Senior Laughter Club in your apartment community

Since time immemorial people have been inventing various ways to make people laugh. It can be through entertainment or in the form of an activity. There are innumerable films, plays, cartoons, series and others which are based on laughs. Few of the noted personalities who have contributed to making people laugh are Charlie Chaplin, Johny lever, Mr. Bean, Raju Srivastav,Laurel & Hardy and so on.

As a person grows old so does his abilities to stay hale and hearty. There are innumerable cures and therapies which are invented on a daily basis in order to cure the old age problems. One of the beneficial therapies is laughter clubs for seniors. There are various community associations and apartment associations which organize the laughter club in order to keep the senior citizens healthy and stress-free.

Laughter is one of the highest forms of expression of joy and happiness which also cures various other ailments. This is one of the cheapest therapies for senior citizens to stay happy and healthy. Since most of the apartments have senior citizens residing in them, you can start your own laughter club in your apartment and make it a part of the apartment association. A laughter club does not need a specific place, it can be organised anywhere from public parks to road pavements.

Benefits of laughter therapy

• It is one of the highest forms of expressing joy and happiness
• It cures people of their mental and physical ailments.
• The laughter therapy warms up the body and increases the blood circulation by sending blood to the brain and releasing the chemical neuro- transmitters to function with a higher frequency.
• The Endorphins secreted relieve pain and stress during the laughter therapy.
• Laughter therapy also increases neurotransmitters such as Norepinephrine and Serotonin which reduce pain and enhance mood.
• Laughter therapy is good for people who have ailments like Glaucoma, profuse bleeding during menstrual cycle, prolapsed uterus, bleeding piles and fissures and any kind of hernia.
• It increases the capacity of the lungs and increases the intake of oxygen 8 times more.
• Laughter therapy also relieves a person from being stressed.
• It helps both physically and emotionally and defuses anger.
• It exercises the diaphragm, abdominal and thoracic muscles.

An apartment can have a laughter club and before you start a laughter club you need to know the following details.

• The laughter therapy exercise can be organised in a garden or an open space around the apartment.
• The area chosen should be well maintained and cleaned with the circulation of fresh air.
• There is no need to fret about wearing a particular costume for the practise of a laughter therapy. All you need to do is chose a loose and comfortable attire which can make it easier for you to be flexible.
• Ensure that you make all the senior citizens of all the apartments aware of the laughter club therapy. This will perhaps help you to make new friends and interact with new and different people.
• Appoint a yoga trainer or aerobic trainer, you can be a trainer yourself.
• Before starting a laughter therapy you need to practise any warm up activity for which you will have to choose a particular spacious area.
• It is advisable that you organize the laughter club either in the evenings or mornings when the atmosphere is cool and calm.
• Organising various workshops in your apartments will make people aware of the benefits of a laughter club.
• You can also make youngsters and adults aware of the laughter therapy other than just the senior citizens.
• Set a goal that every member has to create his own concepts of making the other members laugh.
• Membership of various members from your apartment or even other apartment is necessary.
• Until you can develop a core group who can take over responsibility, you will be crucial to the operation of the club.

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