{"id":993,"date":"2013-03-07T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/?p=993"},"modified":"2013-04-06T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T10:08:11","slug":"benefits-of-humour-and-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/archives\/993","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Humour and Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11f09c02-b01c-4065-9e54-35062e76e81c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1021 alignleft\" alt=\"11f09c02-b01c-4065-9e54-35062e76e81c\" src=\"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11f09c02-b01c-4065-9e54-35062e76e81c.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11f09c02-b01c-4065-9e54-35062e76e81c.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11f09c02-b01c-4065-9e54-35062e76e81c-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Most people would agree that<a title=\"Total Body Rebalancing Retreat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandaretreats.com\/total-body-rebalancing-retreat.php\" target=\"_blank\"> laughter is good<\/a> for you in every possible way. Scientific research on laughter suggests that there are many exceptional benefits to a good sense of humour and a good laugh. The old expression, \u201claughter is the best medicine\u201d, is not just a clich<\/p>\n<p>Laughing is fun and makes us feel better.\u00a0 Humour is an aspect of the human mind and is part of a system for information processing. Humor has many of the positive effects that funny people have long suspected.<\/p>\n<p>Humor is good for your health. Although this is not directly related to changing minds, people who are healthier are more likely to be able to pay attention and will want to listen to your ideas.<\/p>\n<p>If someone lacked a sense of humour, you would expect that person to have difficulty in abandoning the existing belief systems, even when presented with very strong evidence against<\/p>\n<p>You can even \u201cact as if\u201d you are feeling an emotion\u2014say, happiness or irritation\u2014by arranging your face in a smile or a frown, and you are likely to feel that emotion.<\/p>\n<p>Humour and Laughter can be beneficial for health and can allow you to feel lighter of body, mind and spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Humor has positive influence in your lives.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p>Here are 9 benefits of Humour and Laughter:<br \/>\n<strong>1. \u00a0Humor lessens fears.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0Humor comforts and helps you get through difficult times.<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Humor helps you to relax.<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Humor reduces pain.<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. \u00a0Humor boosts the immune system.<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Humor reduces stress.<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<strong>7. \u00a0Humor spreads happiness.<\/strong><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. \u00a0Humor cultivates optimism.<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0Humor helps with communication.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Humor and laughter make you feel lighter, like you\u2019re carrying less of a load in your body, mind and spirit. And when you feel like that, you know what that means, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p>Laughing out loud, being quietly amused, anticipating something funny, and even forcing a smile or chuckle can all lead to increases in positive emotions and neutralize negative emotions, which can help keep you on the \u201cupward spiral\u201d to greater happiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people would agree that laughter is good for you in every possible way. Scientific research on laughter suggests that there are many exceptional benefits to a good sense of humour and a good laugh. The old expression, \u201claughter is the best medicine\u201d, is not just a clich Laughing is fun and makes us feel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[163,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}