Message from Linda Leclerc, founder of the Laughter Yoga School

Nothing works as quickly on our state of mind as laughter. When we laugh together, we can’t go on fighting or staying angry! Laughter is a wonderful universal language that has the potential to unite humanity. Smile at someone, and chances are they’ll smile back – and you’ll feel great!

Every person possesses this wealth and treasure, which is a renewable resource! The more we laugh, the more we want to laugh and the easier we laugh!

In darker times, we can remember that the sun is still shining. Laughter is like the sun, bringing good cheer and light into our lives.

Even today, we have a great need to laugh. The world is going through turbulent times, and our sense of helplessness and insecurity is growing.

It’s not the first time we’ve experienced a difficult period. Ups and downs are part of life. Quality of life doesn’t depend on what happens to us, but rather on what we do when something happens: how we react. We can’t change external circumstances in a day. The easiest thing we can do is change the way we feel inside, so it’s time to laugh for no reason – to light up our hearts and unite us.

Laughing helps us cultivate a positive mental attitude and develop love, forgiveness, generosity and compassion. These are the virtues we need for peace and harmony in our world.

I dream of the day when we’ll all be able to LAUGH – without judging – simply by letting our hearts open up to joy and life, thinking of all the good we do by this simple exercise. The good we do to ourselves, of course, but also the good we do to all humanity. The more we laugh, the happier we feel, and the more our joy reflects on those around us.

Today, all over the world, people will be laughing to join the great planetary community of laughers… making a concrete gesture to help reduce fears and tensions through the joyful sounds of laughter. An ambitious goal, but an achievable one, since RIRE UNIT!

Whether you’re alone or with others, today take the time to LAUGH for at least a minute (look at your watch if you have to)! Open your arms to the sky and laugh! You’ll be part of a tremendous movement that’s sending waves of love around the world.

I wish everyone a day filled with smiles and LAUGHTER! The kind that comes from the heart and spills out to those around us. The kind that makes our faces shine and our eyes sparkle, that makes us more tolerant and gentle with ourselves and others. It’s the kind we gradually rediscover through practice, and which helps us to live more serenely, with a lighter heart… I wish us HEARTY LAUGHTER!

And it’s LAUGHTER that I’m proposing to you too. Stretch out your arms towards the sky and send your laughter very high… very softly. Do the HEART LAUGH for a few minutes during the day.

And why not every day?

Laughter, joy and health

Your HAHA Sister, Linda

P.S. Join me on Sunday, May 6 at noon Quebec time, 6 p.m. Paris time, for 30 minutes of laughter on ZOOM.