What Makes Laughter Clubs a Breakthrough? Is Anything New Under The Laughing Sun?
In the modern era of humor and laughter, USA Laughter Clubs and other laughter clubs around the world represent something new and different. We are now able to bring the world a unique combination of systematic methods, information to improve physical health and emotional balance, and a socially conscious value system.
When Steve Wilson witnessed the phenomenal interest in laughter clubs in India, and saw the clubs in action there, he realized that this deserved to be called a breakthrough.
Everything Old Is New Again
The so-called humor & laughter movement has been going strong for many years. Some date efforts to promote the positive uses of humor and laughter back 5,000 years to Tibetan Buddhist laughter practices. Others identify the onset of the modern movement with the publication of Norman Cousin’s “Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived by the Patient.” Whatever you think about when it all started, the laughter club is the most recent and practical contribution to the humor & laughter movement.
Some of us, and our best friends, have been in the movement for twenty years or more. We come from every walk of life, including speakers, clowns, clergy, educators, stand-up comedians, trainers, writers, consultants, researchers, healthcare professionals, and more. For us, the Laughter Club concept offers something new and different because it allows us to bring new ideas to our “audiences” and new ways to get audiences involved in our programs and taking greater responsibility for their own health and well-being. This new concept adds a new dimension to all the good work and important ideas that we have been teaching up till now.
We have read the books and articles, attended the conferences and workshops, and learned a lot of good ideas and information for helping people bring more humor and laughter into theirs lives. We have learned from clowns and scholars and even an occasional scholar-clown. We have heard humorists, comedians, actors, ministers, physicians, business people and more, hold forth on the importance of humor and laughter. Although some get carried away with enthusiasm, and the claims get somewhat exaggerated, by and large the information is worthwhile, and many of the presentations are downright hilarious.
And still, Laughter Clubs are different. For the first time we have an economical and highly practical application of theories that are being proved correct every day. It is now indisputable that laughter plays a role in healing, staying healthy, controlling stress reactions, and maintaining emotional balance. We believe that when enough people have enough of the spirit of laughter, the world will be more peaceful.
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