Laughter Facilitation Skills
Next course is 23rd/24th February in London. Other 2012 dates include 27th/28th April and 6th/7th July
The booking form is available shortly - please ring me on 07812159943.
Joe Hoare and Julie Whitehead of the Laughter Network are running their 15th Laughter Facilitation Skills course on 23rd & 24th February 2012 at the Troubadour Gallery, Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, London SW5 9JA.
Come and learn from 2 of the UK’s most experienced laughter specialists. You experience lightness & playfulness, lively group dynamics, and learn from each other’s insights, expertise and experience.
Comments from previous participants include:
'Thank you for being so warm and kind and connecting me back to people in such a wonderful playful way'.
'Good venue, good group size, time used very effectively - good illustration in practice of being an effective facilitator.'
Over the 2 days, some of the things you learn & experience include:
- The benefits of laughter
- To laugh more and generate more joyfulness in life
- The science and medicine of laughter,
- Dr Kataria’s laughter club initiative and laughter yoga
- Laughter exercises and laughter meditation
- How to use this personally and / or professionally
- How to adapt this for any work / social / home setting
- And much, much more
At the end of the course you will receive a certificate from the Laughter Network enabling you to get appropriate insurance and start your own laughter business.
Whether you have a personal development interest, or are a workshop leader, facilitator, presenter & trainer, teacher, coach, therapist, carer, nurse, wellbeing specialist, NLP practitioner or other specialist, this course has plenty for you.
The content is broad-based and international, proved to work here in the west. It includes Laughter Yoga, practiced around the world, and Quantum Laughter, the psychology and physiology of laughter and its effects on the body, emotions and spirit.
This course changes lives, your own and other people’s. It develops your ability to laugh more, and consequently boosts your relationships, health and confidence. You will be encouraged to tap into your own ‘inner spirit of laughter’ enabling you to laugh at life – even when you feel there isn’t much to laugh about.
‘Vedant has really taken what you said on board and now everyone at our hospice is doing their 15 second smiles morning and evening.
The patients respond really well to such a simple device - it is lovely to see the effect it has.’ (Chris)
It can also help you develop your own workshops and improve your professional skills - whether for coaching, team sessions, therapeutic groups, training or other scenarios, as on the first day you learn from two of the country’s leading practitioners and on the second day you get the confidence-building chance to run your own short laughter session for the group.
‘I’m really glad I came on this course, meeting people who believed in and enthused about what they were teaching and others who were friendly and willing to learn. Thank you for the experience and starting something I see as being a big part of my life from now on, both for clients and personally.’
Paul Chivers
The course comes with a user friendly manual and a certificate so you can get professional insurance. The group size is never less than 8 and never more than 18 so participants have a proper experience of group dynamics. It is specifically designed so participants have opportunities to learn from each other’s insights, expertise and experience, with plenty of open space for discussion.
The content is applicable in board rooms as well as school rooms, care homes as well as counselling sessions, because the power to generate natural, spontaneous good-natured laughter is relevant in every aspect of work, home and life.
Booking form to follow shortly
(Concessions considered)
‘Great couple of days, feel energized and playful'.
Click here for the booking form.
Who we are: Joe Hoare is a facilitator with over 25 years experience, and has been running laughter workshops since 1997. His clients include major organisations from both the private and public sector, and he also runs sessions run at venues like Cheltenham Science Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Alternatives, and Mind Body Spirit festival in London.
He is an occasional Visiting Lecturer ‘Laughter’ at the University of the West of England, his work features regularly in the media, including BBC 2’s ‘Don’t Die Young’ with Dr Alice Roberts, and his work on cardiovascular health is used by the Open University.
In 2003 he founded the Bristol Laughter Club which is now the UK’s longest-running series of laughter workshops.
In 2006 he set up the UK’s Laughter Facilitation Training programme and organised the UK’s 1st National Sponsored ‘Laugh-a-thon’ for the British Heart Foundation.
He is a director of the Pierian Centre (www.pieriancentre.com) and a longtime full healer member of the NFSH.
Julie Whitehead, qualified Yoga, Relaxation & Meditation teacher; Qualified Laughter Leader Trainer and Happiness Coach. She has practised and taught Hatha Yoga for many years and since training with Doctor Kataria, the founder of the Laughter Club Movement in June 2002 has been spreading laughter throughout society. She ran regular public laughter clubs for 3 years but hasnow passed this role on to Laughter Leaders she has trained. With a fusion oflaughter, fun, yoga, and breathing techniques Julie’s work brings about an awareness of the mind/body connection and how we can influence this for the improvement of our health and wellbeing, bringing more positive energy and control into our lives. She gives talks and seminars using laughter to motivate and team build for companies, exhibitions and special interest groups. She is a co-founder of the Laughter Network and loves chocolate.
Book your place today or ring me on 07812159943 if you have any questions?
We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of pukka teas:
Thanks for running such a brilliant event, and to all you ‘Fellow Laughterers’ for making it such an amazing weekend.
Robert
So thank you everyone for inspiring me. I’m keen to use the learning asap. I really enjoyed the two days, and meeting such a lovely group of people.
Karen
Did the course meet your expectations? MORE THAN. Would you recommend it to others? DEFINITELY
Harjit
I am very pleased I went on the course
Marion
I really enjoyed it and I could see that you all worked very hard to make it a success.
Jenny
I’m really glad I came on this course, meeting people who believed in and enthused about what they were teaching and others who were friendly and willing to learn. Thank you for the experience and starting something I see as being a big part of my life from now on, both for clients and personally.
Paul