Laughter Workshops

When you book a Laughter Yoga workshop for your business, workplace, school or organisation, Laughter Yoga Australia delivers a unique tailored experience.

We can deliver one of our standard workshops or we can tailor a custom workshop to perfectly suit your needs. We cater to all types of organisations, from commercial, to not-for-profit, to community groups.

Want to focus on stress-busting? Can do.

Feel your team needs to get closer to achieve some slam-dunking goals. Let’s make it happen through a laughter workshop.

Laughter Workshop Sizes

We can deliver from 1 on 1 sessions to workshops with 50 people or more.

Who should attend

Anyone wanting more laughter in their life and the benefits that it provides. We work with executives at all levels, teams, HR managers looking for professional development options, and workplace wellbeing managers and committees.

NB If you, or others in your organisation, would like to be trained to do this for your staff on a regular basis, then check out our Laughter Training options.

Laughter Workshop Topics

We have different types of laughter workshops that are designed for:

• Stress Management
• Psychological Safety
• Team Connection
• Mental Wellness
• Mindfulness
• Positive Psychology

Our latest program focusses on Psychological Safety.

In this eight-week laughter program each session will run for one hour. Your facilitator will be available between sessions to answer any questions or provide support if required. This specifically designed and unique program focuses on improving the Physical, Mental, Emotional, Social, Self and Spiritual Health for the attendees, to enhance Psychological Safety

Each session will consist of a half hour practical Laughter Class. In addition to this, each week there will be a theme to tie the concept to complimentary and practical skills. The themes in order of weeks are as follows

• Week 1 Participants will learn about the benefits of laughter as well as the importance of laughing daily, and the concept of Psychological Safety
• Week 2 Participants will learn about emotional health. What it is, how to identify and measure it, and how to improve it through laughter
• Week 3 Participants will learn about mental health. What it is, how to identify and measure it, and how to improve it through laughter
• Week 4 Participants will learn about physical health. What it is, how to identify and measure it, and how to improve it through laughter
• Week 5 Participants will learn about social health. What it is, how to identify and measure it, and how to improve it through laughter
• Week 6 Participants will learn about self-health. What it is, how to identify and measure it, and how to improve it through laughter
• Week 7 Participants will learn about spiritual health. What it is, how to identify and measure it, and how to improve it through laughter
• Week 8 Participants will brainstorm ideas about how to introduce laughter into their workplace to promote Psychological Safety

1. Life is always better when you’re less stressed.
   This workshop is designed for those who are looking for ways to Reduce Stress levels. A recent study conducted on ABC TV show Catalyst showed that we can reduce stress levels by up to 65% in just half an hour. See the video below for evidence of this.
2. But life isn’t always fair or prefect.
   This workshop is specifically designed for people to bounce back from adversity. Our Psychological Safety workshops and 8 week program shows people how to laugh in spite of problems. Laughter doesn’t solve your problems but it dissolves them to a point where we can better deal with them.
3. We work better and outcomes are bigger when we’re connected.
   In this laughter workshop you will experience how we develop better relationships that lead to Team Connection. When we laugh as a group there is no hierarchy and we develop a social connection that is vital post Covid.
4. Improve your mental health with sustained intentional laughter.
   Mental health is more than the absence of mental illness. In this laughter workshop you will learn how laughing can instantly reduce anxiety and depression levels, while promoting Mental Wellness through positivity. Our 2024 academic book The Positive Psychology of Laughter and Humour explains this more fully.
5. Keep Focussed.
   Mindfulness is about being focussed. When we laugh our brain goes into the same gamma frequency that is only otherwise achieved through deep and prolonged meditation. Laughter is a breathing exercise that calms and stimulates the mind. It has been shown that this can happen in less than a minute.
6. Be positive.
   Positive Psychology is the ratio of positive to negative thoughts. You can’t have negative thoughts while you’re laughing. Laughter acts as a circuit breaker or interruptor, and then, through neuroplasticity, a rewiring process of the neural pathways.

Why Laughter Yoga?

The benefits of Laughter Therapy are many.

From a medical perspective, laughing:

• boosts your immune system
• regulates blood pressure
• increases oxygen to the brain and body
• regulates anxiety and depression
• minimises pain.

For individuals, laughter positively influences:

• emotional health
• physical health
• mental health
• spiritual wellbeing
• social wellbeing.

For businesses, it improves:

• morale
• attitude
• productivity
• purpose
• relationships.