Joy and Laughter - the antidote to pain and suffering

Regardless of whether it is a myth that it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile, smiling makes us feel happier.  Smiling and laughter help to temporarily reduce cortisol and adrenaline levels and stress - which improves our mood and energy levels..  Laughter yoga has the same effect as Pranayama breathing.With the pandemic, it has become hard for people to laugh these days.  Fear can push us into exhaustion and into a dystopian world - where we imagine a place in which EVERYTHING is unpleasant and bad.  This is a drip-feed of trauma - and we know the impact of trauma on our physical, mental, and emotional states.Sometimes we feel we can't have happiness, joy, and laughter when something "not great" is happening.  Laughter can expand our thinking to open up greater possibilities......  it can be the antidote of having the laser vision of survival which limits our choices.If you want to have a laugh, here is a link to a short video about the difference between men's brains and women's brains..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ6mVumHY9I To connect with Grace please visit choosinggreater.com To attend Grace’s Trauma Transformer weekly zooms please go to https://www.theunseenadvantage.com/online-zoomy-zoom-zoom-roomFor other podcasts with Grace please visithttps://www.theunseenadvantage.com/podcast-roomTo read our terms and conditions and disclaimers includes all interviews and podcasts by Grace - Vicki Scott and Choosing Greater. https://www.theunseenadvantage.com/terms