Take the impact of your laughter programs to the next level with the HEAL framework!

How your session goes will depend how far along the autism spectrum the kids are. 'Autism' is a specific condition, present from early childhood, and characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. Expect the kids to have trouble connecting with others, take things literally, [...]

The following is the summary of a conversation from the LOU Facebook group on general advice about laughing with kids in an auditorium: Teachers must be in the room and help with discipline - if not, you're in for a ride because if they don't, they leave the beasts loose! NEVER have the kids come on stage [...]

It is tempting to believe that facilitating group laughter interventions is simple. This is a true statement, but it omits to clarify that what is simple is not always easy. Here are my proposed answers to 10 common challenges that laughter teachers from all traditions will face sooner or later, and what to do about [...]

Give a tiny bell (*) to your participants and do the following: Ask people to take their bell, hold them as tightly as they can, and give them a shake. [Nothing of course will happen.] Ask them to take their bell again, but this time hold it loosely in their hand, and shake it. [Lovely [...]

Here is an interesting exercise to boost your writing creativity: First, spend five minutes writing subject-verb-object sentences; Then, ten minutes of linking sentences; And finally, one long, continuous run-on sentence for twenty minutes. Read more at The importance of play: on finding joy in your writing practice.

Here are 15 tips that have helped me greatly improve my laughter practice over the past decade: If you do this Consider this Allow people to crack jokes or constantly make comments. Don’t engage 1-1 with individuals on this. Respectfully ask the whole group to not talk or comment, as often as is necessary. [...]

The following is an extract from the most excellent book "Playfair - everybody's guide to non-competive play" by Matt Weinstein and Joel Goodman. It is out of print but you can still get it used in the USA for the cost of shipping at www.amazon.com How to get people into pairs There are many random [...]

Thoroughly warmup before you do this. The point of this breath control exercise is to be able to say the entire piece below in 1 breath. Work up to it by doing 1 breath per stanza, then 1 breath for 2 stanzas, etc.  When you've mastered it, move on to "The Modern Major General". You can [...]