Children can laugh up to 300-400 times in a day, but as adults this frequency is reduced to only 15 times a day.

Researchers have shown that laughter has the ability to relax the negative effects of stress: the catalyst for many of our health problems. More than 70 percent of illnesses-- as hypertension, heart disease, anxiety, depression, frequent coughs and colds, peptic ulcers, insomnia, allergies, asthma, tension headaches, stomach upsets and even cancer - They are somehow related to stress.

It has been scientifically proven that laughter lowers blood pressure, relaxes muscles, improves blood circulation, increases the oxygen level in the body, elevates the mood, brings hope, improves communication and especially strengthens the immune system, which is the main key to maintaining good health. But until now there was a reliable and effective system to deliver laughter. Humor was the only tool, and is not reliable and seldom leads to continuous laughter.

Laughter Yoga - a breakthrough"happy poems"

Laughter Yoga is a breakthrough laughter delivery system that allows a person to laugh continuously for 15 to 20 minutes. It is a powerful exercise routine analysis fastest in the world and is a complete wellbeing workout.

It is the result of Dr. Madan Kataria, an Indian physician from Mumbai who started the first laughter club in a park of 13 March 1995, with only 5 people. Today, it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6,000 social laughter clubs in 60 countries. It combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing (pranayama) .Anyone can laugh without reason, without relying on humor, jokes or comedy. Laughter is simulated as a body exercise in a group, but with a visual flair and playful child, who soon becomes real and contagious laughter.

The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on a scientific fact that the body can not differentiate between fake and real laughter. One gets the same physiological and psychological benefits.

This innovative concept has been widely accepted around the world and was written in prestigious publications such as Time Magazine, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, the Daily Telegraph (UK) and many others. Laughter clubs have also been featured on Oprah Winfrey Show, BBC, CNN, ZDF (Germany), NHK (Japan), ABC News (USA) and many other TV networks worldwide. Several documentaries have also been shown in different languages ​​around the world. This strong media coverage helped spread Laughter Yoga to almost all parts of the world, with more and more people join the family laugh.

Why Laughter Yoga - 3 Reasons"happy poems"

1. For the scientifically proven benefits of laughter, we have to laugh continuously for at least 10-15 minutes. Since the Laughter Yoga laughter as an exercise, we can extend our laughter, as long as we want. On the other hand, natural laughter comes from a few seconds here and there and not enough to cause physiological and biochemical changes in our body.

2. For the benefits of laughter, laughter must be strong and deep from the diaphragm. It should be a laugh. It would not be socially acceptable to laugh out loud, but Laughter Yoga clubs provide a safe environment where loud and happy voice we can laugh without any social implication.

3. Natural laughter that courses through our life depends on many reasons and conditions, but there are many reasons that make us laugh. This means that randomly started laughing, it may happen that you can not. However, in the laughter yoga club, we are not starting to laugh at random, but out of commitment. This is a sure way to get the benefits of laughter.

Laughter Clubs Free for All clubs Laughter Yoga are free to all social clubs. There are no dues, no forms and no problem. They are run by trained as teachers and leaders of voluntary laugh. These clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and nonprofit managed under the auspices of Laughter Clubs International in India and Laughter Yoga International in the world.

Mission - World Peace: The ultimate goal is to achieve good health, joy and world peace through laughter. Laughter is a universal language without cultural barriers. Laughter Yoga clubs are developing rapidly in a global community of like-minded people who believe in unconditional love, laughter and brotherhood. Every first Sunday of May World Laughter Day is celebrated. In 2000, nearly 10,000 people laughed together in Copenhagen to create a Guinness Book of World Records.

Life Changing Experience"happy poems"

In India there are thousands of clubs Laughter Yoga that meet every morning in public parks. Club members proudly report that they have not missed a day in five years or more. They say it makes them happy, healthy and full of energy - in fact, it has changed their lives.

They are full of positive energy that makes it easy to deal with stress and is impossible to be depressed. In fact, the impact of laughter is so profound that many practitioners claim no longer need antidepressants. Positive emotions experienced coming back for more.

Participants report significant health improvements. Many felt a reduced respiratory infections such as colds and flu frequently, while others have reported depression lifting, chronic medical problems improve or even disappear. As the word spread, it was obvious that Laughter Yoga is to help people become healthier.

Scientifically proven: clinical research on methods of laughter yoga at the University of Graz in Austria, Bangalore (India) and the USA It has shown that laughter reduces the level of stress hormones (adrenaline, cortisol, etc.) in the blood. Promotes a positive and hopeful attitude. It is less likely to succumb to stress and feelings of depression and helplessness if one is able to laugh away the problems.

Fields of different applications"happy poems"

Laughter Yoga in schools: In India, Laughter Yoga has been introduced in many schools in the cities of Surat, Baroda and Bangalore. This includes 10 minutes of laughter in morning assembly followed by five minutes of laughter session in the classroom at the beginning and end of the day.

This regular practice has shown that the mood and the atmosphere changes for the better. Teachers and students are happier with a more positive outlook, communication is improved, less discipline is necessary assistance and improved. The results showed academic improvement. Besides India, there are laughter clubs in Ithaca College in New York and Minnesota that attracts many young people are becoming popular.

Laughter Yoga for Business World: Scientific research shows that laughter can help solve many key problems in the workplace, but so far there has been no reliable and effective system to deliver laughter. Humor was the only tool available, but it is not reliable and seldom leads to continuous laughter.

Laughter Laughter Yoga is a system of administration of the gap that can allow a person to laugh continuously for 15 to 20 minutes with short breaks of yogic breathing. Many professionals Laughter Yoga presented sessions with positive results.

The concept is gaining popularity in companies and corporations in India, Denmark, United States and many other countries. It is a powerful force for improving staff performance in the workplace. This was recently confirmed by studies in India and the United States which showed a substantial reduction of stress and a sharp increase in the ability of staff to perform their jobs after just three weeks of laughter sessions.

Laughter Yoga with Seniors: Laughter Yoga is practiced among seniors in many aged care facilities in Canada, USA, Israel and Europe. There is a marked increase in life expectancy to improved health care and progress in medical technology. In fact, in ten years the number of elderly has almost doubled.

Faced with age and age-related disorders, seniors find their physical and mental faculties decline. From the cognitive abilities of older people they are at risk due to senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease find it difficult to understand the humor. Therefore, Laughter Yoga is the ideal form of exercise routine that can help you get all the health benefits of laughter.

Laughter Yoga with cancer patients: There are hundreds of people in laughter clubs worldwide suffering from cancer, but laughter has brought new hope in their lives. Many have reported that regular sessions of laughter that benefited enormously.

Cancer is the leading cause of death, after the next depression and cardiac problems. Scientific research has shown that laughter has a profound impact on the immune system that decides the course of survival of cancer patients. Laughter Yoga has been applied effectively in many hospitals helping cancer patients and caregivers cope with the pain and trauma. Swedish Cancer Hospital in Chicago, USA Laughter Yoga done regularly, while patients taking chemotherapy.

Laughter Yoga in Prisons: Laughter yoga is practiced in several prisons in India, Europe and USA .. Famous British actor John Cleese visited Mumbai prison in 2001 when he made the documentary for the BBC on human expressions. He found that laughter has had a great impact on prisoners and the overall atmosphere lightened.

With the increase of crime in the world, prisons are more burdened by prisoners harboring negative emotions and thoughts. Laughter Yoga is a good way to dispel these feelings of anger and frustration. Many prisons in India found Laughter Yoga an effective tool to release their negative emotions. There are positive changes in the attitude of prisoners and better relations between staff and reducing prisoner violence.

Laughter Yoga with physical and mental disabilities: Laughter Yoga has made a huge difference in the lives of many people with physical and mental disabilities in India, Canada, USA and Portugal. In fact, in Bangalore, India, the introduction of Laughter Yoga for the mentally and physically handicapped children showed significant improvement in their motor and expressive skills and control in hyper drive.

Many of these people who come to these sessions in wheelchairs showed significant improvement in their physical and mental health.

Laughter Yoga has also been introduced in many schools and among deaf blind children to help them cope with their disabilities and generate a more positive attitude, which will help improve their welfare.

5 Benefits of Laughter Yoga"happy poems"

One of the factors that motivate people to join clubs Laughter Yoga is the belief in the health benefits of many people are going to draw. It is not the concept or philosophy that attracts; Finally, it is just what they will get and how they will benefit their lives.

Most of the benefits of Laughter Yoga can be explained in 5 categories that are easy to remember.

Health Services 1.

The health benefits of laughter are two categories: 1. For people who are not sick and want to stay healthy. 2. For those who have an illness, LY helps heal faster. People come regularly in laughter clubs because it helps them stay in shape. Strengthens the immune system and are not easily falls ill. Laughter Yoga is a cardio workout powerful and only 10 minutes of laughter equals 30 minutes on the rowing machine. It increases blood circulation and relaxes the muscles. It is also an antidote against depression, lowers blood pressure, reduces the symptoms of allergies, asthma, arthritis and contribute to chronic diseases such as cancer. Stress is now the leading cause of death and more than 70 to 80 percent of the diseases are caused by stress. Laughter Yoga is a workout that reduces the physical, mental and emotional stress simultaneously and provides emotional balance. People can feel the benefits of the first session.

2. Personal Life

Their moods determine the quality of your life. Laughter Yoga has the power to change your mood within minutes by releasing certain chemicals in the brain called endorphins. If your mood is good, you feel good inside and remain cheerful throughout the day. Laughter Yoga also helps develop a sense of humor and laugh more in real life. You always have a smiling face, a positive attitude towards life and very little negative thoughts.

3. Life business

Laughter Yoga is cheaper, less time and technical scientifically proven to reduce stress in the workplace. Science tells us that the brain needs 25% more oxygen than other organs of the body for optimum function. Laughter Yoga increases the net supply of oxygen that contributes to optimum performance. You feel excited and fresh all day and can work longer without tiring.

Group laughter can create a happy work force motivated and that includes a strong component of equipment.

For those in the marketing and sales, it improves self-esteem and communication skills. The training of human resources in the Laughter Yoga is a very effective way to increase attention span during extended sessions tool. In addition, when they are laughing and playing, it is more creative in your business.

4. Social Life

The quality of life and life satisfaction does not depend on the amount of money, power, position and the success you have in life, but rather by the number of good friends with whom we have a compassionate relationship and sharing . Laughter is a powerful tool to communicate with people easily. After basic need for survival we are what we all need appreciation and recognition of our emotional development. Laughter clubs provide a rich social network of people who care about each other. This gives you a sense of emotional security which resists stress and helps fight depression, which is the number one disease at present.

5. laughs in the face of the challenges

In times of difficulties, it is not easy to stay calm. By drinking the essence of Laughter Yoga and characteristics, you can learn to effectively manage any situation calmly. It helps maintain a positive mental attitude so you can deal with negative situations and deal with difficult people in a better than a normal person can so much."happy poems"

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The science of laughter

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Far from simple reactions to jokes, teasing and hollers are serious business: They are innate - and large - social tools.

As heard on a crowded restaurant, punctuating the enthusiastic chatter of friends or laugh out loud laugh track on a TV, laughter is an essential part of everyday life. It is so common that we forget how strange - and important - it is. In fact, laughter is a "speaking in tongues" in which we do not move by religious fervor but by an unconscious social and linguistic clues response. Stripped of its variation and nuances, laughter is a regular series of short syllables as vowels usually transcribed as "ha-ha", "ho-ho" or "ji-hee". These syllables are part of the vocabulary of universal man, produced and recognized by people of all cultures.

Given the universality of sound, our ignorance of the purpose and meaning of laughter is remarkable. We laughed somehow the right time, without consciously knowing why we do it. Most people think of laughter as a simple response to comedy or cathartic mood elevation. However, after 10 years of research on this poorly studied, I conclude that laughter is primarily a social vocalization that brings people together. There is a hidden language we all speak. It is not a learned group reaction but instinctive behavior programmed by our genes. US bonds laughter through humor and play.

Nothing to joke about

Despite its importance in daily life, there is little research on how and why we laugh. I thought it was time to actually see people laugh and describes when they did and what it meant. The research took me laugh my labs windows of a social world more exciting way of laughing gas, religious revivals, acting classes, wars tickling baby chimpanzees and a search for the oldest joke.

As a starting point, three undergraduates and I have observed 1,200 people laughing spontaneously in their natural surroundings, the sidewalks of the city's student union. Every time we hear the laughter, see the sex of the speaker (the person who spoke immediately before laughter occurs) and the public (those who listen to the speaker), if the speaker or the audience laughs, and what he said immediately before laughing.

Although we usually think of laughter from an audience after a joke of a single speaker, contrary to expectations, the speakers have observed laughed almost 50% more than your audience. The study also shows that the banal comments like, "Where were you" or "It was nice meeting you, too?" - Just slappers knee -. It is much more likely to precede laughter jokes Only 10% to 20% of the episodes of laughter that followed witnessed joke as if nothing Even more humorous than 1200 comments that preceded laughter are not necessarily howlers. "You do not have to drink, just buy us drinks!" and "Was it before or after taking my clothes?". They are two of my favorites. This suggests that the essential stimulus for laughter is another person, not a joke.

Students in my classes have confirmed the social nature of laughter by recording the circumstances of her laughter in the newspapers. After excluding the social effects of the means of implementation (television, radio, books, etc.), its social nature was surprising: Laughter was 30 times more common in the social field as solitary situations. Students were much more likely to speak with them smile or laugh even when alone. But we can feel happy, laughter is a signal we send to others and it virtually disappears when we lack an audience.

Laughter is also very difficult to consciously control. Try asking a friend to laugh, for example. Most announces, "I can not laugh to order" or a similar statement. The observations of his friends are right - its efforts to laugh or be forced order useless. They will need several seconds to produce a laugh, if they can do it at all. This suggests that we can not deliberately activate the brain mechanisms of emotional expression. You want to play, being in a group, positive emotional tone and dial the social parameters of most of the laughs.

Giggly girls explained"happy poems"

Linguist Deborah Tannen describes the differences between the sexes in the speech in his bestselling book, not me (Ballantine, 1991) understand. Gender differences in laughter may be even higher. In 1200 our case studies, my colleagues and I found that if researchers of both sexes laugh a lot, women laugh more. In discussions with cross gender, women 126% more than their male counterparts laugh, which means that women tend to do more laughter while men tend to laugh more technical. Men seem to be the main instigators of humor across cultures, beginning in childhood. Think back to your class clown in school - most likely, it was a male. The sort of laughter every day also suggests why there are more men than women comedians. (Rodney Dangerfield probably makes more respect calling him.)

Given the differences in patterns of laughter, men and women, laughter is a factor meetings, correspondence and mating? I was looking for an answer in the market for newsprint human personals. In 3745 ads placed April 28, 1996, in eight articles of the Baltimore Sun, the San Diego Union-Tribune, women were 62% more likely to speak of laughter in your ads, and women were more likely to seek a "sense of mood ", while men were more likely to offer. Clearly, women seek men who make them laugh, and men are willing to comply with that request. When Karl Grammar and studied Irenaeus Eibl-Eibesfeldt spontaneous conversations between mixed couples of young German adults together for the first time, they found that the longer a woman laughed during these meetings, the largest of its self-declared interest in the man he was speaking. Similarly, men were more interested in women laughed good heart in his presence. Personal ads and German study complement an observation of my field studies: women's laughter, not the male, it is the critical index of a healthy relationship. Kids can laugh or not, but what matters is that women get their yuks in.

In many societies around the world - from Tamil South India to the Tzeltal of Mexico - laughter is a modest behavior, and the women in my study can be used as a voice compliance or unconscious display solidarity with a group member dominant social. I suspect, however, that kind of laughing models are fluid and change with the unconscious social circumstances. For example, laughter in the workplace of a young executive is likely to decrease as it ascends the scale of the company, but will remain a barrel of laughs when cavorting with old friends. Consider your own workplace. Have you met a strong leader with a smile? Someone who laughs a lot, and unconditionally, can be a good team player but rarely will a president.

The virus of laughter"happy poems"

As someone who never laughed when he saw someone bent can testify, laughter is contagious. From our laughter it is under minimal conscious control, spontaneous and relatively uncensored. Contagious laughter is a compelling example of Homo sapiens, a social mammal. Still our veneer of culture and challenges the assumption that we are in full control of our behavior. These voices coming synchronized ideas neurological roots of human social behavior and expression.

Consider the extraordinary 1962 epidemic infectious laugh at a boarding school for girls in Tanzania. The first symptoms appeared on January 30, when three girls were giggling and could not stop laughing. Symptoms spread rapidly to 95 students, forcing the school to close on March 18 girls sent home from school were vectors for the spread of the epidemic. Related outbreaks occurred in other schools in Central Africa and spread like wildfire, leaving two and a half years later, and that affects about 1,000 people.

Before dismissing the African outbreak as an anomaly, consider our own mini-epidemics caused technologically produced by television laugh tracks. Laugh tracks have accompanied most television sitcoms since 9 September 1950. At 7:00 pm, "The Hank McCune Show" used the first laugh track to compensate by being filmed without an audience Live. The rest is history. Canned laughter may seem artificial, but makes audiences laugh as if they were part of a live theater audience.

The irresistible laughter of others rooted in the detection mechanism neurological laughter. The fact that laughter is contagious raises the intriguing possibility that human beings have a sound detector laughter - a neural circuit in the brain that responds exclusively to laugh. (Contagious yawning may involve a similar process in the visual field). Once activated, the detector activates a generator laugh to laugh, a neural circuit that leads in turn to produce laughter.

In addition, laughter is not distributed randomly through speech. One speaker may say "You're going where? ... Ha ha," but rarely "You go ... ha ha ... where?" This is a test of "effect of punctuation." - The tendency to laugh almost exclusively to breaks in the speech sentence This model requires that the word takes precedence over the laughter.

The appearance of speaker laughing at the end of the prayers suggested based neurological process that governs the placement of laughter in speech, and that different brain regions are involved in the expression of cognitively oriented language and emotive vocals laughing. During the conversation, discourse prevails - ie inhibits - laughter.

Poor Medicine"happy poems"

The authorities of the Readers Digest Bible reminds us that "laughter is the best medicine." Written and audiovisual journalists produce stories optimistic, often frothy as "a laugh a day keeps the doctor." Norman Cousins ​​book a bestseller and Robin Williams movie Patch Adams People amplifies this message but not said in these reports is a shocking truth: .. The laughter did not evolve to make us feel better or improve our health course, laughter brings people together, and social support has been shown in studies to improve mental and physical health because of alleged health benefits of laughter may have unintended consequences of its main objective. unite people.

Laughter is an energy activity that pressure raises our heart rate and blood, but these physiological effects are incompletely documented and their medicinal properties are even more uncertain. Lennart Levi, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, said the active comedy "fight or flight" system of the body by increasing levels of urinary catecholamines, a measure of the activation and stress. DHSC Lee Berk, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, responded with a widely cited study that reported that laughter reduces catecholamines and other hormonal measures of sympathetic activation. This reduction of stress-related hormones and is the mechanism whereby laughter is presumed to improve immune function. Unfortunately, studies of Berk, best show a biological response to comedy. Their reports include only five experimental subjects, never said whether these subjects laughed, and appeared in only three brief summaries.

A sense of humor and a playful personality add years to your life? Not necessarily. A large study of Howard Friedman, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, found optimism and sense of humor in childhood to be inversely related to longevity. This may be because people with untempered optimism participate in risk taking, thinking, "I'll be fine."

Pain reduction is one of the promising applications of laughter. Romero Cogan, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Texas Tech University found that subjects a video Lily Tomlin laughed or suffered a process of relaxation tolerated more discomfort than other issues. Humor can help alleviate the pain. James Rotton, Ph.D., of Florida International University, said the orthopedic surgery patients who watched funny videos of aspirin and tranquilizers unless asked the group considered dramas. Humor can also help manage stress. In a study by Michelle Newman, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University, subjects watched a film about three horrible accident and had to tell them in a humorous or serious style. Those who have used the humorous tone had the lowest negative impact and stress.

One problem with these studies is that none of them to separate the effects of laughing mood. The possibility that the alleged effects of laughter or humor can come recreational parameters associated with these behaviors are not allowed. And none of evaluating the uniqueness of laughter contrasting it with other vocalizations as shouting.

Rigorous test that can reduce stress and pain through laughter remains a latent possibility, but reasonable. While we wait for definitive proof, it does not hurt - and it's certainly nice - to laugh. So a guy walks into a bar ..."happy poems"

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Why laughter really is the best medicine

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New this summer was that the British government was looking for ways to make us happier. As the BBC program "The formula of happiness", in May 2006 showed, happiness levels in the UK are falling. In fact, the percentage of people who say they are very happy has decreased by 52% in 1957 to only 36% today, despite a huge increase in earnings. As professionals in the field of tension, which will certainly be very aware of the statistics that show levels of increasingly severe stress experienced by people. So the news on happiness levels is unlikely to be a surprise.

What research has tended to show it is that there are some key factors contributing to happiness. As the leader of positive psychology, Dr. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania publicist found that three things stand out: the pleasure (the "smiley-face piece"), commitment (the depth of commitment to family, work, romance and Recreation) and meaning (using personal strengths to serve a greater purpose). Seligman says the commitment and sense are particularly important. Other researchers have underlined bondedness friends, family and loved ones as a major contributor.

So if you look at laughter as a manifestation of happiness, it is not something we tend to do alone. "It is a communication tool," says Robert Provine of the University of Maryland. So laughter is contagious, once one person starts, others follow quickly (very difficult if someone laughs in. The middle of something that is supposed to be very serious) When we laugh with others, we are more connected with them - this is part of our link.

But what will laugh and why is it so important? What laughter has to tell us about our happiness - and our welfare?"happy poems"

Well, laughter is generally considered an essential behavior, a cheerful happy while lack of laughter contributes to anxiety, depression and disease. In today's society, that happiness in general, seem to have forgotten how to laugh. Dr. Michael Titze, a German psychologist tells us that,

· In people were laughing 18 minutes a day, but today, the 1950s, we laughed no more than 6 minutes per day, despite the huge increase in living standards

· Children can laugh up to 300-400 times a day, but when we grow into adults this frequency is reduced to less than 15 times a day, if at all.

So why laughter has decreased? The answers will not surprise you. Here are some reminders. First there is the stress of living in a rapidly changing world that is increasingly dominated by anxiety and fear. Telecommunications have been bad news instantly accessible to millions, exacerbating anxiety and fear. People work long hours, under pressure to act quickly. Transport is crowded. Cities are overcrowded. Divorce and family breakdown are high. So negative stress levels are increasing.

Many people live in the past, guilt or resentment, while others fear the future. Often, because of the perceived difficulty it is attributed to something or someone else. So do not assume real responsibility and have difficulty living in the moment - which of course is where laughter happens.

Happiness is seen as dependent on external factors and becomes part of "more, bigger, better" syndrome and search for certain things to be happy, which, if successful in a series of immediate execution followed by dissatisfaction and renewed desire that leaves a lingering feeling of "what I need is not enough." It becomes a repetitive feeling that "I do not get what I want, something is still missing. If only I could ... ..or ... ..when I ...... ..". The desire Addiction is considered one of the most fundamental human satisfaction obstacles and is omnipresent in today's society.

Laughter is seen as dependent on a "sense of humor" we believe we need a reason to laugh, that laughter is laughter "to" something or someone else, happens only at certain times and it depends "sense of humor" means. it depends on external stimuli or belief that you have in your personality.

However, the main hope is now available. After looking both East and West, people think that laughter is something that can be created spontaneously and should not depend on anything. In fact, you can laugh for no reason. The real laughter is an energy that flows from within. It is something that happens spontaneously, without reason, as a result of experience, often called joy.

People may have lost, but it is perfectly possible to help them recover. People can learn to laugh without reason, to discover their own innate ability to experience their own source of laughter and joy. You should not be happy or have a "sense of humor" or even have a reason to laugh. You should not be bound by their social conditioning.

We are talking about a simple technique that was so powerful it has become a global phenomenon, having been introduced in India by Madan Kataria medical doctor to help people manage the stress of life in Mumbai. Dr. Kataria was so concerned about this day, came out in a park and asked many people as he could to join him in an instant laughter club. Eventually he managed to convince four people to join him. As others saw the initial bewilderment, they took turn to tell jokes. As we have seen, laughter is contagious. Others began to join and soon had 50 people in his club."happy poems"

Unfortunately, they ran out of jokes after two weeks, then two women complained that the mood became sexist and rude. To save your new idea, and that was the great fundamental breakthrough, Dr. Kataria returned to the idea of ​​laughter exercises to help people to fake laugh, to "fake it until you do." This worked a treat! He also addressed his wife, a yoga teacher, yoga and borrowed some deep breathing, adapted to the simple breathing exercises to support the capacity of people to support the real laugh. Born Laughter Yoga, the club recovered and soon the park was attracting a large number of sessions of laughter working-Pré. It was so popular that it spread, first throughout India and now worldwide.

Why it was so successful? First, because it is very easy: anyone can do it. That laugh technical training belongs to all and has no hidden agenda. It is not the person to the load. It is socially and emotionally strong. And above all, it is the fulfillment of what is beneficial. No thinking is required. It is the thinking part of the brain that contains the beliefs described above that are limiting our natural laughter. Laughter bypasses left this part of the brain thought, drawing from our right brain functions. Here are our childlike qualities; that is where we are spontaneous and playful, creative and intuitive.

Practical exercises that are simple physical techniques, aim to contact this naturally funny, thanks in large part to "act silly." Moreover, as we said earlier, laughter is contagious and that the mechanism kicks Natural laughing, false laughter becomes real laughter. Finally, it also allows the use of a simple breathing technique is a very effective form of aerobic exercise that makes you feel good. We see it all the time in bright smiles, pulling faces and eyes shining participants after a session of laughter.

So why laughter really is the best medicine?

Well, it is scientifically proven that even if you pretend to laugh or act happy, your body produces chemicals "happiness" substances. Our bodies do not know the difference between thinking about doing something and actually doing it. Regardless of the source of laughter, leading to the same set of physiological changes in the body. Laughter generates positive rejection of chemicals

· To enrich the blood with a plentiful supply of oxygen

Stimulate the immune system and bring relaxation

· Combating harmful stress chemicals

· Release endorphins, the hormone murderer pain in the body and give a sense of wellbeing

· Fighting depression, anxiety and psychosomatic problems

• Ensure a good sleep

· Carry a happy face brightness and make your eyes shine

This is supported by research physiologist 19th century French Duchene, who found that the "real" smile (when part of the lips and turn up and the muscles contract around the eye to create crow's feet) without unknowingly sends a real joy in the brain of the person to smile. Therefore, even a "real" induced smile can lift your mood. (Try it now. How do you feel?). And of course, when we experience a "real" smile of the other person, we tend to smile automatically, even if you do not know the person.

In the 1970s, it was Norman Cousins, author of "The Anatomy of an Illness", which found that much of what cured him of a potentially fatal disease, was watching funny movies. This caused a serious scientific interest. Subsequently, Dr. William Fry of Stanford University in California, showed that laughter stimulates heart rate, which provides a good cardiovascular exercise and decreases the chances of respiratory infections, while Dr. Lee Berk of Medical Center Loma Linda University in California proved that laughter produces less arrhythmias, lowers blood pressure, reduces levels of stress hormones, (especially cortisol), reduces the need for medication and ultimately resulted in fewer heart attacks. The laughter was so beneficial physiologically, which is sometimes called "internal jogging.""happy poems"

But the physiological benefits are reflected by the psychological benefits. The disease also has its psychological causes. Happier people tend to have less disease. The researchers found that happiness or related conditions, such as hope, optimism and contentment appear to reduce the risk or limit the severity of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension, colds and upper respiratory tract infections . Those struggling with life tend to be more susceptible to these diseases. According to a Dutch study of elderly patients, published in 2004, these optimistic mental states mentioned above reduces the risk of death of patients by 50% over a period of nine years. In addition, doctors have known for years that depression can worsen heart disease clinic.

Laughter, however, is easier to manipulate life and its challenges, because it puts us intensely "in the moment" and that is when we are at the moment, we are not aware of our problems. It is as if we let them down literally. Can you remember a time when you laughed and things seemed different somehow? We can even say that "laugh". Laughter puts us at ease: people who laugh, worry less than those who do not.

It helps us to manage the challenges, because it relaxes us and gives us a better perspective: a period of laughter gives us the opportunity to see things differently and off painful emotions. With practice, joy is developed for this valuable experience is more present in everyday life. By acting silly in groups and have a great laugh about it, we build self-confidence that helps us to let inhibitions. As said earlier, it also helps in communication because laughter is an important social skill that keeps the fun communication. Our innate sense of humor helps us find more laughter in our lives takes place and therefore changes our perception of what we are for the better. How simple gift we have - if we only use more!

So the formation of laughter has a wide application. It has been successfully used in corporate environments team building, stress management, communication, employee involvement, innovation and creativity. It was scheduled for the elderly, children, parents, in the formation of the relationship, tourism, support groups, associations treatment of depression, and in hospitals and other medical facilities."happy poems"

If we take the business environments in more detail, we found that the use of laughter has a positive effect on reducing stress, which, as you know, is the leading cause of absenteeism. Furthermore, it is an important activator of communication. It reduces feelings of conflict, since it is difficult to be in conflict with someone to laugh with. a sense of security is created and people feel more open. It stimulates the pleasure and become fun to be with. We become more friendly. The criticism seems to collapse. The barriers are broken and a sense of bondedness is created. People feel more confident.

Laughter is not surprising, therefore, it is used as part of the team building and fostering creativity and innovation in teams. Laughter connects people. People who laugh together, work better together. Companies that want to improve their EQ managers have found that the use of laughter helped create a better emotional balance. As laughter is a right brain activity, stimulates the creation of new ideas, especially through play. Finally, it has a role to play in the best performance, because it increases the supply of oxygen to the brain. As Dr. Otto Warburgh, the winner found 2 times Nobel Prize, the lack of oxygen was the cause of the disease. Laughter increases oxygen supply to the body, improving its functions.

So, certainly, laughter has an important role to play in developing our potential. If we want to increase our levels of happiness, we can start laughing - just for the fun of it. Participants in the training are our laughter when they learn to laugh without reason, to take advantage of a power that has always been there, but can not always be accessible. Through this, they increase their bondedness with others and find that gathers laugh together. They feel more committed, more positive, more enthusiastic and more able to create a sense of life in every way. As we said before, which is an incredible gift - enjoy and learn to live life laughing."happy poems"

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7 Benefits of Laughter

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One of the best feelings in the world is deeply rooted belly laugh. It can bring people together and make surprising connections. Everything from a birth to a hilarious laugh laughter can change the temperature of a room to ignorance cold to a warm homely atmosphere.

There is much to like about the laughter that seems eager to find another, but that's exactly what researchers Dr. Lee Berk and Dr. Stanley Tan of Loma Linda University in California did. Both doctors have studied the benefits of laughter and found amazing results. Get ready to get your laugh on!

1. Laughter lowers blood pressur

People who reduce their blood pressure, even those who are starting to normal levels, will reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks. So take the Sunday paper, return to the funny pages and take your medicine with laughter.

2. The reduced levels of stress hormones

It benefits from the reduction in the level of stress hormones in your body is due to the reduction in hormone levels simultaneously it reduces anxiety and stress affects your body. Furthermore, reduction of stress hormones in the body can result in immune system performance. Just think: laugh together as a colleague tells a funny joke may relieve some of the stress of the day and help you reap the benefits of laughter.

3. Fun ab workout."happy poems"

One of the benefits of laughter is that it can help tone the abdominal muscles. When you laugh, your stomach muscles expand and contract, similar to when you exercise abdominal intentionally. Meanwhile, the muscles you use to laugh have the opportunity to relax. Add laughter to your ab routine and get a nice toned stomach.

4. improves heart health

Laughter is a great cardiovascular workout, especially for those who are unable to do other physical activity due to injury or illness. It gets your heart rate and burn a similar amount of calories per hour than walking at a slow to moderate pace. So, laugh your heart healthy.

5. stimulates T cells

T cells are specialized cells of the immune system in anticipation of his body for activation. When you laugh, it activated T cells that immediately begin to help fight the disease. The next time you feel a cold, add a little laughter to your plan disease prevention.

6. triggers the release of endorphins

Endorphins are natural painkillers in the body. Laughing, you can release endorphins, which can help relieve chronic pain and make you feel good all over.

7. produces a general sense of wellbeing

Laughter can increase your overall sense of wellbeing. Doctors have found that people who have a positive outlook on life tend to fight better than people who tend to be more negative disease. So smile, laugh and live longer!"happy poems"

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