LY Mission
Laughter movement which started in 1995 is a social movement where anyone can join in for free. A non-religious and non- political organization, it aims at connecting people from different cultures and countries to spread Good Health, Joy and World Peace.
One million Social Laughter Clubs!
To accomplish this mission we set up Laughter Yoga International (LYI) while in India we have the Laughter Club International (LCI). Both these organizations avidly work towards generating an awareness of the unique concept of Laughter Yoga and its manifold health benefits. They aspire to set up a million laughter clubs in the next ten years which will connect all laughter club members from around the world into an extended family.
No Control on Laughter Clubs No Posts, No Hierarchy
All Laughter Clubs are individual entities and are free functioning units. They are not under control of any other organization, group or institution anywhere in the world. Though there are no rules and regulations that oversee the conduct of Laughter Clubs, we do offer guidelines for functioning. The Laughter Yoga Movement recognizes no hierarchy, positions or titles
Aims & Objectives
* To set up social Laughter Clubs available to one and all free of cost.
* To conduct scientific studies and research work and prove the efficacy of laughter and how it affects social, mental and physical well being of people.
* To publish journals and set up libraries of books, video cassettes, DVDs, CDs and other information on Laughter Yoga.
* To train people as laughter Teachers and Leaders and impart comprehensive knowledge about Laughter Yoga so that they can set up Laughter Clubs in countries where people cannot afford trainings and coaching.
* To set up Laughter Yoga clubs for underprivileged people and those with special needs like blind schools, physically and mentally challenged, deaf and mute children, street children, orphanages, schools and colleges, old age homes, prisons and cancer self-help groups and for multiple sclerosis and other chronic diseases groups.
* Depression is number one sickness today and despite being more prosperous, the whole world seems to be sinking into depression. Laughter Yoga is a powerful antidote for depression.
World Peace Through Laughter
The ultimate objective is to bring World Peace through laughter. Laughter in Laughter Yoga is unconditional thought free laughter and does not involve any language mechanism. People anywhere, belonging to any culture can laugh easily without any reason. Laughter is a common language and is a powerful connector of people.
How can we bring world peace through laughter? - Very simple.
When you laugh, you change and when you change the whole world changes around you.
Unconditional laughter brings positive attributes like unconditional love, generosity and willingness to help each other. Normally, when we are laughing, we are not killing each other! The day when even a percent of the whole world’s population starts laughing it is going to change the consciousness of the world. This will lead to world peace.
LY Vision
International Laughter Yoga University
The proposed InternationalLaughterYogaUniversity will be one of its kinds to explore all aspects of human body, mind, emotions and relationships, art, culture, music, dance through the basis of unconditional laughter. We will organize laughter festivals and world conferences. To fulfill this endeavor, we will be setting up 5 centers in each continent that will provide all necessary knowledge and comprehension of the rapidly spreading concept of Laughter Yoga
Laughter Ship – A MobileUniversity
We are already envisioning an unusual project of a mobile University - a huge ship called SS Shanti (Peace Boat). This will go around the world connecting different people from different cultures through laughter. There will be a museum and laughter festivals and training programs on board.
Laughter Townships ( Hasya Nagari)
We plan to create community living townships of the happiest people in this world. Our vision is to have a ‘LaughterCity’ on the outskirts of each and every major city of the world.
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