Laughter Presentations and Workshops

Every effort is made to tailor sessions to fit each client's specific needs. The focus is to create a presentation that meets your goals and exceeds your expectations!

Laugh for Life with Laughter Yoga

During this energetic one-hour laughter workshop, participants are guided through a series of simple and fun exercises that generate uproarious laughter without telling jokes or relying on any form of humour.

Participants will:

• Experience how to generate genuine, healthy laughter for themselves
• Learn why and how to use laughter to benefit their lives, their relationships and their workplace.
• Giggle and belly laugh their way to a feeling of well being.

The laughter techniques experienced in laughter sessions have been developed by Certified Laughter Teachers and Leaders around the world. The laughter is called "simulated laughter" or "laughing for no reason" because no jokes, clowning or other forms of humour are used to start the laughter. Instead, we use easily learned skills and a series of group activities designed to stimulate natural laughter.

Research and practical experience has shown that laughter is a powerful stress reliever, good exercise, a strong support for physical and psychological health, promotes healthy social bonding, creates a sense of well being, and is mentally and physically refreshing.

Laughter sessions provide participants with the basic experience and understanding to bring the benefits of laughter more fully into their work and their daily lives.

Laughter sessions are also plain good fun!

Laughter at work - Putting the FUN into work! (1/2 day)

This workshop is a combination of participatory exercises, outrageous laughter and soul-searching interactive discussions about what makes a "Healthy Workplace".

Choosing laughter as a lifestyle has proven lasting benefits. The audience is provided with tools to use in the work environment to combat disorders such as 'terminal professionalism' and 'Sombre Syndrome'. Laughter is guaranteed to shorten the distance between two people and to cultivate communication.

During the workshop participants will explore such topics as:

• What is "stress-related-illness" and "burnout".
• How laughter can help you live a healthy sane and balanced life.
• Why people think they can't have fun at work.
• What makes a healthy workplace?
• Using laughter to improve morale, motivate, spark creativity, build trust, improve productivity.

Rise 'n Laugh! - Wake up to Laughter

This short program (15 - 30 minutes) is a great way to start off your workday, conference or any forum where people will be meeting for a common goal. In this laughter session you'll get warmed up with an orientation to stimulated laughter and then move on to a series of laughter exercises that will get everyone energized and ready to take on the day! A sure way to get everyone off to a positively cheerful start!

Me? Stressed? (1/2 day)

What is stress? Why is it so harmful? How do we deal with it? Does it affect everyone the same way? The answers to these questions and more will be given to all who attend this important workshop. This workshop is a must for all businesses who are concerned about giving their employees tools to deal with stress. This fun and informative workshop provides lots of answers, tools for coping and ends with a delightful laughter session. Participants leave feeling informed and exhilarated.

Testimonials

"Thanks for making our Team Day a great day!"
Ministry of Children and Family Development, Quesnel, BC

"On behalf of the Leadership BC 2006 Program Participants – Thank You!"
The Quesnel & District Chamber of Commerce

"I just want to extend a big 'Thank you' to you and Heather for coming down and putting on a great workshop. All those who attended said it was a 'hoot' and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been hearing all about it this morning from several of my co-workers and can just feel their exuberance bubbling over and their big ear to ear grins which to me says it all. I arrived to work this morning to find a Thank You card on my desk signed by the group with all sorts of Ha Ha Ho Ho messages thanking me for putting on the workshop. So that just extends back to you."
Kate Greskiw
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Williams Lake, BC

Groups we have had the pleasure to work with:

• Ministry of Children and Family Development, Quesnel
• The Quesnel and District Chamber of Commerce - Leadership BC Conference
• Quesnel Child Development Centre Staff
• School District #28 Maintenance Group
• School District #28 Secretaries
• College of New Caledonia Quesnel Staff and Students
• Quesnel Community Living Association
• Dengarry Enterprises, Quesnel
• Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Williams Lake, BC