{"id":1219,"date":"2019-10-08T13:41:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.wordpress.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:41:47","slug":"laughter-as-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/laughter-as-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughter as Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I returned from an amazing seminar in Europe last week. Beyond the positive thinking information that we learned, I have to say, the experience of laughter was one of the most poignant lessons that I received. I laughed more than I have in a long time with the light-hearted people on the trip. I laughed myself to sleep for the first time in my life.\u00a0 But what is this laughter that humans engage in? Why is it so important?<\/p>\n<p>Laughing is what happens when happiness breaks the bounds of a smile, and consumes the entire body. Laughing produces cascades of healthy chemicals throughout the body. And once you are laughing, it is easy to find even more to chuckle about.<\/p>\n<p>Laughter has been shown to increase bonding and to improve communication in social situations as well.<\/p>\n<p>What makes you laugh? Perhaps it is time to work small doses of humor into your schedule for the therapeutic benefits!<\/p>\n<p>In order to achieve laughter, it helps to start by having a positive mindset. Check out my \u201cThink Happy Thoughts\u201d, Positive Thinking E-course if you haven\u2019t already!\u00a0 Click here <a href=\"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/books-and-courses.html\">https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/books-and-courses.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>~Dr. Rahman Beckwith<\/strong> integrates Positive Psychology and spirituality to create unique approaches to wellness. A graduate of Princeton University, she is a global speaker and the author of many books, e-courses, and CDs available on <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon.com<\/a> and her website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drrahmanbeckwith.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.DrRahmanBeckwith.wordpress.com<\/a>. Find her many videos on YouTube. Follow her Facebook page Holistic Therapy with Dr. Rahman and her Instagram, Dr.RahmanBeckwith, for updates!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I returned from an amazing seminar in Europe last week. Beyond the positive thinking information that we learned, I have to say, the experience of laughter was one of the most poignant lessons that I received. I laughed more than I have in a long time with the light-hearted people on the trip. I laughed&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/laughter-as-medicine\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Daha fazlas\u0131n\u0131 oku &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Laughter as Medicine<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18,19,20,21,23,24,25,33,36,37,39,41,42,43,46,53,54,56,61,62,66,67,72,1],"tags":[107,108,113,114,130,131,136,139,141,143,150,161,171,177,181,192,196,197,214,215],"class_list":["post-1219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-create-your-reality","category-divine-love","category-divine-unity","category-dr-rahman-beckwith","category-e-course","category-emotions","category-empowerment","category-energy-cleansing","category-grounding","category-illness","category-jealousy","category-laughter","category-law-of-attraction-process","category-love","category-manifesting","category-meditation","category-positive-psychology","category-positive-thinking","category-problem-solving","category-reprogramming-habits","category-self-control","category-self-talk","category-self-help","category-spiritual-nourishment","category-uncategorized","tag-coaching","tag-consciousness","tag-criticism","tag-depression","tag-exercise","tag-freedom","tag-gratitude","tag-happiness","tag-healing","tag-health","tag-law-of-attraction","tag-motivational","tag-peace","tag-psychology","tag-relationships","tag-soul","tag-spirituality","tag-success","tag-wellness","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drrahmanbeckwith.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}