(RNS) — Wearing a bright pink tank top, Celeste Greene enthusiastically pops off the Zoom screen, clapping as she chants: “HO HO. HA HA HA. HO HO. HA HA HA. YAY,” each smack of her forceful hands ...

If laughter is the best medicine, then it stands to reason that laughter yoga is good for the body and soul. Yes, laughter yoga. The movement began in the mid-1990s when Madan Kataria, a physician ...

There’s no downward dog in this yoga class. Instead, there’s deep breathing, fake fights, and lots and lots of giggles. Laughter yoga starts with a staged scenario — like getting mad at the person ...

On a rainy Tuesday morning, the yoga students gather at an old house in Southeast Portland. They take off their shoes and head to a studio in the back. They stretch for a moment, leaning forward and ...

It's been scientifically proven that laughter is both preventive and therapeutic. LaughFest is providing an opportunity for people to learn this first hand with a class called "Laughing Yoga." It ...

When Betty Brown first read about Laughter Yoga in 2008, it was only beginning to grow in the United States, with the nearest program online showing up in California -- a distance not easily traveled ...

A good laugh might help lead you to a good life. That's the notion compelling older Tucsonans to follow the mantra "laughter is the best medicine" in new yoga classes that follow an easy syllabus: All ...

The sounds of nonstop laughter and hollering that leak out of Laguna Woods Village Clubhouse One on a Monday morning could lead a passerby to believe that a zoo broke loose, or a group of grade-school ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The pandemic is sparking new interest in a type of exercise that is helping people lift their spirits. Ute Devika leads groups in laughing and dancing at a park in Cairo, Egypt.

Marilyn Fogelquist truly believes laughter is the best medicine. She has attended conferences and run workshops on the topic and spent 10 years working as a clown. Now at age 83, she is spreading the ...