Events and Programs for
Everyone, Yoga Professionals, and Business Administrators
We schedule programs on an on-demand basis. Contact us for dates that are available.
The Laughter Yoga Institute offers:
1. Regular laughter yoga practice
2. Half and full day intensive workshops for new to advanced practitioners
3. Vacation retreats
4. Training to become a laughter leader, qualified to start new Laughter Yoga programs for organizations and corporate events
Laughter Clubs for Everyone
The Institute creates Laughter Clubs on demand, or certified instructors can be sent to any location.
Half and Full Day Workshops are regularly scheduled in California and across the nation at yoga studios, retreat centers and other community facilities.
Vacation Retreats are held regularly and sometimes including lodging, meals, and other amenities, such as massage, nature walks and Hatha Yoga practice.
Laughter Leader Trainings offer the opportunity to learn the Hasya Yoga path. These two-day trainings are regularly delivered at the Laughter Yoga Institute in Laguna Beach, California or may be arranged at your studio. The program provides hands-on experience, training in a multitude of exercises, extensive access to teaching resources and a history, theory and medical literature review.
Participants are awarded a "Certified Laughter Yoga Leader" diploma through our affiliation with the Dr. Kataria School of Laughter Yoga in India. Graduates are authorized to start Laughter Clubs and to add Hasya Yoga to other practices.
For corporate and organizational events, Laughter Yoga is a great way to break up a long day of meetings. Laughter Yoga Breaks and Sessions are invigorating, involving, fun-filled, participatory exercises that will help professionals refocus and take their work seriously, yet take themselves lightly.
Upcoming Events for Everyone
Programs for all include:
Laughter, Creativity & Play workshop (also known as "The Joy Workshop")
Click here to see pdf flier describing the training
Want to live life full of joy and creativity? This playshop is for you! Laughter Yoga, Improv Theatre Games, and Expressive Arts are the building blocks for this unforgettably joyous weekend.
* Reconnect with your childlike sense of play
* Open your Heart to JOY - while improving the cardiovascular and immune systems
* Get unstuck from emotional/creative blocks, unleashing unimaginable brilliance
* Explore Art, Music, Creative Writing, Acting and Playfulness with other like-minded souls
Participants will create and produce a short, brilliantly creative video for posting on the "Net".
Fee: $275 per person includes tuition, delicious meals and in/outdoor camping.
Deposit: $125
Yoga Professionals
The 2-Day Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training
Click here to see pdf flier describing the training
City of Orange, CA: August 9 - 10
Laguna Beach, CA: October 4 - 5
Laguna Beach, CA: December 6 - 7
Click here to Sign Up for workshop
This training program is for those who want to experience an intensive weekend of Laughter Yoga, to become certified and empowered to start Laughter Clubs, and lead unconditional laughter experiences in a variety of communities. You will learn how to release tension in a safe and joyful manner, how to share this ability with others, and be able to create into an unlimited supply of laughter exercises.
Develop a Solo Laughter Practice
Yoga Studio Programs
Studio managers: Schedule a Laughter Yoga workshop (and/or a 2-Day Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training) at your venue.
Letter to Yoga Studios (In PDF format) which requires the free Adobe AcrobatReader. 
Programs Offered
Laughter, Creativity and Play
"Introduction to Laughter Yoga" Public Awareness Seminars
Other Laughter Cruises
One-Day and Two-Day workshops on Laughter Yoga and "Joy", "Bliss", and "Ecstasy"
"Stress-Free in Seven Seconds"
Laughter Practice for Business: Relax and Improve Workplace Performance
Laughter exercises offer everyone the opportunity to feel confident, refreshed and stress-free any time, providing all the healthful physical and psychological benefits of laughing without the necessity of telling jokes or even feeling good to start. Absenteeism is reduced and job satisfaction improves.
Managers know that good communication is critical to maintain an effective workforce and for employee satisfaction.
Simple, repeatable, and easily learned, these communication games are keys to employee satisfaction, improving morale while opening lines of communication. People who laugh together are more likely to collaborate, to offer helpful suggestions, and to break through tensions that can accumulate on the job.
Laughter Yoga Institute founder Jeffrey Briar offers several opportunities to discover the benefits of laughter in the workplace:
• 15-minute "refresher" sessions allow participants to re-energize and focus
• 45-minute traditional Laughter Practices session (best known as "Laughter Yoga," as developed by Dr. Madan Kataria) offer improved health, better relations and improved self-esteem, and enhanced productivity
• Training sessions enable managers to practice and learn laughter techniques to share in the workplace
• Two-day comprehensive Leader Training workshops
Fees vary depending on program content, customization, and targeted results.
To register or for information: Contact Jeffrey Briar and the Laughter Yoga Institute at jbriar@lyinstitute.org
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