LaughterCast! - Live Online Laughter Yoga Session

Tonight, we held our second-ever official LaughterCast - a webcam-enabled laughter yoga session. It was awesome.

Here are some screenshots:

You should try it sometime. Sundays at 8pm EST on stickam.com. Room = Laughtercast.

Contact us for the room and password. e-mail jchap @ laughmore.org.

Chicago Journal article about us!

Here, here, we got featured in the Chicago Journal this week!

Check us out:

 

Click here to read the article.

 

Or visit: http://chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=5883

If you're here from the article and you'd like to come laugh with us or just learn more, e-mail jchap@laughmore.org.

Training with Dr. and Mrs. Kataria!

So, I'm going to New Jersey all week next week in order to train with the founders and become a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher!

Here's the little intro video I sent to the rest of the folks who'll be training with me.


Laughter Yoga - Jeremy's Intro Video from jchap (Jeremy Chapman) on Vimeo.

I am very excited about this, and about what I'll be able to do with it.

LaughMore!

jeremy

Rappin' about Laughin' - A Laughter Yoga Rap

After attending a laughter yoga session with us, our friend Lisa conjured up these ill rhymes about laughter yoga. One day, perhaps, we'll make a music video to go with this...Thanks, Lis!

Rappin’ about Laughin’

July 2008

Laughter Yoga is sweeping many a nation.
What is it?
I know that you want an explanation!

It was developed by an Indian doctor in 1995
Who found that laughin’ aloud made him and his friends feel more alive.

Laughter Yoga is based on a fact that science has shown:
Your body can’t tell the difference between fake laughter and laughter that is home-grown.
Any type of laughter – whether fake or real –
Will bring physiological benefits, as you will feel.

More oxygen will be supplied to your body and brain
With this body-mind exercise – givin’ no pain but lots of gain.
By laughing with our body we initiate
Powerful positive changes to our mental and emotional states.

Combined with yoga, called pranayama,
It's so fun it makes ya kinda wanna
Laugh a little more and laugh a little more,
As you make eye contact with others and giggle galore.

But how do we do it? I mean – do we just fake laugh-a?
Yes, that’s how we start, but soon we make a guffaw.
We don’t need no comedy; ain’t no need for jokes.
Just look into the eyes of all the other laughin’ folks.

Though we may start out with a chuckle that we force,
Real laughter develops quickly as a matter of course.
Child-like playfulness and joy as a group we cultivate
As a dynamic community of laughter we rapidly create.

The reason that we’re laughin’ is we’re laughin’ for no reason.
We’re proving that any moment can turn into laughing season.
And we know we’re not along ‘cuz laughter yoga clubs can be found
In 55 countries; there are 5000 LYCs around.

I hope you’ll throw your skepticism right out the window
And step with me inside the Laughter Gazebo.
It’s off North Stockton Drive near St. James Place.
Join other gigglers as any worries you erase.

Warren G would implore to mount up each regulator,
But here I simply ask you to make your laughing greater.
Just meet in the Gazebo for the LYC.
Your mission is to come and laugh with me...

This is the time to build our laughing community.
Laughter yoga improves your mind, emotions and your body!

WORLD PEACE!

Ho Ho. HaHaHa.
Ho Ho. HaHaHa.
Ho Ho. HaHaHa.

Chipmunk Laugh

We asked for a word, and someone said, "chipmunk."

So, here's the Chipmunk Laugh:



Thanks to Ricky for pro filming skillz.

Slice of Bread Laughter

haha, here are some pictures of the "Slice of Bread" laughter, another LaughMore original.

1) Everybody lines up like a big loaf of bread.
2) One person runs down the line and "slices" each person off of the loaf.
3) When freed, each slice of bread runs and frolicks around, yelling, "I'm free! I'm free! I'm bread and I'm free!"

It's hilarious and fun.

Thanks to Dawn for taking these photos!

Sunday 8/10 @ 9:30am - Laughter Picnic!

Swing by the Laughter Picnic!

Hosted by Linda Tourloukis and The Park Ridge Hysterical Society.

Sunday August 10 9:30am - Noon

Centennial Park in Park Ridge

RSVP

• Bring Your Favorite Fun Dish to Share
• Laughter Yoga
• Ha Ha Games
• Contests
• Prizes and More.....Open to all funsters!

Dr. Madan Kataria on Laughter Yoga

A short video about Laughter Yoga from the master himself.  haha.  I can't wait to meet him and laugh with him.

40 Days of Laughter - Day 10

 First we got donuts and coffee, and laughed with with Spongebob Squarepants - can you find him?

Then, we laughed with Tim, a good dude.

15 minutes later, we were laughing with like 5 people!  Yeah!  Notice how other people in the background are also smiling - it's contagious. 

The vibe is awesome, and we're only on week 2!

40 Days of Laughter - Day 9

Day #9, baby! Woo-ha!

40 Days of Laughter: Day 8

Special Edition: photos from our Laughter Yoga session last Saturday. 12 people in attendance.

'twas awesome.

40 Days of Laughter - Day 7

Hahaha.

40 Days of Laughter - Day 6

Day 6, Baby!

Yes! haha

LaughMore: Bus Stop

Here's a lil' video to promote LaughMore and the 40 Days of Laughter project:

LaughMore - Bus Stop from jchap (Jeremy Chapman) on Vimeo.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the video - you guys are awesome.

40 Days of Laughter: Day 5

Today, we laughed with Nathaniel. He's pretty awesome. Nathaniel, let us know if you want us to take these photos down. We like them.

40 Days of Laughter: Day 4

Today's Sign Reads:

Laugh your stress away before work.

Free of charge.

Saturday, 7/26 @ 11am @ the Gazebo

UPDATE UPDATE: We will also be joined by Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher Dawn Werner, who is in town for a conference!

UPDATE: We will be joined by special guest and Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, Elizabeth King, M.S. (a.k.a. Midlife Mama)!

Laughers,

Here's the plan for Saturday. Let me know if you can make it (jchap at laughmore.org).

11am = LaughMore Chicago, LYC (Laughter Yoga Club) @ the Gazebo. Click for Map

11:30p-12p = If anyone wants to stick around afterwards, we'll be taking some pictures and shooting a fun/nonsense video to promote LaughMore Chicago and the 40 Days of Laughter Project. I will be inviting some special guests to join us - some other Laughter Yoga Leaders and Teachers, plus Josh Hawkins, a staff photographer from the Chicago Journal.

Should be excellent.

-jchap

40 Days of Laughter: Day 3

Haha, we walked around after work this evening and laughed with people.

Met some awesomes. Here we are in front of the laughter gazebo.

40 Days of Laughter: Day 2

Twice as many people as Day #1! We went out to the bus stop this time, and it was excellent. Just met some people and laughed with a couple of them. The sign reads, "Come laugh while you wait!"

We discussed other things to write on future signs.

Yes!

40 Days of Laughter: Day 1

My friend Mikey and I have decided to laugh in public places every morning at 8am for the next forty business days.

Here's a photo from Day 1, today. This was the biggest crowd we were able to gather at the State/Lake CTA station. I look forward to looking back at this first day and laughing.

haha

LaughMore Calendar

LaughMore.org Launched!

Welcome to LaughMore.org!

This is a website about laughter.

The goal of this website is to encourage people to laugh more, even when there's no "reason" to be laughing.

Laughter is healthy, fun, free, and social.

Laughter relieves stress and builds confidence.

Laughter increases focus and productivity.

LaughMore.org is home to LaughMore Chicago, a Chicago-based laughter club led by Jeremy Chapman.

LaughMore.org and LaughMore Chicago are heavily inspired by LaughterYoga.org, a website and movement founded by Madan and Madhuri Kataria.

Alright, enough information. Onto the laughter! hahahaha