Fountain of youth (no. 1)

Laughter. One of the best tools for health and vitality. I have thought about this before but I was watching my brother's dog the other day and something interesting caught my eye. Every time my brother and I would laugh, no matter how small, the dog would wag his tale. It is almost like there is something intrinsically good in laughter or its energy.

What is our DLR (daily laughing ratio)? Underneath are some interesting points. Pretty fantastic stuff:

- A recent study showed that pre-school-aged children laugh up to 300 times a day, but by the time we reach adulthood, we laugh a mere 17 times per day on average!

- University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore: a study, which is the first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, found that people with heart disease were 40 percent less likely to laugh in a variety of situations compared to people of the same age without heart disease.

- American College of Cardiology: researchers found that laughing increased blood flow by more than 20 percent - a similar effect to that of aerobic activity. The positive effect of laughing lasted for 30-45 minutes.

- Gives an excellent internal massage to the digestive tract and enhances blood supply to important internal organs like the liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and adrenal glands.

Have a great day.

http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/laughter.htm

http://www.umm.edu/features/laughter.htm

Comments

[elizabeth]

hey robert, thanks for these ideas about laughter. i have for sure noticed the benefits of laughing & smiling & seeing the humor in situations. and relating to an attitude of play that allows transformation, change, improvisation so situations can change.

i've noticed also how most people seem to have at least one thing in their life that is deadly serious & not allowed to be laughed at. sometimes it's something considered sacred or holy. sometimes some kind of duty or obligation. sometimes an accomplishment or a wound.

which has made me wonder also how respect and honor fits into this whole laughter/humor picture?

[elizabeth]

http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/jill_bolte_tayl.php#more

[Cintia Aranda from Argentina]

Hey, Robert....how r you?? Everything is ok??? I was reading your comments...thay are cool..i like them!

Remember me?? We have known in Brazil!!

Good Luck! Go ahead with this...!!

Lots of kisses!

Cintia.