(RNS) — Wearing a bright pink tank top, Celeste Greene enthusiastically pops off the Zoom screen, clapping as she chants: “HO HO. HA HA HA. HO HO. HA HA HA. YAY,” each smack of her forceful hands ...

If laughter is the best medicine, then it stands to reason that laughter yoga is good for the body and soul. Yes, laughter yoga. The movement began in the mid-1990s when Madan Kataria, a physician ...

A good laugh might help lead you to a good life. That's the notion compelling older Tucsonans to follow the mantra "laughter is the best medicine" in new yoga classes that follow an easy syllabus: All ...

On a rainy Tuesday morning, the yoga students gather at an old house in Southeast Portland. They take off their shoes and head to a studio in the back. They stretch for a moment, leaning forward and ...

Being high among strangers can be awkward enough, but being high and doing laughter yoga with strangers takes discomfort to a whole new level. As a recent guest of Ganja Goddess Getaway, a female-only ...

The sounds of nonstop laughter and hollering that leak out of Laguna Woods Village Clubhouse One on a Monday morning could lead a passerby to believe that a zoo broke loose, or a group of grade-school ...

When Betty Brown first read about Laughter Yoga in 2008, it was only beginning to grow in the United States, with the nearest program online showing up in California -- a distance not easily traveled ...

It's been scientifically proven that laughter is both preventive and therapeutic. LaughFest is providing an opportunity for people to learn this first hand with a class called "Laughing Yoga." It ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Yoga is hilarious. With the growing popularity of various forms of yoga, it was only a matter of time before a practice called laughter yoga made its way to Minnesota. From ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The pandemic is sparking new interest in a type of exercise that is helping people lift their spirits. Ute Devika leads groups in laughing and dancing at a park in Cairo, Egypt.

TOWN 'N' COUNTRY, Fla. — Senior centers across Tampa Bay are proving that laughter may indeed be the best medicine through a special yoga class. Josie Flores is a certified laughter yoga instructor.