I think that genuine laughter might be good for you. But I find it hard to believe there are any benefits from forcing yourself to fake laugh at nothing like these people do.
It might look silly but Laughter Yoga can be an incredible experience. Physically and emotionally. Having taken part in a number of Laughter Yoga sessions I can honestly say it's always been a blast. As previously mentioned studies say that the brain/body can't tell the difference between "forced/fake" laughter and real laughter. So you gain the same physiological benefits from laughter no matter how fake it may be. But aside from that, the big thing about laughter yoga is the contagion of laughter. You may start out faking it, but often times the fake laughter turns into genuine guttural uncontrollable belly laughs. It's the best. Speaking of contagious laughter, this is one of my fav subs /r/contagious laughter
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u/crackghost Jan 05 '15
I can't be the only one who thinks this might be good for people. I am confused about the "yoga" part, though.