– who holds a master of physiotherapy degree and has special interests in chronic pain management and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
Melisha is a certified laughter therapy coach having demonstrated competence in the history, theory and practice of Laughter Therapy.
Laughter Therapy is a unique concept where anyone can laugh for no reason, without relying on humour, jokes or comedy.
We initiate laughter as an exercise in a group, but with eye contact and childlike playfulness, it soon turns onto real and contagious laughter.
Laughter therapy combines laughter exercises with deep breathing. This brings more oxygen to the body and the brain which makes one feel more energetic and healthy.
The concept of Laughter therapy is based on a scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter if done with willingness. One gets the same physiological and psychological benefits.
It was started by a medical doctor, Dr Madan Kataria from India with just five people from a Mumbai Park in 1995. It is fast sweeping the world and today there are thousands of laughter clubs in more than 65 countries.
In order to get the scientifically proven health benefits of laughter, we need to laugh continuously for at least 10-15 minutes. Since in Laughter Therapy we do laughter as an exercise, we can prolong our laughter as long as we want. On the other hand natural laughter comes for just a few seconds here and there and there is not enough physiological and biochemical changes in our body.
To reap the health benefits of laughter, laughter has to be loud and deep coming from the diaphragm. It should be a belly laugh. It might not be socially acceptable to laugh loudly, but laughter therapy clubs provide a safe environment where one can laugh loudly and heartily without any social implication.
Natural laughter that courses through our life depends on many reasons and conditions, but there are not many reasons which make us laugh. That means that we are leaving laughter to chance, it may happen it may not. In contrast in the Laughter Therapy club we are not leaving laughter to chance, but doing it out of commitment. This is the way of getting the health benefits of laughter.
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Email: melisha.rabilal@gmail.com
Phone: (+27) 82 450 6753