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The Science of Laughter: How It Reduces Stress and Boosts Happiness with Dr. Jaime Raygoza

Name: The Science of Laughter: How It Reduces Stress and Boosts Happiness with Dr. Jaime Raygoza
Uploaded: 2024-11-27T23:01:54+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Will Humphreys
Description: A short YouTube talk about the benefits of laughter (specifically laughter yoga) for mental and physical well‑being. The speaker explains that laughter…

27 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube talk about the benefits of laughter (specifically laughter yoga) for mental and physical well‑being. The speaker explains that laughter reduces stress hormones, increases serotonin and endorphins, and improves oxygenation; she recommends short (5–10 minute) laughter sessions and reintroducing play into daily life for quick mood boosts.

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Laughter is our brain's natural way to calm down our stressors. It's. It's a natural way for us to reduce our stress hormones, increase serotonin, increase endorphins, and really make us feel good. And the whole purpose of laughter yoga is to have more air, more oxygen run through your veins, more to your heart, to your brain, and release out that laughter so you can increase the serotonin and endorphin boost. So what I do with all of my clients, especially if they're having a really bad day, I was like, let's do this. Do a mini session right now. Let's do five, 10 minutes. And then just like, let's breathe it out. Let's do some laughter exercises. And a lot of this is also reintroducing play into your life. Because we get so serious about having to meet all these goals, we forget to enjoy the precious moments that we have.