HAHA Sustenance

Noah and I first started our laughter circles here in Hollywood Beach in 2007. We would show up every week, twice a week, to hold sacred space to laugh.

We created a space for peeps to come and Laugh out Loud just because we can.  

It seemed that this was a strange thing to do - remind peeps to laugh out loud, for no reason.  And yet, we persisted, because it felt so good.

Over time and with practice, the HAHA has provided us with sustenance -  strength and stamina - so we can better enjoy our health and our lives.

These are our top 5 finding for HAHA sustenance:

1. It feels great to have endorphins flowing because of a minimal HAHA effort.
2. It feels OMazing to have the residues of LAUGHter in our body - it cha-ha-hanges our attitude and our outlook.
3. It feels great to find a community - other peeps like us who understand the powerful healing effects of laughter and the health benefits we can reap.
4. It takes repetition and practice - over and over again.  Showing up at the park to laugh in community.  Practicing in front of a mirror and LAUGHING out LOUD. 
5. It takes laughing at oneself and kissing oneself and loving the process.


It is not for the faint of heart.  
It is for those peeps who are ready to play big.  
For peeps who are ready to shine their light bright.  
One laugh at a time to World Peace.  
Right here, right now.

The HAHA Effect

  THE HAHA EFFECT    

I am observing an OMazing phenomen that I call the HAHA effect.  No matter where I am or where I go, if I think of HaHa, it hahahappens around me. For example, at the airport on Friday, I found a seat by the gate.  Feeling a little stressed, I took a deep breath and said HAHAHA under my breath, tapping my fingertips together.  A group of peeps right behind me burst out laughing.  It was so nice to hear and feel the vibration. The HAHA effect is really simple.  All you have to do is say HAHA (under your breath or even in your head) and somewhere in the vicinity of you, you will hear it out loud.  It's like an echo - what hahahappens within is reflected outside of you.  A reverberation of our enerchi is projected into the Universe and amplified.    I started to test my theory and see if it works all the time.  I tried it while standing in line for a haunted house - in a crowd of hundreds - people roaring with laughter as soon as I mentally HAHA'd.  And later at a restaurant, being playful with my niece and NoaHaHAha we attracted a group of peeps who laughed through their whole meal and got us and the table beside us laughing too. The HAHA effect makes me wonder about the correlations with the Butterfly Effect which states that a small chaHAhange in one place (a butterfly flapping her wings) can result in large differences elsewhere (a tornado halfway across the world).     While it is only a theory at this moment, I like the idea of sending a ripple of HAHA and creating a chain of haHAhappy peeps wherever I go. I will keep on researching and shaHAharing my data.

Power of the HA

  THE POWER OF THE HA

I find the more I LAUGH,  the more I increase my capacity  to LOVE.    It's easier to go with the flow  & ride the waves. With the weather shifting and winds a blowing exploding with ebulliency expending enerchi efficiently I find myself outside feet naked touching the Earth HahaHA It feels so very good, very good, Yay Cool and firm, fragrant and wild sitting with GingerMama talking to squirrels  enjoying trees Keeps me grounded Gives me courage to LAUGH out LOUD by myself until my peeps show up and play with me Life is full of surprises My chaHAhallenge is to stay in pleasure MOMent to MOMent laugh at myself OUT LOUD just BEcause I can Building my HAHA muscle HOHO HAHAHA  ChaHAhanging the way I look at things Attitude Adjustment Giving gratitude and gaining altitude Feeling my LOVE muscle grow. Woohoo

HAHA YOGINI - Spotlight on the Crone Goddess

  
When I first shaHAhared Laughter Yoga with the world outside of ME, it was with a GIRLfriend - a Grandma Mama Sister Goddess. She laughed at me and kept on laughing and laughing.  We laughed so hard we almost cried.  

It was at that MOMent I knew how OMazing this HAHA muscle is.

Of course, the girlfriend I shaHAhared it with is like no other.   A trendsetter extraordinaire, this woman can spot savvy and sassy from a mile away.  Crone Goddess Margo is a knitter - sees everything through the eyes of her needle - and she is so very wise and witty. 

When I started offering laughter circles to the community, she showed up everywhere to laugh with me.  We laughed at the beach, we laughed in the park, we laughed in women's circles.  We've laughed in museums, on the street and in the pool. 

She's inspired me to laugh my way just because I can.  She reminded me to love no matter where I be.   She allowed me to celebrate her and crown her as the Crone Goddess and WiseOmazingWoman that she is.  Here she is, CroneGoddess Margo, about to jump out of an airplane.

A great big thaHAhahank you to my Crone Goddess Margo, my Matriarch of HAHA.

MUSIC MAESTRO

Music is such an integral part of my life.   I can use music to shift my mood in an instant  - and classical music does that easy peasy lickety split.  It raises my joy level and amps up my ebullience for life.

I can always lose myself in the music - no matter what mood I am or what I am thinking or feeling - a good melody can get my heart singing and help quiet my mind and take me to another dimension. 

It's like a meditation. I let the sound enter my ears and vibrate into my cells and fill my bones. I am transported by the sound to a different place and space where peace and stillness are easy to find.

Mozart relaxes and soothes. Beethoven excites and stimulates.  Each a reverberation of its own kind.  Each a prayer of pleasure.  A love song for the soul.

Our Pleasure Practice this week is 10 minutes of Classical Favorites.  Take a MOMent to close your eyes and soak it in.  Enjoy the emotional journey and the hahahappiness that follows.