Laughter yoga against cancer

• April 25, 2024

15 years ago, Dr. Madan Kataria had the idea to start exploring a laughter that did not come from a rational process , but to be one more primitive , detached from the reason .

The laughter yoga is based on this idea that you can laugh without there being a intellectual stimulation . It's a kind of vicious circle: you laugh, and then you laugh that you're laughing: "It's not about pretending laughter , in a short time the laughter true arises".

The laughter it can start as something merely physical and derive in a interior change . To learn more about yoga of laughter , in GetQoralHealth we present a video of Dr. Kataria where he explains what it is and some benefits:

The yoga of laughter in Mexico

Fifteen years after its birth, thousands of clubs have been created around the world, in more than 60 countries. TO Mexico arrived a few years ago, after Nathan Mansbach, dentist and psychologist, was appointed ambassador of the World Laughter Movement in Mexico .

After having founded the Mexican School of Laughter Yoga , A.C., has been teaching and training leaders of the laughter Around the country.

The yoga of laughter against cancer and other ills

For their part, Drs. Lee Berk and Stanley Tan, from Loma Linda University, California, have done several studies on the effects of humor at immune system , discovering that the laughter helps fight the Cancer , the diabetes and respiratory infections , among other evils.

Thanks to the endorphins that frees the brain when we feel good, the laughter combat the stress . The good humor is inversely proportional to the depression .

That positive attitude, which is easily achieved through the laughter It is also a weapon to face the obstacles of life, no matter how hard they are. "Many people who have Cancer believes that life no longer deserves to be lived, depressed and get upset . I have worked with seven patients with Cancer whose attitude changed, and their quality of life increased, "says Kataria.