Laughter and humor

Although humor is something we enjoy, it is always conditioned to external factors such as the level of understanding of the individuals interacting, or the degree of happiness they have, plus it is never guaranteed that someone will laugh just by listening to a joke. Laughter, on the other hand, is a more intelligent mechanism of the body, it is natural and necessary for our system, starting with our brain system that curiously does not distinguish between sarcasm and reality.

That is to say, if you smile big, your brain will interpret that you are happy, sending happiness hormones to your whole organism and thus all the well-being that these hormones generate in your being. And yes, sometimes you may not feel happy or in the mood to be happy, but that is exactly what I am going to tell you.

Laughter as a low-cost and easily accessible medicine.

Today there are many studies that tell us about the health benefits that laughter gives us, I will mention some of them:

Norman Cousins, published a book called Anatomy of a Disease, in this book he talks about how he was diagnosed with a terminal disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis which was very painful and describes his discovery about the healing powers of humor of other positive emotions. He demonstrated that ten minutes of joyful laughter could give him two hours of pain-free sleep. He was able to prove that laughter triggers our bodies to produce endorphins, which are natural painkillers.

Lee Berk and a team of researchers found that laughter reduces the level of stress hormones and improves the response of the immune system. They also observed that laughing protects our respiratory tract and increases the number of NK Cells which are a type of white blood cell that helps protect us from tumor formation.

Unconditional laughter

Knowing this, would you be encouraged to laugh more? In laughter yoga we make a commitment to our body, the commitment to unconditional laughter. Unconditional laughter is that medicine that we have everywhere and that we carry with us for life, it is a spirit that helps us to disconnect intelligently from problems and helps us to be more empathetic with ourselves and with the living beings outside.

When we are born alone until a certain age we enjoy unconditional laughter, a child can laugh between 300 and 400 times a day, although an average human does it 12 to 15 times. This is because as we grow older we become more serious and more logical. If you observe a child, you will notice that most of the laughter comes from the mobility of the body and not from the mind, so if you try just moving your body you can laugh and give yourself a dose of medicine every time you need it during the day.

Hive Open Mic "Musical Comedy".

Being here in Uruguay I have been sharing laughter with friends and acquaintances, so connecting with one of them, I was invited to a preschool classroom of children from 4 to 5 years old where the plan was to make a laughter yoga circle for children. Excited I began to prepare the routine, I was making it simple, with animals and with many games, I was adapting it to be able to laugh with the children and one of the things I was looking for was music because it is something that I always like to incorporate in these spaces.

My teacher in Venezuela had given me a booklet of laughter therapy songs by Mr. Luis Pescetti that as soon as I started planning this, I looked for. I started listening to the songs and stopped with one in particular that made me laugh for a while, Bua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. At the time it seemed like a great idea to share with the class but now that I think about it, I guess it wasn't the best choice hahahahaha.

This week in #hiveopenmic the theme is "Musical Comedy" and when I read it I thought of this song again, I immediately thought I should dust it off and try once again to sing it, this time for a bigger and less fearful audience haha It is not a song I have rehearsed let alone well tuned hahaha but my intention here is to be able to share with you a little bit of laughable vibe and so then a reason to laugh with or without reason.

This song has no official translation, so with the help of deepl translator I made a literal translation of its content for reading comprehension purposes.

Lyrics

Bua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

It was a dark and gloomy night
I came across an abandoned house
You could hear screams, footsteps and chains
And a guy appeared with his head cut off

I ran out at full speed and they were following me
Three vampires, a hanged man and his family
They grabbed me, sat me down and made me listen
The story that I'm about to tell

We're hungry, hungry for food
We're tired of eating rotten things
It's been a thousand years since we've seen a good plate
We're tired of living in an abandoned place

I have an idea I said, let's do something
Let's put up a restaurant that's good
They liked it and we worked
And when we opened it we called it: 'Soups and Noodles'.
Bua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (2 times)

The news circulated all over the world
And they started coming from everywhere
Horrible witches, monsters and skeletons
No one eats with cutlery, everyone eats with their fingers

The place started to have an atmosphere
And it's always bursting with customers
If there are no chairs, they sit on the tables
Or if they don't eat floating, on top of their heads

Many green ghosts, many dead
They fight to eat in this house
I make them brain soup
And noodles made of spider web

Bua ha ha ha ha ha ha

That's all for today, I wish you lots of love and the best vibes for life.

ADIWA!