Thursday, April 3, 2014

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! :)

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