Linda LeVier, USA: On July 7, 2007, I celebrated my 67th birthday and three months of my heart transplant. I had a great party with friends and family who supported me through my new heart adventure! Did I mention I received my new heart on April Fools Day? It fits my personality perfectly ha ha! My medical situation suddenly changed in a few days in 2004. I went from no symptoms of heart disea...

Vanessa Coéllar, Mexico: This is the story of how Laughter Yoga helped Vanessa Coéllar, an Architect from Mexico City, cope with Multiple Sclerosis. I have Multiple Sclerosis since five years, and I can tell you it’s a terrible disease. Your life doesn’t go very well – in fact, it just gets worse. You need to try and be happy as this is the only thing that may help ...

Jason USA: I recently had the opportunity to attend Laughter Yoga Teacher Training in Chicago. The leader of the training was Dr. Kataria, the creator of the concept of Laughter Yoga. This training lasted five-days and was filled with sessions which often stretched from early morning into the evening. Yet, I was continually amazed by how the whole week brought out the absolute best in me and ho...

Lynn Caesar, MA, USA: I was first introduced to Laughter Yoga when I watched Mira Nair’s documentary on Dr. Kataria and his “Laughing Club of India.” Soon after, I attended the Laughter Yoga training in Toronto and became a certified Laughter Yoga leader. I was so moved by the training and Dr. Kataria’s message, that I started the Arlington Laughter club in Massachusetts th...

Melanie Vick, USA: An emotionally painful past led me to turn to relationships to fill myself with happiness as an adult. After my 3,334th love relationship failed (ok, not really the 3,334th, but you get the idea), I finally had a great realization that if I wanted to be truly happy, I needed to take 100% complete responsibility for my own happiness. That is when I found Laughter Yoga on the Inte...

Neeta Fadia, India: I had heard about Laughter Clubs and the benefits people were getting by practicing Laughter Yoga. Since the last 10 years, I have been suffering from Advanced Osteoarthritis of the knee joints, which has severely hampered my mobility. Even after my Knee Replacement surgery last year, I found it very hard to stand even for 15 minutes without pain. But, thanks to an Evening Laug...

Fran Joseph, USA: I was certified as a Laughter Yoga Leader in 2008 and as a Teacher in 2009. It really hasn’t been that long and yet, because Laughter Yoga feels so right, time has been rendered meaningless. It has become an integral part of who I am, not just something I do. It is working transformative magic in my life. I moved to Vermont five years ago when my husband, Stan and I were...

Jody Ross, USA: After meeting several physicians for years trying to find an answer to my longstanding problem of a debilitating mood disorder, chronic pain & fatigue, I stumbled into a new way of being with Laughter Yoga. I laughed, breathed & clapped, and felt a joy that I could savor – for hours! I called my dear friend shouting, “Guess what? I feel great! I have to do this....

Maya Balenz, Sebastopol, California: I first saw your “Laughing Clubs of India” documentary on January 15, 2008. I had always loved to laugh, but your idea of laughing for no reason was completely new to me. I instantly knew, after watching the film, what was missing from my life – it was spontaneous, unconditional laughter and the ability to laugh anytime I wanted. The film insp...

Sue Ansari, USA: For several days I had been suffering with acute pain in my ribs, till last week when the reason for the pain was diagnosed as shingles. This was a first for me, but I had seen shingles in many of my residents, as well as my mother during her cancer. I knew what it was without even seeing a physician. I decided against any medication, not wanting to put yet more chemicals in my bo...

Reema Hiranandani, Mumbai: I’m a member of the original laughter club at Lokhandwala Complex started by Dr. Kataria in 1995. All these years I have been going to the club, but, it was only a few days ago my husband visited the club with his friend. They found it so relaxing and joyful that they suggested I start a laughter club in my building compound. Inspired and motivated, I finally took ...

Kylie Willows, Sydney: I first heard about Laughter Yoga at a Yoga Expo in Sydney a couple of years ago. It was the final day of a 3 day conference and I was exhausted from participating in many practical workshops. I was just about to head home when an announcement came over the loudspeaker that a new unusual style of Yoga was coming up next on the main stage: Laughter Yoga! I was intrigued. I...