Laughter Medicine: 1 Minute Nervous System Reset

When we laugh, we reset our state completely. Laughter signals to your nervous system that you are safe, improves oxygen intake, decreases stress hormones and increases happy hormones and relaxing endorphins.

Practice with a friend for twice the benefit!

Transcript

Hi I'm Keziah Gibbons, My pronouns are she and her and today I'm going to invite you to laugh with me for one minute to get a quick reset in your day. So when we laugh we are informing our nervous system first and foremost that we are safe, It helps us to relax tension, To change the state. So you may not feel like laughing, If you don't feel like laughing that's okay, You can still create the state of laughter by putting your face, Your body, Your breath, Your voice into laughter. So fake it till you make it basically and after a minute of doing this you may find that you're genuinely laughing. So I invite you to laugh with me, Don't worry if you feel a little bit silly or awkward at first, Just laugh through it and if you can't, If you don't find it easy to laugh along with me I invite you to laugh at me, I don't mind. Okay so I'm going to set the timer for a minute and let's laugh. Okay we've been laughing for a minute, I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did. I wish you a wonderful rest of your day, Take really good care.

Reviews

So fun! Thanks for making me laugh!

That was so fun.
Lifted my mood and energy.
The light in video played off your mic. Was great. Wanted to hug after that release.
Many blessings.

Best thing I did so far today 🙏🏻thank you so much Keziah! 💐

Woke up. Not quite out of bed. This was the first meditation of the day. A pleasant surprise. I did laugh in a quiet morning sort of way. It woke my dog. I'm still smiling. Perhaps my first cup of coffee will taste that much better. From an older woman who easily laughed so much as a teenager at the dinner table I ended up crying. Family couldn't help but laugh. Later I felt I was just too sensitive. I now find I laugh at myself more as I age. I also talk to my dog about the salt and pepper of life. I rember your work Ms Gibbons from years ago. The energy of your heart is beautiful. Thank you for making this. How are you liking posting videos now? Which weren't a available before. It's a pleasure to see you and hear whats on your mind. Thanks for the laugh.

What a fun break! A little goofy perhaps, but I’m smiling afterwards just thinking about it and feeling more ready to start my day. 😁 Thank you, Keziah!