learn to laugh more

more deeply ... more easily ... more often

 Call Jo Eadie on 01908 605310


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"you can't win at everything, but you can laugh at everything" - Robert Killinger



hello! I'm Jo Eadie

 And I'm learning to laugh more. I never realised how little I laughed until I went to a Laughter Yoga event. At the end of 60 minutes of laughing non-stop, I realised that this was probably more than I had laughed all year. Did you know that as children we laugh 300 times a day - but that most adults laugh only fiteen times a day? So I set out to find out how to reclaim my missing 285 laughs.


This has been a wild ride for me, that began with a training course with the UK Laughter Network, and has culminated in a new career bringing laughter to the world. I've come to realise that laughter and happiness are skills: you can develop them, expand them, pick up new tips, make them grow. And where I used to think that the way to becomes happier was to put all my energy into trying to clear away my unhapppiness  (journals, therapists, deep introspection) now I think that for many of us the trick to getting happier lies in learning to practice happiness more often, more regularly, more consciously.


Which is why I teach routes into happiness. At the moment this includes:

* Running  the Nottingham Laughter Club and now the new Milton Keynes Laughter Club, where anyone can drop in to learn how to laugh more. more>

* Teaching regular courses on happiness skills.

 * Arranging laughter workshops for a range of organisations with an interest in lifting the mood, including Barnardo's, the Healthy Schools programme, and local health support groups such as Nottingham Dyslexia and The Derby M.E. Group.

* I also have a special interest in developing gentle laughter sessions for people with M.E., and have an ongoing programme of laughter events with M.E. groups around the country. more>



For details of any of these, call me on
0115 8413729  /  07816 439510


"When Jo Eadie offered to run a laughter therapy workshop at the
Thistle Foundation free of charge, well it was too good a chance to
miss, I thought. So on the day, I made my way to the Thistle Foundation and as I got nearer I thought ‘What on earth will this be like?’ Would a man
appear and tell us quick fire jokes?  But, no, Jo turned
out to be a softly spoken, gentleman who made us laugh by helping us to laugh, in the kindest possible way, at one another. He encouraged the funny side of each one of us to slowly emerge and before we knew where we were, laughter filled the room! He encouraged us to have little quiet times, because he knows that laughing can be tiring.
I must say I used chuckle muscles that obviously haven’t used in a long time because I began to ache a little in places I didn’t know I had! I realise this account of things really doesn’t explain how all this happened. He managed to bring out the humorous side of each of us. It was really good fun and if Jo comes back to do another laughter workshop, I’ll befirst in line to get to laugh myself silly! Meanwhile, I'm off to put on my Tom and Jerry DVD!"

From the "Edinburgh ME Self-Help Newsletter"


 









email me at:
jo.eadie@laughternetwork.co.uk


latest news


Residential laughter retreat  May 7th-9th.

Book now for my course CELEBRATING LAUGHTER at Claridge House. more >

June 5th: Laughter, Joy and Happiness - a day course for finding out how to get more of the things tha really matter.

Don't miss our all-day workshop at New Bradwell Community Centre. £35 / £25 concessions. more>

September 4th: Laughter, Yoga and Happiness with Jo Eadie and Fiona Agombar.

Join our all-day event at the Special Yoga Centre, London. Call or email for details.

Read all about it!

Primary Teachers Magazine wrote up a series of my workshops in Sandwell and Dudley. Read the full article here. 


"I have never done anyting like that before and it was great fun. You have a lovely, warm and welcoming style which makes people feel at ease"

"Practical, grounded, fun & thoughtful – left me feeling buoyant & spacious"

"I certainly felt lighter and more alert for the rest of the day"

“I think that this session should be available to any chronic pain/illness group, it will always have a beneficial effect. They just need to try it!!”
 
“It was such fun. I felt really energised and found myself chuckling out loud for the rest of the day.”


More research on the benefits of laughter is appearing all the time
Find out the facts about the benefits of laughter ... more>


About me

I first trained as a laughter facilitator with ... more>