Last week, I laughed longer, louder, deeper and more joyously than I can ever remember.
The occasion? The All America Laughter Yoga Conference. This year held at Camp Alexandra on Crescent Beach just south of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
When I got there, I realized it was the same camp I attended when I was about 9 or 10 years old! A few of the old buildings were still there.
But, back to laughing. Five of us went for sushi on Saturday night and that’s were it started. We were splitting a gut on tales from one of our number about her adventures in an MRI machine.
On the way back to camp to be in the audience for the Laughter Championships, we kept triggering each other and kept laughing.
When we got there, we had to position ourselves outside the door as our continuous laughter was getting disruptive. We were even shushed at one point. (Now, THAT is something to put on our resumes…being shushed at a Laughter Yoga Conference for laughing too much and too loudly. J)
At any rate, three teams of four were entered to compete and, on an impulse, our group of five crashed the stage and participated as well. We had such a hoot.
This is us doing one of the exercises:
Here is a video of the entire championship. We are the fourth team in each exercise.
http://tinyurl.com/lxl9el2
A shift:
It’s great to laugh, but the important point is that I sense a deep shift happened to another boosting of the “Happiness Set Point.”
As a result of the laughter during the weekend and also the learning that occurred, I am finding it easier to maintain an even more joyous outlook on life.
My wish for you, dear reader, is that you also will find ways to continue raising your “Happiness Set Point.”
My book, The Zen of Joy, is designed to help. More here: http://zenofjoy.com/
There are some free tools on the site as well.
Enjoy the rest of the read,
Matti
In this issue:
Fukushima Radiation Worse Than Thought
Solutions: Steps you can take to protect yourself and your family:
China‘s real estate bubble
Transform your life in 10 minutes with ancient ‘youthing’ practice
►BOOKS WORTH READING
►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
►FUN
►FINAL WORD:
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Quotes:
“Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.”
Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, Philosopher and Author
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HEALTH
Fukushima Radiation Worse Than Thought (Note this is from a mainstream media source now…finally): TEPCO admits deliberately using radiation detectors that give deceptively lo readings leaks worse than reported
ow.ly/ouFe0
Solutions: Steps you can take to protect yourself and your family:
http://tinyurl.com/ldxeqwe
Your Spice Rack as a Medicine Cabinet: 5 Hidden Healers in Your Kitchen http://tinyurl.com/mfsngoo
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WEALTH
China‘s real estate bubble (CBS 6o Minutes) http://ow.ly/nPCEl
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FREEDOM
Transform your life in 10 minutes with ancient ‘youthing’ practice http://tinyurl.com/lcz6ga5
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BOOKS WORTH READING
The gone fishin’ portfolio : get wise, get wealthy–and get on with your life / Alexander Green.
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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
Departures. Poignant Japanese film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departures_%28film%29
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FUN
Comedy Barn Video: An infectous laugh: http://tinyurl.com/kldg4gu
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FINAL WORD:
“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part
of your life in an instant.”- Anthony Robbins
That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.
Matti
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