Celebrating CNY IN HOSPIS -19th Jan2012

"Lo Sang" irrespective of age or race..Happy Wishes all round

Queuing up for glorious food, all with compliments from volunteers.

Magic show

Games and fun organised by the permanent volunteer physiotherapist

Hospis organised a CNY party for the cancer patients on 19th January.  The place was gaily decorated with red buntings, ang pows and special calligraphy writings done by the patients.  The patients trickled in quite quickly, dressed in all kinds of red/pink dresses and cheongsams,  adding a wonderfully festive atmosphere to the  hall.   Food was prepared by the volunteers,  mostly yummy home cooked.  A young magician showed his sleigh of hands and there were games to engage all who were present.  Indeed, a most meaningful way to celebrate CNY!!!

Laughter Exercises with the Elderly

Chinese New Year is Just round the corner, and what kind of  exercise is best to welcome the auspicious Year of the Dragon?? - Lots of Laughter and Ang Pows, of course.   So with this in mind, I led the elderly with GongXi Laughter and Receiving  AngPows Laughter.  WooHoo,  everybody was laughing and smiling from ear to ear, in keen anticipation of all the Good Things and Blessings to come during this festive period.  Very Good, Very Good, Yeaaaah!!!

Laughter Yoga at Alzheimer Disease Foundation Malaysia

ADFM at Jln 11/8e, PJ

Laughter Yoga Talk  at ADFM on 10th December was a great opportunity to introduce the benefits of laughter to the caregivers as well as the staff of the Centre.  Most of those present have never heard of LY and were skeptical about laughing for no reason.  But, at the end of the experiential session, all were convinced that it is possible to Laugh without humour, comedy or reason.  There was an elderly gentlemen who admitted, the session enabled him to laugh for the first time since his wife passed away in July this year.

Celebrating World Heart Day at TungShin Hospital 1st Oct 2011

TungShin Hospital organised an event to celebrate World Heart Day on 1st October.  There were free health screenings, talks by Medical Specialists, Lucky Draws, Qigong demonstrations as well as Laughter Yoga sessions.  The LY session was enjoyed by all who participated.  LY, once again brought out the laughter, smiles and joy from people who hardly knew each other, people who laughed just by keeping eye contact with total strangers.

Laughter Yoga with Cancerlink Patients 24th Sept 2011

With the Founder of Cancerlink, Mrs J Fernandez 

I was invited to share laughter at a retreat organised by  Cancerlink Foundation at Fraser's Hills recently.  This retreat known as the Rainbow Connection are for cancer survivors whose ages ranged from 35 and above.  There were about 50+ participants, including  6 volunteers. The retreated was fully funded through Cancerlink, which was able to get sponsors to support the event. There were games,  costume competition and Cane exercises as well as LY session.  Many have not heard of LY before.  Thus it was a great joy to bring laughter to a group of sporting adults, who have learned to appreciate life as never before, laughed with great zest and without inhibitions.

Early Morning Cane exercises

Laughter Yoga at Kechara Buddhist Centre.

saturday night fever laugh

hohohaha dance

passing the message

I was invited to conduct a LY session at the Kechara Buddhist Centre,  on 16th September.  It was held at night, after a talk on the teachings of Rinpochee.  Before the session, the  participants were feeling at bit lethargic as they have been focussing  on the talk for sometime.  Glad to say, all were very sporting and laughed with gusto. Everybody  felt relaxed and happy after the laughter session .  Gratified to bring laughter to more and more people.

LY Club in Sectio 8, PJ

The sound of laughter reverberated around the small park in Section 8 in the evenings of Mondays and Thursdays .  Yes, it is the beginning of joy and bonding amongst it residents, with the formation of the LY Club in PJ.  This is the brainchild of my mentee, whom I have been giving LY coaching on 1 to 1.  She is so convinced that LY can help the neighbourhood and  build better rapport.  I was invited to give an initial session with some of the residents.  Subsequent to that, the residents took their own initiative and started the exercise with the help of my mentee.  NOW, they get together every Mondays and Thursdays for a great stress busting  LY session.  Hooray to Section 8 LY Club.