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Give your body a boost with laughter?

Give your body a boost with laughter?. Can watching sitcoms increase your health? If so, are stress and illness related? What is the mind/body connection with respect to laughter?. Research for 25-30 years Began with Anatomy of an Illness (memoir) by Dr. Norman Cousins (1979)

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Give your body a boost with laughter?

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  1. Give your body a boost with laughter?

  2. Can watching sitcoms increase your health? • If so, are stress and illness related? • What is the mind/body connection with respect to laughter?

  3. Research for 25-30 years • Began with Anatomy of an Illness (memoir) by Dr. Norman Cousins (1979) • Painful spinal condition • Watched sitcoms • 10 min laughter=2 hours pain-free sleep Can SITCOMS REALLY CURE YOU?????

  4. Research shows • Those who get heart attacks are 40% less likely to laugh than those with health hearts!(University of Maryland, Preventive Cardiology) • When we laugh: • Stretch muscles • Pulse goes up • Breath faster It’s a mild workout! Vanderbilt University research demonstrates that 10-15 min of laughter burns 50 calories! How many CALORIES HAVE YOU BURNED SO FAR TODAY?

  5. Research shows benefit of laughter in the classroom • Stimulates both sides of the brain • Reduces tension • Increases motivation • Increases participation (American Psychological Association)

  6. Additional Research • Soothes difficult moments • Liberates creativity • Helps with cross-cultural understanding “Laughter: Humor in the Classroom. Fastback 241” by Claudia E. Cornett (1986)

  7. Stress causes some illnesses: • Job change • Death • Baby • Moving Body reacts—neck pain, back pain, headaches, trouble sleeping? (familydoctor.org) Does that mean laughter would help?

  8. Research is not yet definitive! Yet laughter can’t hurt, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eB3ISAYE-I (Laughter and Yoga)

  9. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS • Do you think that laughter can cure or help illness and/or pain? Why or why not? Give examples. • Does your culture support the idea that laughter benefits health? • Do you believe that attitude affects health, in general?

  10. discussion questions (cont) 4. Is laughter important to you in a relationship (with friends, boyfriend/girlfriend)? Explain. 5. Can you understand humor in English very well? 6. What is your opinion about laughter in the classroom?

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