Date: Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May 2008
          Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August 2008
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: 3 Wood End - Park Street - St. Albans - Herts - AL2 2RU
Cost: £200 per person

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 : Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July 2008
           Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October 2008 (venue tba)
Time : 10am - 5:30pm
Venue : The Hoop & Toy, Thurloe Place, South Kensington SW
Cost : £275, early-birds £250 – ring Julie on 07973 164 369

For further details please contact Joe Hoare on phone 07812 159 943 or email joe@joehoare.co.uk or visit www.joehoare.co.uk.

What will we be doing?

Everyone attending the workshop will have had some practical experience of Laughter sessions and the objectives of this training are to give you the opportunity to facilitate running your own laughter session, develop your own ideas, top up your facilitation toolbox as well giving practical advice. You will learn about * The links between positive psychology, laughter and creativity

• Dr Kataria and the history of the Laughter Club Movement
• Simulated laughter exercises, laughter meditation and laughter games
• The link between Yoga and Laughter
• Health Benefits of Laughter Therapy - Physical, Mental, Social and Spiritual Inner Spirit of Laughter - paying compliments , appreciation and forgiveness
• The difference between Laughter and sense of humour
• Scientific Research on Laughter & Key Laughter Pioneers
• Practical Guidelines for running Laughter sessions, eg as a club, a social activity and in a teambuilding context

Who we are:

Joe Hoare is a facilitator with over 20 years experience in the field of team-building, stress management and communication skills. He started running laughter workshops over 10 years ago and trained with Dr Kataria in June 2002. He is a visiting Lecturer at the University of West of England (U.W.E.) where he has been providing laughter seminars on the Foundation of Health Nursing Degree course. Joe organised the first ever LAUGH-A-THON in collaboration with Mind Body Spirit Festival to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation in 2006. His clients range from blue-chip companies to voluntary organisations to the general public. He can usually be found at Glasto, The Big Green Gathering and Bestival.

His work recently appeared on BBC2’s ‘Don’t Die Young’ with Dr Alice Roberts.

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 07973 164 369

Robin Graham is a performance poet, playwrite and Laughter Facilitator. He has been developing his laughter-related work since 1998, both in his writing and as a laughter leader. He has run sessions around the UK learning techniques and developing a deeper understanding of the power of laughter. He specialises in the areas of “Arts and Health” and has more recently been working with people with depression and mental health issues. He is co-founder of the Laughter Network and loves raspberries.

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Date: Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September 2008
Time: tba
Venue: London
Cost: £250 per person

For more information please contact Robin Graham.

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Date: tba 2008 / 2009
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Manchester (exact venue to be confirmed)
Cost: £250 (concessions available)

Laughter Facilitation Training offered in the North West for the first time!

A weekend non-residential course to learn about laughter and how to facilitate sessions for groups. Led by Robin Graham and Joe Hoare.

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

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