Laughter Yoga For Yoga Enthusiasts

What Happens When You Combine Yoga with Laughter?

Yoga brings flexibility, focus, and inner calm. Laughter Yoga adds energy, joy, and emotional release.

Support emotional healing
Make yoga fun and approachable
Reconnect with your inner child
Release physical and mental tension
Boost energy and balance

Laughter Yoga, developed in the 1990s by Dr. Madan Kataria in India, combines intentional laughter with yogic breathing to deliver the same mental and physical benefits as spontaneous laughter. It's now making its way into mainstream yoga classes.

Yoga + Laughter Yoga

As the concept of Laughter Yoga evolved, Dr. Kataria found a deep connection between the fundamentals of yoga

Yoga's pranayama and laughter exercises together boost oxygen flow to the body and brain.

The Science Behind the Synergy

Traditional Yoga

Physical postures (asanas) improve flexibility, strength, and body awareness.

Pranayama (breathing techniques) calm the mind and regulate the nervous system.

Meditation centers your focus and brings mental clarity.

Laughter Yoga

Intentional laughter stimulates endorphins — even when it’s “fake” laughter.

It lowers cortisol (stress hormone) and boosts mood.

It increases oxygen intake and energizes every cell in your body.

Together

You get the grounding benefits of yoga + the joyful emotional release of laughter.

Breath is life

Breathing is vital for life—without it, survival is impossible. In yogic philosophy, breath is the life force, or Prana, through which cosmic energy flows into the body.

Medically, oxygen is the key component of breath. Stress and negative emotions cause shallow, irregular breathing, leading to carbon dioxide buildup, which triggers anxiety and emotional reactions.