Date: 25th and 26th July 2009 in Durham
          24th and 25th July 2010 in Durham
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Alington House - 4 North Bailey - Durham - DH1 3ET
Cost: £200 per person incl. manual and certificate

Become a certified laughter yoga leader and help to spread the laughter in social laughter clubs, yoga & fitness studios, senior care facilities, and in the workplace.

The world needs more laughter!

The course is held in Durham and comprises of 2 days of Laughter Yoga teacher training.

During the weekend you will

• get an understanding of the need for Laughter Yoga
• find out how the idea of Laughter Clubs originated
• learn the basic guidelines for a Laughter Session
• identify the role of the Anchor Person in a Laughter Club
• get to know the benefits of Laughter Yoga as well as the contra-indications
• find out how to start a Laughter Club

and much more

At the end of the course you will receive a Laughter Yoga Leader certificate enabling you to get appropriate insurance and start your own laughter business.

For more information please visit www.unitedmind.co.uk or phone Lotte on mobile 07736 341 717.

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Date: 12th-13th September
Time: Saturday 11-6, Sunday 10-5
Venue: Herne Hill
Cost: £250 (£200 early bird)

Leela Bunce and Robin Graham lead the Advanced Laughter Training in London.

This course is an opportunity to explore our laughter and to find answers to questions we have about our laughter.

Maximum of 10 places.

The course is part of the Laughter Network Training, and is endorsed by Dr Madan Kataria.

More information from Robin Graham on 0161-831-9385, mobile 07930-570140 or e-mail at robin.graham.

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Date: 10th and 11th October 2009 in St. Albans
          23rd and 24th January 2010 in St. Albans
          15th and 16th May 2010 in St. Albans
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: iSIS Crystals - 1 Market Place - St Albans - AL3 5DR
Cost: £200 per person incl. manual and certificate

Become a certified laughter yoga leader and help to spread the laughter in social laughter clubs, yoga & fitness studios, senior care facilities, and in the workplace.

The world needs more laughter!

The course is held in St. Albans and comprises of 2 days of Laughter Yoga teacher training.

During the weekend you will

• get an understanding of the need for Laughter Yoga
• find out how the idea of Laughter Clubs originated
• learn the basic guidelines for a Laughter Session
• identify the role of the Anchor Person in a Laughter Club
• get to know the benefits of Laughter Yoga as well as the contra-indications
• find out how to start a Laughter Club

and much more

At the end of the course you will receive a Laughter Yoga Leader certificate enabling you to get appropriate insurance and start your own laughter business.

For more information please visit www.unitedmind.co.uk or phone Lotte on mobile 07736 341 717.

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Date : 24th and 25th October 2009
Time : 10am - 5:30pm
Venue : The Gallery, Troubadour Café 265 Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9JA
Cost : £275, early-birds £250 – ring Julie on 07973 164 369

Date : 24th and 25th October 2009
Time : 10am - 5:30pm
Venue : The Gallery, Troubadour Café 265 Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9JA
Cost : £275, early-birds £250 – ring Julie on 07973 164 369

New ways to beat the recession. Are you ready?

To propel you forwards, Joe is joined by co-founder of the Laughter Network, Julie Whitehead, to run the 8th Laughter Facilitation Training course on 24th/25th October 2009 at Troubadours, Earls Court, London.

What will we be doing?

• Giving you tools and experience from many different presentational styles:
  a) for your own benefit, and
  b) so you can run laughter sessions yourself.
• What you get:
  a) a toolkit for yourself;
  b) a toolkit for running groups;
  b) practical experience;
  c) a certificate

What do you learn? Among other things:

• To laugh more, and why its good for you
• How to use this professionally, eg for teambuilding, therapeutically, as a social activity
• The positive psychology/emotional intelligence/psycho-neuro-immunology connections
• The links between positive psychology, laughter and creativity
• The health benefits of laughter – physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
• Dr Kataria’s laughter club initiative and laughter yoga
• Laughter exercises and laughter meditation
• The difference between laughter and humour
• And much, much more
  

This makes it the perfect training tool for personal & professional development for: facilitators & trainers, coaches, carers, therapists, nurses, wellbeing specialists.

Who we are:

Joe Hoare is a facilitator with over 20 years experience. He started running laughter workshops over 12 years ago and trained in Laughter Yoga with Dr Kataria in June 2002.

His clients range from blue-chips to voluntary organisations, charities & the NHS, to the general public. They come to him for conference presentations and workshops & seminars, whether for 5 people or 500.

He can usually be found running sessions at the likes of Glasto, The Big Green Gathering and Bestival.

His work recently appeared on BBC2’s ‘Don’t Die Young’ with Dr Alice Roberts, and is used by the Open University.

He is a visiting Lecturer at the University of West of England (U.W.E.) where he has provided laughter seminars on the Foundation of Health Nursing Degree course.

He organised the first ever LAUGH-A-THON in collaboration with Mind Body Spirit Festival to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation in 2006.

He is a healer member of the NFSH.

Julie Whitehead, qualified Yoga, Relaxation & Meditation teacher; Qualified
Laughter Leader Trainer and Happiness Coach.

She has practised and taught Hatha Yoga for many years and since training with Doctor Kataria, the founder of the Laughter Club Movement in June 2002 has been spreading laughter throughout society.

She ran regular public laughter clubs for 3 years but has now passed this role on to Laughter Leaders she has trained.

With a fusion of laughter, fun, yoga, and breathing techniques Julie’s work brings about an awareness of the mind/body connection and how we can influence this for the improvement of our health and wellbeing, bringing more positive energy and
control into our lives.

She gives talks and seminars using laughter to motivate and team build for companies, exhibitions and special interest groups.

She is a co-founder of the Laughter Network and loves chocolate, Julie 020 7733 2389 or 07973 164 369.

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