Should you try laughter therapy ?

It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine – and there’s hard science behind the expression. When we laugh, endorphins – known as our happy hormones – are released into the blood stream, lifting our mood .

In 1995, intrigued by the research on the benefits of laughter. Dr Madan Kataria created his own Laughter Club. He gathered his small laughter therapy group. He started encouraging the group to act out the laughing sounds until the laughter became real and contagious. This developed into a technique called laughter yoga, which is now practised in groups all over the world.