Hi there, I hope you are there over 7 weeks later! Believe it or not, I had a knee replacement three days before I wrote that post. Long story, and I apologize for not ever coming back to the forum till now. So I hope you will come back to see it! Basically, I went to a yoga retreat in the mountains, learned about Laughter Yoga, and learned from a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, meaning, a person who has been trained by Dr. Kataria (the creator) in a 5-day training. So, she was then qualified to train people to be Leaders, in a 2-day training/certification program. So, in Nov 2006, we went through her training, then started a free, weekly laughter club we still have, in Feb 2007. It took off from there, with newspapers and magazines interviewing us within the first few months, to putting a website up, etc. We got every speaking engagement/laughter yoga session, or presentation by asking, really! But then, companies/groups started asking us at some point. They being everyone from NASW (we sent in a proposal) to the VA Medical Center in Augusta (they asked us-) because we got such great evaluations at the NASW (GA) Conference last year. The VA was able to pay us, and we spoke all day for them- with lots of laughter included!
I am not exactly sure if I am answering your question specifically enough, but I DO appreciate your question very much
. We have a leader training coming up Sep 27-28th and another on Nov 15-16th, with 11 CEUS in addition to certification. So, please email me at
helentw@comcast.net or go to
www.addlaughter.com for more detailed info on trainings. I truly believe over time, that I can spend most of my time laughing! What's better than that?
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