Hello all laughter yoga fans,

I am now training people to become certified Laughter Yoga LEADERS so the leaders can lead laughter yoga sessions throughout your area or around the world!!

Dates: September 25th and 26, Saturday and Sunday.. and the venue is a beautiful and spacious home in San Luis Obispo, up in the hills. As soon as your payment clears I will send you the 65 page Leader Training eManual so you can start preparing for the workshop right away... plus the directions to the home in SLO.

After successful completion of this weekend course you will be a qualified Certified Laughter Yoga Leader. You can lead laughter yoga sessions in social clubs, yoga and fitness centers, schools, senior centers and corporate workplaces, among other places.

The course includes:
• Learning the physical, mental and emotional benefits of laughter
• How to laugh without humor and how to teach others as well
• The history of laughter yoga
• Starting and running laughter clubs
• How to market your services
• Techniques for special groups
•  How to laugh alone

We will be including film footage of laughter yoga sessions (plus international news reports of this global social movement), experiencing laughter yoga sessions, and practicing leading exercises in small groups for in-depth learning. We will be going over many laughter exercises in an experiential way (the manual lists 40 exercises). We will also explore creating your own exercises, including gibberish, improv, indigenous rituals and other laughter games throughout the world to stimulate laughter.

Who needs to take the training
Anyone who is committed to spreading laughter yoga.

It will be of special interest to:
• Yoga and fitness teachers
• Management Training Professionals
• Health care professionals
• People shifting away from a boring job
• Psychologists and psychiatrists
• Senior care workers
• Marriage counselors
• Entertainment professionals
• Life coaches
• Alternatives therapists
• Tour guides

The course runs 2 days (Sat: 9-5 and Sun: 9-4). Please bring your own lunch. Drinks and snacks will be provided. And please no perfumes. A limit of 12 participants.

The cost is $250 and can be paid through credit card or paypal via http://hopedance.org/donate or a check can be sent to:

Bob Banner
P.O. Box 1183
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406     (if its sent before September 1, 2010)

If it will be delivered after September 1, 2010, please send to:

Bob Banner
2322 Red Rose Way
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Discounts of $50 for registered students and/or seniors (over 65)

Some testimonials from people who have experienced laughter yoga with Bob Banner: http://www.hopedance.org/component/content/article/53-soul/1643

Bob Banner is a certified laughter yoga teacher (CLYT) who received his leadership training in December of 2009 with Sebastien Gentry in Los Angeles and trained with Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter Yoga, in March of 2010 to receive his CLYTeacher Certificate. He has lead more than 100 hours of laughter yoga sessions in SLO county, spreading laughter from Templeton, Paso Robles, to San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Los Osos, Arroyo Grande, and Oceano (as well as Ojai and Santa Barbara). He has worked with the elderly, cancer patients and others in various centers, yoga studios, homes, parks and at private parties. He also includes laughter yoga with writing and ecstatic dance and art in his one day workshops. For more details of his bio, please request details. hahahahahha...

He has a blog at Laughter Yoga International: http://laughteryoga.org/lyblogs/bob-banner.
The main site/article/resource he updates regularly is at: http://www.hopedance.org/home/soul-news/1615.

Some video clips of his sessions are at the HopeDance site. The best one that shows examples of laughter exercises is at: http://www.hopedance.org/community-media/videos/613.

He is moving from SLO to Santa Barbara to spread more laughter (as well as screening the very funny and a great introduction to laughter as exercise film, LAUGHOLOGY) and will be training leaders to lead sessions throughout Santa Barbara, Ventura and SLO counties. Any questions, he can be reached at 1-805-762-4848 or email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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From Laughter by Hafiz...

O what is laughter, Hafiz?
What is this precious love and laughter
Budding in our Hearts?

It is the glorious sound
Of a soul waking up!

Thanks

bob banner


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Laughter Yoga
Laughing for No Reason
2322 Red Rose Way  •  Santa Barbara, CA 93101 • 1-805-762-4848
Article and Video Clips: http://hopedance.org/home/soul-news/1615
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Trailer for Laughology: http://hopedance.org/community-media/videos/511