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Aerobic Laughter™ Therapy

Aerobic Laughter Therapy (ALT) is a powerful cognitive behavioral therapy that triggers hearty extended laughter without the need for comedy or jokes.

While many believe that 'laughter is the best medicine', it can only be regarded as a medicine in a form that can be prescribed. The ALT technique allows laughter to be prescribed.

Extended study shows that Aerobic Laughter Therapy™ may be the most powerful positive psychology intervention currently available.

The therapy builds happiness and reduces unhappiness so quickly and dramatically that is has been described as 'happiness shock treatment'.

ALT benefits include:

  increased energy, vitality, optimism and positivity

  dramatic and continued reduction of stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief

  increased coping and resilience

  preventing and rehabilitating burnout

  dramatic increases in emotional intelligence

  improved relationships with increased trust, better communication and reduced anger and conflict

  increased teamwork and working to common purpose

  increased voluntary assistance in groups including sharing of skills

  increased mindfulness, satisfaction with life and quality of life

  reduction on stress related physical problems including sleep problems, back, neck and body pain, and digestive problems

  relief of headaches, migraines and pain

  counters stress-related illness especially hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and allergies

  speeds healing and recovery from illness and trauma

Aerobic and Cardio Workout

ALT provides a vigorous aerobic and cardio workout that boosts circulation and oxygenization of the blood and major organs.

This is especially important to seniors, the disabled and those restricted to bed or wheelchairs as it may be the only form of aerobic exercise they can participate in.

A recent study found that laughter was the best way to speed healing of chronic leg ulcers by boosting circulation.

How does Aerobic Laughter™ 
Therapy counter stress?

ALT is unique in countering and reducing stress in many ways naturally.

Regular ALT practice:

  significantly improve stress management and tolerance

  dramatically increase stress-coping skills and emotional resilience

  reduces levels of dangerous stress hormones, neuropeptides and chemicals in our bloodstream including cortisol and adrenaline

  promotes the cathartic release of negative emotional memories and trauma without the need to talk about or reveal the cause of trauma

  develops stress-mindfulness that enables the recognition of stressful events and the ability to override the 'fight or flight' stress response in real time

  allows the identification and reframing of common stressors in a way that they cease to be stressful

  reduces and eliminates burnout

  reduces interpersonal conflict, a major source of relationship stress 

  significantly reduces anxiety which can be a major source of stress 

Is Aerobic Laughter™ Therapy different from Laughter Yoga?

ALT and LY share certain common techniques in the way laughter is triggered.

Aerobic Laughter Therapy incorporates a number of important elements and differences from laughter yoga that serve to dramatically increase the benefits, adherence, reliability and sustainability and make it suitable for use in therapeutic applications:

  education is provided on the science of stress, and happiness and how these factors affect physical and mental health

  positive psychology techniques and interventions are incorporated

  ALT is evidence based: happiness, stress, depression, emotional intelligence and other measures are taken before, during and after ALT programs to verify results and allow program management (measures vary according to the duration of the program and other factors)

  ALT is delivered according to rigorous standardized procedures ensuring consistent delivery and results

  ALT benefits have been confirmed in measurements taken with thousands of participants and presented at major international conferences.