Jingle Bells Jingle Bells...Ho ho ho he ho

Had an amazing 10 Minute laugher session over the phone tonight...all started when I thought Maria,s laugh was a christmas carol...this ended up in ten minutes of attempts to laugh at Jingle bells, we wish you a merry christmas, silent night the list goes on. Well Just for fun see if you can guess the tune below :)

ha ha he he ha ha ha ha ha he he he ho hoooooooo
ha ha he he ha ha ha ha ha he he he ho hoooooooo
ha ha he he he he he ho ho ho ho ho ho hoooooooo
ha ha ha he he he he he ha ha he he ho ho ha ha haaaaa he he he ho ho he he hohohohooooo ha ha ha he he he he ho ho ho hooooooooooo

:) x

more highs and lows than Blackpool big dipper :)

Hey missed me? nope? ah well tough luck heres another update of the past couple of days...Friday hmmm what a horrid day I had.  Looking back to the events and after my lovely chat with Maria tonight on the phone I learnt one massive lesson about myself....Its ok to feel passionate about a situation when others show no support or emotion but its important to let it go and thats where my journey will hopefully take me.  Saturday I was exhausted beyond belief due to lack of sleep after hosting a teen sleepover Friday.  I did try to fit my laugher yoga between driving from shop to shop to do Christmas shopping but it made me feel light headed and I cold not stop yawning...yep that exhausted I yawned because I laughed Hahahaha so funny so I left the laughing for my Saturday evening with friends instead.  Sunday woke up with very stiff and achy joints.  Hubby run me a hot bath and I got straight back into my water challenge.  Two litres of water later a chilled out day and what a great high to end it a good chat and 10 minute laughing session with my coach...Feeling a little bit more normal now.  Maria you are like a tonic xx thankyou

10 Minute workout

Well laughing none stop for 10 minutes on the phone with my laughter coach.  My tummy and face muscles felt it and I was a little bit spaced out probably because its early days and I need to practice my breathing.  I can,t remember feeling this as a child when laughing so much :) goes to show how you can loose the ability to laugh so easily.

 I did feel better for doing it after a hard day at work as it felt like a release of tension.   I was rather stressed after the working day and its easy to just give in to the black dog mood.

Well its bed time for me and tomorrow I am just going to practice my breathing techniques at work to get through another busy day x

thanks for reading :)

Fake Laughter :)

Tonight with Maria was all about fake laughter and how the body can not distinguish the difference between it and real laughter.  My mission this week is to practice fake laughing and deep breathing using the laughter to expel the air.  Although its still a little hard to fake laugh I am finding that when people ask me about laughter yoga I naturally feel happy and smile when talking about it and I start to laugh without effort.  The next test tomorrow is to laugh for 10 minutes on the phone with my coach.  Its harder than than think :) aching face me thinks xx

Making time to laugh

Tonight was meditation night and not my one to one with Maria so I made sure I performed some laughter exercises in-between working playing taxi and doing mum stuff.  One great thing about the 10 minutes drive between Epworth and Westwoodside is that its perfect timing for a laughter session.  So I went for it making all kinds of laughing noises Ho Ho Ha Ha He He Ho Ho along to my fave tunes on the car stereo.  Lets just say Katy Perry must have a massive complex the amount of laughing at the same time :) perhaps I should try my funny face pulling too next time hehe x

The Laughter infection is spreading :)

Just completed day 4 laughter yoga Skype session which ended up on webex (technical connection issues).  Anyways Just before the session I was actually a little bit grumpy pants for some reason but I actually can feel a change in my mood.  It is seriously strange when I think how I felt a couple of hours ago to how I feel writing this.

Also the infection is spreading...my lovely hubby came into the kitchen a few minutes ago and said he could not help but notice the laughing coming from the bedroom and it was making him laugh as well...GREAT!!! BRILLIANT its actually contagious :)

its beginning to feel a lot like christmas...ho ho ho

Had my third session of laughter yoga tonight.  Another great session and I am getting into the festive spirit by sounding a bit like santa :) ho ho ho x Its scary how the muscles in my face and chest ache when laughing but I have been told this will get easier the more I do it.  I cant believe just how little I laugh most days.

On a serious note though, last night I had a few glasses of wine and today my pain has increased.  Maria not only is bringing more fun to my evenings, but also helping me in other ways too.  Alcohol causes massive body dehydration and boy can I tell, so I am taking up the water challenge she has set me.  We are starting with half litre a day and increasing :) so no wine for me for a little while.

Have a good evening guys and thanks for reading x