Rajorajorajo | 6 Oct 2011 | 798 Views | 5 Likes | 0 Dislikes

I Love YouTube: Laugh Practice

I can’t remember the last time I had a big, deep belly laugh. We’re talkin’ doubling over, actually slapping my knee, barely being able to catch my breath laughing-’til-I’m-crying kind of laughter. It has literally been years. How sad is that? I mean, I’ve laughed recently, sure. Maybe a chuckle here, a guffaw there. But I craaave the kind of intense laughter you might get when, say, you and your friends are sitting around talkin’ crazy at 4 am. Because IT FEELS FRICKIN’ AMAZING. You know what I’m talking about. It’s one of the absolute best sensations we as humans are lucky enough to be able to experience and yet it happens so infrequently.

The thing about laughter is that it actually has many health benefits, going beyond the obvious stress release and general ‘make you feel happy’ stuff. It relaxes your muscles, it can work as a pain killer and it helps prevent heart disease. Laughing basically helps you live longer, you dummy. Why the hell those know-it-all doctors never prescribe a night out at the comedy club for what ails ya is beyond me...

At any rate, I’ve been feeling kinda bummed about the lack of real, theraputic laughter in my life so I thought I’d poke around online and see what I can see. Naturally, Youtube comes through with a bunch of great laugh therapy guides (Laugh Practice) courtesy of writer, educator and all-round amazing person Beth Agnew, aka pasatti2004. As you’ll discover below, she takes you through a bunch of different laughing exercises specifically designed to help your laugh therapy, encouraging you to bust a gut and unleash an armada of endorphins to the ol’ brain. Enjoy!

Even fake laughing is good for you:

Laughing in German ist gud, ja?

Laughing: Coach style

New haircut? Perfect time to laugh like a maniac at yourself in the mirror:

You can laugh while on your commute:

Who doesn’t like Pirates?

And finally, the best Laugh Practice video of them all:

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