Laughter Yoga Leader Training - Christchurch
Schedule
Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 11:00 pm to Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC+12:00Location
Mary Potter Community Centre Christchurch | Christchurch, CA
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This experiential (and often life-transforming) workshop is ideal for personal development and anyone interested in running a Laughter Yoga group (certification upon completion of workshop).Laughter yoga is a form of exercise that combines laughter exercises with deep diaphragmatic breathing techniques. It was developed by Dr. Madan Kataria, a medical doctor, in 1995 and is used as a way to reduce stress, promote wellbeing and relaxation and alleviate anxiety.
Incorporating laughter into your daily life can be a valuable tool for promoting physical and mental health, in part due to its influence on the vagus nerve and the parasympathetic nervous system.
Laughter is our body’s natural antidote to stress.
What can you do after completing this training?
- Start a community Laughter Club
- Take laughter yoga into aged care
- Share laughter yoga with people with disabilities
- Take laughter yoga into workplaces
- Share with clients
- Take laughter workshops into prisons
- Share laughter with people in recovery
- Take laughter sessions in domestic violence centres
- Take laughter workshops into mental health organisations
Over this 2 day transformational workshop, we will be covering:
- Laughter Yoga: history, concept, philosophy
- Health benefits of laughter
- Stress, anxiety and laughter
- Laughter session(s)
- Laughter Leader facilitation skills
- How to start a laughter club
- Laughing alone; with mental health support groups; in aged care facilities; and schools
- Relaxation techniques (diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, mindfulness)
- Hannah's personal experiences
About your facilitator:
Hannah Airey trained with the founder of Laughter Yoga, Dr Madan Kataria, in 2007 and started the second Laughter Club in NZ and which was the first one in the South Island. At the time she was experiencing high anxiety and stress due to personal circumstances and found that this was the most powerful bio-hacking tool she had come across. It was also extremely effective in becoming more mindful and quietening her mind.
Hannah became a trained teacher in 2009 and has trained hundreds of participants as well as having facilitated workshops nationwide in the following industries: corporate organisations, retirement villages, prisons, schools, drug and alcohol addiction units and mental health support groups. She continues to hold trainings around the country and mentors those who are setting up community laughter clubs.
Hannah trained with Wim Hof in 2017 and re-trained in bioenergetics in 2022, she combines her expertise, experience, knowledge and passion in her trainings.
The cost to attend this event is $525. Refreshers are available for $300. Refer-a-Friend discount of $50 for each person who attends that an attendee encourages to come along! If you need a payment plan, please contact Hannah.
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Where is it happening?
Mary Potter Community Centre Christchurch, 145 Bealey Ave, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand, ChristchurchEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
