8/24 ─ Certified Laughter Coach Training Program (3 days)

Who: Katie West (Maine), Founder, Director, The Levity Institute
What: Certified Laughter Coach Training Program
When: Part 1 starts Tuesday 8/24/2010 at 9am and ends on Thursday 8/26/2010 at 4pm. Part 2 will take place on the phone and through video-conferencing and be completed within 6 weeks after the initial training.
Price: Register Now! Space is limited.

Laughter Coaching is a transformational process which creates and re-establishes the practice of laughter into one’s life. By combining the benefits of laughter with the focused approach of coaching, clients are able to bring more lightness and freedom into their lives and increase their sense of well-being, lower stress and negativity, and direct this new strength and buoyant energy towards their goals.  By deepening their practice of laughter,  clients  are able to break free from long held beliefs and blocks that have held them back from their dreams.

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8/24 ─ Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training Program (2 days)

Who: Sebastien Gendry (California), C.E.O. American School Of Laughter Yoga
What: Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training Program
When: Tuesday 8/24, 9am-5pm, Wednesday 8/25, 9am-5pm
Price: Packaged with any 1 other conference event $250, Stand Alone $295 ─ Register now!

Learn To Provide Genuine Help and Hope, not Hype. With Sebastien Gendry, C.E.O. of the American School Of Laughter Yoga (oldest and largest provider of Laughter Yoga education in North America), and a leading Laughter Yoga expert in the world. He was the second person after Dr Kataria (founder of Laughter Yoga) to dedicate himself full time to teaching and promoting Laughter Yoga. A passionate and charismatic individual, he currently travels over 70,000 miles every year to train several hundred Laughter Yoga Professionals in North America and Europe. Sebastien is a witty, insightful and engaging laughter yoga expert whose expertise, patience, willingness to always seek the best in each person, enthusiasm and ability to adapt to the needs of each individual has helped many people “get out of their head” and move to a higher level of happiness. He encapsulates and shares the power of postive and playful energy and creativity. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and numerous other national mainstream media in the USA.

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8/26 ─ Laughter Yoga Intensive, Refresher Course (1 day)

Who: Sebastien Gendry (California), Merv Neal (Australia)
What:
─ AM: Laughter Yoga Intensive (Refresher Course)
─ PM: How To Create And Deliver A Powerful Laughter Yoga Business Presentation
When: Thursday 8/26, 9am-4:30pm
Price: Packaged with any 1 other conference event $105, Stand-Alone $135 ─ Register now! (Intended for Laughter Yoga Professionals, Open To All, No Diplomas)

Do not miss this Laughter Yoga refresher course with 2 of the most seniors figures in the international Laughter Yoga movement!

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8/26 ─ Opening Keynote: Laughter Yoga In 2010 And Beyond (Free Event!)

Who: Sebastien Gendry (California), C.E.O. American School Of Laughter Yoga
What: Opening Keynote: Laughter Yoga In 2010 And Beyond
When: Thursday Evening, 8/26
Pricing: This keynote is free and open to the general public. Donations are appreciated.

Come gain a broader perspective on where Laughter Yoga is today and where we see the movement going!

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8/26 ─ Laughing, Breathing and Relaxing your way to Joy (Free Event!)

Who: David & Meredith Vaughn (Colorado), www.denverlaughs.com
What: Laughing, Breathing and Relaxing your way to Joy
When: Thursday Evening, 8/26
Pricing: This workshop is free and open to the general public. Donations are appreciated.

Experience the joy of an embodied Laughter Yoga session with playful introductions and animated benefits exercises, in-depth diaphragmatic breathing information and exercises, some laughter yoga exercises that work with serving diverse populations, and some techniques for enhancing the laughter meditation and deep relaxation (the icing on the cake!) Bring a blanket and be prepared for a deep body/mind experience.

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8/27 ─ Laughter Yoga as a Conflict Management Tool at the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Who: Tonianne Baca-Green (New Mexico)
What: Laughter Yoga as a Conflict Management Tool at the Bureau of Indian Affairs
When: Friday Morning, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is a large federal agency with a lot of conflict.  In 2009, Tonianne Baca-Green was tasked with training the agency, nationwide, on Conflict Management, which includes processes like mediation, Interest-based Negotiation and effective communication.  Recent research in the field of social neuroscience-the study of what happens in the brain while people interact-shows what is even more important is laughter! Studies show that top-performing leaders elicited laughter from their subordinates three times as often, as did mid-performing leaders.  Being in a good mood helps people take in information effectively and respond nimbly and creatively.  In other words, laughter is serious business!”

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8/27 ─ Bursting Forth with Laughter: Learn Lasting Techniques To Boost Your Self-Confidence With Laughter

Who: Rita Skelly (New Mexico)
What: Bursting Forth with Laughter: Learn Lasting Techniques To Boost Your Self-Confidence With Laughter
When: Friday Morning, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Join Rita Skelly for a fun-filled liberating laughter experience. Hear about her personal challenges to stay sane while dealing with learning difficulties ( ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia). We will breathe and laugh our perceived weaknesses in energy that can be used to help us relax into the warm nurturing safe surroundings of our creative self.
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8/27 ─ Bringing Light to the Darkness: Laughter Yoga in Prisons

Who: Jane Davis (hope-howse.org) and Debbie Ellison (New Mexico)
What: Bringing Light to the Darkness: Laughter Yoga in Prisons
When: Friday morning, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Learn how you can bring Laughter Yoga into the prisons! Almost nowhere is laughter needed more than in prisons. Jane Davis, LMSW, and Debbie Ellison, through HOPE-HOWSE (hope-howse.org), an all volunteer non-profit organization based on service as a path to peace, have worked with inmates for years. Their work is based on compassion and seeing the light within each person. Jane and Debbie will share their experiences of Laughter Yoga with inmates and corrections officers. A video will also be shown. If you are interested in going into a local jail with Jane and Debbie to facilitate a Laughter Yoga session with the inmates on Thursday 8/26 please call Debbie (770-843-0940). Space is limited. Only a handful will be able to go.
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8/27 ─ New Developments in the field of Laughter Coaching

Who: Katie West (Maine), Founder, Director, The Levity Institute, www.thelevityinstitute.com
What: New Developments in the field of Laughter Coaching
When: Friday Morning, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Laughter Coaching is the practice of working with individuals one on one and in small groups to introduce and re-establish the energy of laughter in their lives.  In this session, we will be looking at new practices and niches in this new branch of life coaching.  The participants will get a first-hand experience in coaching someone and being coached allowing Laughter Yoga Leaders/Teachers the opportunity to widen the scope of their experience as they gain awareness and experience working with laughter more deeply on the individual level.

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8/27 ─ Laughing the Trauma Away

Who: Fif Fernandes (Canada), www.laughteryoga-canada.org
What: Laughing the Trauma Away
When: Friday Afternoon, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

In this workshop discover how various laughter exercises, pranayama, and visualization techniques have transformed children and adults who have been victims of war, are dealing with life threatening illness, have been abused or have post-traumatic stress. Fif Fernandes has helped many children and adults heal from deep wounds and find peace in Canada and Uganda.

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8/27 ─ Laughter Yoga in Integrative Medicine

Who: Caroline A. Meeks M.D., aka “Dr. Funshine” (California), www.drfunshine.com
What: Laughter Yoga in Integrative Medicine
When: Friday Afternoon, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

In this workshop Caroline A. Meeks M.D. otherwise known as “Dr. Funshine”  you will

• Learn some stunning highlights of the History of the use of Laughter Yoga in Integrative Medicine;
• Learn how to sort out facts and fiction regarding the science of laughter;
• Learn time-proven techniques she uses in her own medical practice for instant stress reduction.

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8/27 ─ Hasya Yoga as a Spiritual Practice: Integrating Laughter with Traditional Yoga

Who: Rebecca Foster (Rhode Island), thecenterofjoy.net
What: Hasya Yoga as a Spiritual Practice: Integrating Laughter with Traditional Yoga
When: Friday Afternoon, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Hasya means “laughter”. Yoga means “union”. In this workshop we will explore ways to integrate Hasya Yoga with more traditional Yoga/dharma practices to both deepen and (en)lighten our spiritual understanding. We will play specifically with asana (postures) as well as other essential elements from the traditional “eight limbed” and “eight fold” paths. Using interactive exercises we will explore the edges of non-dualism and begin to break down the barriers that keep us separate and disconnected from our natural state of wholeness. Participants will leave this workshop with a clear understanding of how to introduce laughter into traditional yoga practice and vice versa.
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8/27 ─ Group Activity: Favorite Laughter Yoga exercises, songs and games

Who: Group Activity
What: Favorite Laughter Yoga exercises, songs and games
When: Friday Afternoon, 8/27
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

This workshop is a group sharing session where all conference participants are invited to share the Laughter Yoga activities that they most like / recently discovered / have had the most success with (laughter exercises, songs, dances, games…). Please fill the form below to make sure that we reserve a stop for you. This will also help us better prepare and plan the flow of this session.
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8/27 + 8/28 ─ Festival Of Entertainment + Dances Of Universal Peace (Free Event!)

Who: Open Microphone + Bernie Heideman (Colorado), www.bernieheideman.com
What: Festival Of Entertainment
When: Friday evening, 8/27 ─ Saturday evening, 8/28
Pricing: This event is free and open to the general public. Donations are appreciated.

Part 1: Celebrate and Play as only Laughter Lovers can!
Part 2: Dances of Universal Peace

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8/28 ─ The Levity Project: Creating Social Change Through Laughter, Play and Celebration

Who: Katie West (Maine) and Ina Lukas (California), www.thelevityproject.com
What: The Levity Project: Creating Social Change Through Laughter, Play and Celebration
When: Saturday Morning, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Learn more about the Levity Project, a social movement designed to create a more buoyant society through engaging in public acts of levity. It’s also a powerful way to take a form of Laughter Yoga to the streets. Join us as we tell an animated story of The Levity Project through a series of vignettes that depict the playfulness of the events themselves, the lives that they have touched, and how we can collectively create a more joyful society.
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8/28 ─ Growing a Laughter Community

Who: Lynda Tourloukis (Illinois), www.followthelaughter.com
What: Growing a Laughter Community
When: Saturday Morning, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Many Laughter Yoga Leaders accomplish their training and often find themselves alone. When there are questions or doubts who do you turn to for support and resource? Wouldn’t it be great to have a ready community to tap into to find new and unique ideas, like minded people who understand and brainstorm with you, or even those who want to collaborate ideas to get more interest in the community together? Learn why it is important to be connected in a community and how to build a strong foundation for Laughter Yoga in yours. Tap into some great ideas that can make it easy to do and fun for you!

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8/28 ─ Freeing the Joy in Body and Voice with “The Laughter Yoga Warm-Up”

Who: Kathryn Burns (California)
What: Freeing the Joy in Body and Voice with “The Laughter Yoga Warm-Up”
When: Saturday Morning, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Participate in this fun & interactive presentation to receive valuable information regarding techniques for protecting, strengthening, & maintaining healthy vocal hygiene. Teachers, presenters, Laughter Leaders & laughter students all benefit from learning and implementing this 5 minute full body/voice warm-up program created by Kathryn Burns & Jeffrey Briar of the Laguna Laughter Club. Learn tips from a professional actress how to safely improve your volume projection and articulation. Boost your stage speaking skills and learn microphone techniques. See how these simple steps can be used in your club, presentations & personal laughter practice to release the joyous voice & deep, healthy, hearty laughter in us all.

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8/28 ─ Innovations in Laughter: Accessing your own Creativity to Generate Original Programs for Fun and Profit

Who: Jeffrey Briar (California), www.lyinstitute.org
What: Innovations in Laughter: Accessing your own Creativity to Generate Original Programs for Fun and Profit
When: Saturday Morning, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Discover programs which start with laughter and lead to original forms:  bus tours, hiking trips, cruises, Retreat in the Mountains, “Community Night” at dance studios (where the entire family joins the dance-students for an evening of laughter yoga and dancing), group video-making projects, Laughter Adventure trips to offshore Islands, Retreats which combine Laughter Yoga with Hatha Yoga and Dances of Universal Peace, etc.… You will get plenty of ideas on how you can apply your skills and creativity beyond the laughter club and into: the space where anything’s possible. Includes a Q&A/Comment section which will expand your mind to new possibilities!

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08/28 ─ Women in Business: How To Have A Full Time Laughter Yoga Career

Who: Linda Leclerc, www.yogadurire.com
What: Women in Business: How To Have A Full Time Laughter Yoga Career
When: Saturday Afternoon, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Are you thinking of taking the “next step” and start a full time Laughter Yoga career? Linda Leclerc will share insights from her own experience about how she did it. In this workshop you will:

• Learn the dos and don’ts (and the ups and downs!) of a full time Laughter Yoga career;
• Be clear about what works, what really works and what should stay on paper!
• Discover the result of Linda’s direct experience with the saying “if you build it… they will come”!
• Learn the value of planning your “coming out” – make a business plan.
• And while she is at it, Linda will share with you some of her “secret treasures” for working with corporations and businesses.

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8/28 ─ Laughter, Trance and Hypnosis: Deeeepening our Ha Has to rediscover our Original Mind

Who: Dr Norman Katz, aka “Dr Blue” and Chancediva (New Mexico), www.3sidedwhole.com
What: Laughter, Trance and Hypnosis: Deeeepening our Ha Has to rediscover our Original Mind
When: Saturday Afternoon, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Since life too important to take seriously we must learn to deepen our laughter. Understanding and utilizing basic hypnosis processes in laughter yoga help create truly deep laughter that returns us to our “original mind” and restores our neural functioning, resetting our brains and bodies to healthy optimum states. Learn how to do this in some simple and quick ways.

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8/28 ─ How To Use Laughter Yoga As A Powerful Educational Tool

Who: John Shannon (California)
What: How To Use Laughter Yoga As A Powerful Educational Tool
When: Saturday Afternoon, 8/28
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

Laughter Yoga is a beneficial tool for focusing a child’s attention into the present. It engages the right hemisphere of the brain, thus making a child more conscious, and more receptive. This creates an environment for greater cooperation, deeper understanding, and therefore is an asset to the Whole Brain Educational movement. In this workshop you will:

• Learn how to use Laughter Yoga as a tool to help engage children;
• Discover how activating the right hemisphere of the brain can give you access to greater human potential!
• Learn why Laughter Yoga is an asset to the Whole Brain Educational movement and how you can use that knowledge to better promote your own Laughter Yoga programs in schools.

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8/29 ─ How to break a Guinness World Laughter Record

Who: Merv Neal (Australia), www.maurant.com.au
What: How to break a Guinness World Laughter Record
When: Sunday Morning, 8/29
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

In this keynote presentation Merv Neal will discuss:

• How he put together a World Laughter Day event which targeted the Guinness Book of Records;
• What worked and what didn’t and why;
• What he would do differently next time.

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8/29 ─ Journeys on the playful path

Who: Bernie DeKoven (Indiana), www.deepfun.com
What: Journeys on the playful path
When: Sunday Morning, 8/29
Price: This workshop is part of the 2010 All America Laughter Yoga Conference. You must be registered to attend. Register now!

In this keynote address funsmith Bernie DeKoven will talk about the psychology of fun and journeys on the playful path that enrich people’s lives. During the course of their working lives, most people lose touch with the sources of their personal power. Thirty-five years ago, while developing a curriculum in theater for elementary school kids, Bernie made two discoveries that changed his life and some small but significant parts of the world: fun is fundamental to happiness, people can be taught how to have more fun. He eventually discovered that there was a direct connection between the experience of alienation, and the amount of fun people were having – that the more alienated people were, the less fun. Realizing he could help people make anything more fun – their jobs, their relationships, the things they make and do – Bernie set about creating public and private workshops for exploring the Playful Path.

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8/29 ─ Create Your Own Vision Board & Manifest Your Most Heartfelt Desires

Who: Vickie Howie (California), www.sacredblissyoga.com
What: Create Your Own Vision Board & Manifest Your Most Heartfelt Desires
When: Sunday Afternoon, 8/29 ─ From 2:30pm until 6:30pm (4 hours)
Price: Conference Participants $50, Stand Alone $75 ─ RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW! Maximum 40 participants.

Vision Board expert Vicki Howie will guide you through a hands-on process of creating your very own Vision Board – one that will help you clarify your dreams and inspire you to manifest your most heartfelt goals. You will learn how to incorporate Feng Shui techniques to make your Vision Board more energetically powerful and complete.
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8/30 ─ Games That Make People Laugh: A Workshop In Playfulness As A Life Skill (2 Days)

Who: Bernie DeKoven (Indiana), www.deepfun.com
What: Games That Make People Laugh: A Workshop In Playfulness As A Life Skill
When: Monday 8/30, 9am-5pm, Tuesday 8/31, 9am-12noon
Price: Conference Participants $125, Stand Alone $175 ─ RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW! Maximum 50 participants (we do expect this workshop to sell out).

Join funsmith Bernie DeKoven for this special 2 days intensive, highly instructional, ultra-pragmatic and profoundly fun laughter games workshop where you will explore and expand your own sense of fun to enrich and bring a new level of vitality to your own life and that of the people you work with. This event is open to and beneficial for all, and even more so for Laughter Yoga professionals who wish to take their practice to the next level.

Understanding how to play well is a path towards understanding how to live well. With this understanding, every game you play becomes an opportunity to develop your skills at living well. Every game. This is how the search for the Well-Played Game becomes a path to wholeness. A playful path, filled with things like fun and community, spontaneity and creativity, agility and light-heartedness.

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