I warmly invite you to click the play button below and listen to my interview about laughter yoga for Parkinsons with Laughter Yoga Instructor Gita Fendelman who I interviewed fifteen years ago. Gita reports laughter is a welcome remedy for the symptoms of Parkinsons she experiences.
She continues to laugh every day and has posted several fascinating videos on youtube which you can easily access by searching on her name and “laughter yoga.”
‘‘Laughter yoga is what I like to call my inner pharmacy. It keeps my mood elevated. I laugh at almost everything.
She discusses the benefits of laughter yoga for Parkinsons in my interview with her which I have listed below:
- Stimulates the part of the brain that uses dopamine
- Converts soft voices to ones that are strong and loud
- Improves cardiovascular health
- Converts a soft voice to one that is a loud and vibrant
- Helps depression
- Strengthens the immune system
- Improves communication skills
- Enhances creativity
- Helps with diabetes
- Reduces stress hormones by 75%
- Releases muscular and emotional tension
- Massages organs
- Exhales stale air at the bottom of your lungs
- Infuses the body with Oxygen
- Drops high blood pressure
- Improves circulation
- Slows pulse rate
- Increases endorphin levels
- Reduces aches and pains
- Enhances sense of well being and confidence
- Reduces worries
- helps with cancer
What is the origin of the impressive list of benefits above? It is extracted from the science of laughter known as gelotology, the study of laughter and its effects on the body. Researchers have examined the wide range of benefits from laughter yoga. Studies find laughter enhances the immune system, improves cardiovascular health, reduces stress ,regulates hormones.
Since COVID, a variety of online laughter yoga clubs have surfaced, but some clubs that meet physically continue to function. One source of clubs is here:
https://www.laughteryoga.org/club/find-clubs-worldwide
Laughter yoga is one among over 100 natural therapies proven by research to offer relief from symptoms of Parkinsons. For information about other natural methods that offer relief from symptoms visit:
https://www.parkinsonsdisease.me
Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery®
https://www.parkinsonsrecovery.com




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