Have you ever tried Laughter Yoga?

I have never been a big fan of yoga, I have to admit. I would consider myself a rather sporty person but when it comes to yoga, the only thing I think is: "ugh, how did you do that? This is suppose to go...up here? I...I need to stay in this position? I can't even..." No, just no. For all the people who enjoy it: good for you, I don't hate you (I guess).
Anyway, my opinion changed a little since my best friend introduced me to Laughter Yoga. When she told me about it, I immediatly thought of laughing people doing yoga. Haha, damn that's funny! My friend gave me a strange look and convinced me to attend a lesson. It was a little bit different than I had imagined. Just a little more laughter and a little less yoga.
Friends (a lovley woman in her 40ies and a very entertaining man in his 30ies) of my best friends run the course, you just pay voluntary donation. At first it was a little awkward. You feel weird to laugh if there's no actual reason to do so. We sat down in a circle and did some laughing exercises to get into it. Little games followed where you had to laugh with each other, at each other, create your own language without using words, just sounds. At some stage it doesn't matter what you do or what you say, everything is. absolutely. hilarious. and a reason to laugh. You just can't stop and you don't feel weird or embarressed anymore because everyone in the room is laughing and it feels so good!! After one hour or so we reached a point where we had to take a break because it was getting really exhausting. Have you ever laughed one hour straight? It's just a very...funny feeling!
Surprisingly, we didn't do much yoga. Even more surprisingly, we were so done like we did yoga for the last one and a half hours. You've no idea how tired you can get from laughing until you've tried out yourself!
It was an unbelievably awesome experience, I have to admit! I can recommend everyone giving it a try! :)

Poetry Slam? - Diary Slam!

Admit it - when you were younger, you always wanted to read your brother's, your sister's or your friend's diary. Or maybe still want to read it? If you weren't successful so far, there is another way to gain insight in those little locked books full of secrets. Maybe not in your sister's, but in diarys of those few people who dare to read out their intimate hopes, dreams and thoughts they once wrote down as a teenager to a large audience. The advantage: rather than desperatly turning side over side to find an interesting diary entry when your friend's on the toilet, you just sit there and listen what those people are going to tell you. Because they will always read out the best to you!
So, what am I talking about the whole time?  A long time it has just been popular in Germany, but it finally arrived in Austria as well: the Diary Slam!
Some of you might have heard of or already seen a Poetry slam. Poets "battling" each other verbally, the best poem wins. You think that's boring? Then you've never been there! Some of them make you laugh yourself to tears, it's absolutely hilarious! Usually those are the ones who win.
A diary Slam is a little bit different. As a participant, you won't sit for hours to create a good piece of writing because you have written it already years ago! As the thoughts and interests you had back then not always match with the ones you have now, it makes the "Slammer" him-/herself laugh once in a while or shake their heads in disbelief. No matter what, the audience will love you!
The next Diary Slam is in Vienna, I really hope it makes it to Graz as well!
Poetry slam takes place in Graz regularly, so if you wanna have a good laugh...:)

Here are some videos I found from the last Diary Slam, in German unfortunately.


here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkJWNrmG2U


or here: http://derstandard.at/1395362971434/Was-ich-letztes-Mal-geschrieben-habe-ist-perverser-Bloedsinn