Dr Melissa Weinberg (assistant to Professor Cummins head of Psychology at Deakin University) along with four honours students will, starting from May, conduct a series of thesis studies. They have created a series of psychometric tests that they wish to conduct on a group of Laughter Yoga Club members, as well as a business, who would adopt Laughter Yoga as part of their daily routine over a one month period

What they’re looking for is the impact that Laughter Yoga has on the participants’ wellbeing, relationships, self-esteem, optimism and control, job satisfaction, perceived health, stress and anxiety levels, mood, and risk taking behaviour

For that reason we require two things. We need a minimum of 50 Laughter Yoga Club Members who can attend a Laughter Club every week for a month, along with a business or organization that can contribute a minimum of 50 employees to do a Laughter Yoga session on a daily basis over a one month period

What they intend to do is carry out questionnaires on the people involved before, during, and then after them being involved in a Laughter Yoga session

This whole process will commence in May and be completed by September or October. It will provide the world at large, but more specifically the psychological fraternity, with the impact on the mind of Laughter Yoga

So here is my plea…can anyone out there help me???

Are you prepared to be a part of medical and Laughter Yoga history to help us get the official accreditation of what we all know to be true…AND…can you seek out an organization that would be willing to help us with this project. The only criteria is that they have to have a minimum of 50 people who would be willing to do Laughter Yoga every morning for a month and be located in Melbourne or the surrounding suburbs. I look forward to your calls on 0408 552269 or emails to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it