Laughter Yoga
WHERE BREATH BECOMES JOY
What is Laughter Yoga
Laughter Yoga enables the joy of laughter even if you don’t feel like it. It’s an aerobic exercise program that anyone can do anytime and anywhere that results in health and happiness.
Frequency Lifestyles offer group classes and corporate facilitation services.
Fortnightly Laughter Yoga Classes is a unique and uplifting practice that allows you to laugh even when you don’t feel like it. This gentle yet powerful aerobic exercise can be done by anyone, anywhere and is designed to support both health and happiness.
6 Major Benefits of Laughter Yoga
There are countless benefits to practising Laughter Yoga. The following are the most experienced and widely recognised benefits, explained in a simple and accessible way—without the need to be a medical professional or scientist.
1. Boosts the immune system
The deep diaphragmatic movement created during laughter stimulates the lymphatic system, helping the body to detox naturally. This process supports immune function by increasing lymphocytes and natural killer T-cells that help the body defend against illness.
2. Supports healthy blood circulation
Laughter encourages balance within the body. It can help lower high blood pressure and gently stimulate circulation when blood pressure is low, supporting overall cardiovascular health and equilibrium.
3. Increases oxygen to the brain and body
Laughter involves a strong, rhythmic exhalation. By fully breathing out, the body naturally draws in more oxygen. Increased oxygen supply supports brain function, cellular energy, and vitality throughout the body—helping you feel more alert and energised.
4. Reduces anxiety and low mood
Depression often relates to the past, while anxiety tends to focus on the future. Laughter brings you into the present moment. It interrupts negative thought patterns and supports a shift toward a more balanced, positive state of mind.
5. Provides natural pain relief
Laughter triggers the release of endorphins—your body’s natural pain-relieving chemicals. These act on the nervous system to reduce discomfort and increase pain tolerance, promoting a greater sense of ease and wellbeing.
6. Helps manage stress levels
Stress is part of everyday life, but prolonged stress can affect immunity, breathing, circulation, inflammation, and emotional health. Laughter helps counter these effects by increasing serotonin levels, which in turn reduces cortisol (the stress hormone). This supports relaxation, balance, and overall resilience—helping to ease many stress-related symptoms.
What to Expect
Through a combination of guided laughter exercises and yoga breathing, I gently lead you to experience deep, belly laughter - no jokes, humour, or comedy required. The laughter begins as an exercise and naturally turns into genuine joy.
Often, it’s during life’s most challenging moments that laughter is needed the most. When you feel least like laughing, that is your cue to begin. This practice helps cultivate resilience, perspective and a renewed sense of humour.
Laughter Yoga is also an aerobic activity, meaning it supports heart and lung health by increasing oxygen intake and circulation, while using Yogic breathing exercises. During each session, your body releases powerful feel good chemicals such as dopamine, which enhances pleasure and mood; oxytocin, often referred to as the “love hormone,” which supports connection and trust; serotonin, which aids stress reduction and recovery; and endorphins, which elevate mood, reduce pain, and promote an overall sense of wellbeing.
As with any form of exercise, participants are encouraged to listen to their bodies and move at a pace that feels comfortable, especially if this style of movement is new to them.
And here’s the magic - your body cannot tell the difference between real and intentional laughter. Both deliver the same powerful physical, emotional and mental benefits.
Come along, reconnect with joy and leave feeling lighter, brighter and
beautifully rejuvenated.
New Classes Coming Soon
Corporate Wellness Facilitation
Bring lightness, connection, and positive energy into your workplace. Frequency Lifestyles offers tailored Laughter Yoga sessions that help reduce stress, boost morale, and strengthen team connection.
These engaging sessions are designed for small groups of up to 15 participants, creating a safe and uplifting environment where everyone can relax and recharge.
Get more information about this by contacting us now.
