The Laughter Book
How to Laugh for Health, Unleash Your Joy and
Enhance Every Day of Your Life
(No Matter How
You Feel Right Now)
by Laughter Leaders
and identical twin sisters:
Sarah Routman & Rachael Siegelman
"This is the perfect guide to get you started. By choosing to laugh, you can create physical changes in your body that will improve your health and your outlook. It can transform you."
-Dr. Madan Kataria
Founder, Laughter Yoga Movement
from the Forward to The Laughter Book
Demolish your resistance to laughter with THE formula used by Laughter expert Sarah Routman.
Learn why laughter is important for health and well-being, and how to laugh as a daily habit, anywhere, anytime, even when nothing is actually funny.
It's good for you--and it's a heck of a good time!
Susan Marschalk, Executive Director, Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care
"The audience loves you, Sarah, and your energy sets sthe tone perfectly for the entire conference. People have fun, feel good and get energized. But, that doesn't fully capture it. While in Washington, D.C. at a national conference, I immediately thought of you. You would be perfect to open their conference to help them lighten up and become more engaging.
Thank you for helping us create a successful conference. You are truly appreciated and valued."
Thank you for helping us create a successful conference. You are truly appreciated and valued."
Laurie Ellis-Young, Co-Founder, BreathLogic
"As a holistic nurse I have been to many conferences with wonderful speakers, but I never enjoyed a keynote presentation like I enjoyed Sarah's. It was fun, informative and healthy! Winthin minutes, with her infectious laughter and delighful expertise, she had everyone feeling connected, uninhibited, silly and energized. Our brains were flooded with life-giving oxygen, and our deep natural belly breathing that only laughter can cause, was stregthening our immune systems and producing anti-aging benefits. Sarah knows the secrets to help us experience laughter as the best medicine and food for our souls!"
Anna Bonavita, Scientist & Chocolate Expert
"Even in the most difficult moments, a few minutes laughing with Sarah will wipe your tears away and help you make it through."
Omi Gayden
“I am so floored. I am euphoric, happy, relieved. I feel my lungs. I feel releasing of the tension that was there. I have never even listened to my laugh before, so now I feel acquainted with myself. I am getting used to loving me through laughter and through being aware of relaxation. This was phenomenal.
Just yesterday I was not laughing and today I have laughed more than I have in a long time.”
Just yesterday I was not laughing and today I have laughed more than I have in a long time.”
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