learn to laugh more

more deeply ... more easily ... more often

 jo@joeadie.co.uk / 07816 439510




"Shared laughter creates a bond of friendships. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, teacher and pupils, worker and boss. They become a single group of human beings."
W. Lee Grant




The right workshop for you ...


The full version of each workshop is a one-day event, exploring each area in detail. There is time to look at the range of research in the field, and opportunities for in-depth self-reflection. This allows participants to develop a wide range of  ways of building what they have learnt into their lives. But they can also be delivered as half-day workshops, covering the key topics concisely, so that participants can leave equipped with the key skills, and ready to identify those changes for themselves.

    

What Makes Me Laugh ?


Laughter is such a valuable tool for keeping ourselves healthy and happy. It ensures that we keep a sense of perspective, it helps build good relationships, and it defuses tension. Laughter helps us to take control of our mood, draw a line under our stress, and really enjoy life. And scientific research is increasingly suggesting that it has a whole range of physical benefits. It really seems that human beings can’t be at their best, unless they really know how to laugh.

This workshops explores the theory and the practice behind laughter. We will consider:

  • the importance of laughter for physical and mental wellbeing 

  • the role of laughter in managing stress

  • identifying key thoughts which prevent us from laughing when we most need it

  • how laughter helps build  good relationships with friends, colleagues and family

  • the role of  light-heartedness in boosting confidence

  • the value of play for creative problem solving

  • strategies for keeping smiling in tough times


And all accompanied by a host of practical techniques for generating laughter more deeply, more easily and more often.


Carry On Laughing: A follow-up ‘laughter surgery’ for everyone who has laughed once already


After the initial buzz of  a laughter workshops, groups often go through a period of excitement, where they laugh more during their everyday activities, feel more relaxed and creative, and get on better. But as the everyday stresses and strains build up, that laughter can sometimes go back underground.

This follow-on workshop is to reconnect to the laughter that you found, to reflect on what it did for you, and to look ahead to how you can keep it alive.

Key themes include:

  • How was it for you ? Celebrating the changes that happened as a result of laughing more.

  • What got in the way ? Identifying any obstacles that made it hard to put the spirit of laughter into practice.

  • What do I do when … ? Laughing more throws us into all sorts of unexpected situations, and it’s helpful to think about what they might have been.

  • A laughter plan for the future. How to put practical strategies in place to keep laughter alive.

   

latest news


Residential laughter retreat  May 7th-9th.

Book now for my course CELEBRATING LAUGHTER at Claridge House. more >

March 20th: Laughter, Yoga and Happiness with Jo and Fiona.

Don't miss our all-day event at the Special Yoga Centre, London. more >

Read all about it!

Primary Teachers Magazine wrote up a series of my workshops in Sandwell and Dudley. Read the full article here. 

Laughter in Milton Keynes 

The MK Laughter Club meets on the last saturday of the month. more >

email me at: jo@joeadie.co.uk

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