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charlottesville laughter Yoga

Formerly the Ageless Laughter Club @ The Senior Center. New date, time and location! We've been meeting weekly for over four years and have serious laughers who've been with us from the start!

When? Saturdays from 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Where? The Gordon Avenue Library, Charlottesville, Va. Home of the Spring and Fall book sales. Basement room.

Cost? Free.

• Open to anyone who can laugh, of any fitness or mobility level. Wheelchair accessible.
• Wear very comfortable clothing. The room is nicely carpeted, so a mat is not required (but always optional).
• CLICK HERE for a map to the Gordon Avenue Library.
• For more information: Click here to email us!

Meetings include a typical, 45-minute laughter yoga session and a 15-minute educational segment called, Learning to Laugh. These segments include timely research, testimonials, skyped-in speakers and discussion about the benefits of prolonged laughter.

Video: Laughter Yoga Helps a Widow

We've been featured: Charlottesville Woman, ECHO, The Daily Progress, NBC WVIR-TV (3 times), CBS19 and c-ville weekly.

"Laughter Yoga gives me the chance to be 5 or 6 years old again and play."--Nancy Grim, Regular Participant.

"I feel like I've had a really good workout, without the strain of 'working out'." -- Julie McClymonds Smith, Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and Regular Participant.

"Please post this on your website. I have had sciatic nerve damage and pain in my left leg for years. When I was lying down on the floor for the laughter meditation, I felt the familiar pain at first, then it went completely away. It's still gone. That hasn't happened since I've had the pain (for years). I will sleep well tonight." -- Laughter Yoga Participant, UVa. Health Carnival for the Library System, January 2011.

"The lower back pain that I've had for years is gone and has not come back." -- Susan, participant from RAC classes, February 2011.

For upcoming events, click here.

Leigh's Volunteer History

• Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail. Re-entry program classes, ongoing.
• Multiple Sclerosis Yearly Camp, Smith Mountain Lake, Va., September 2010.
• Parkinson's Disease Support Group, Charlottesville, Va., Summer 2010.
• JABA Community Centers, Charlottesville and Surrounding, Fall/Winter 2010.
• Just Rewards, The Senior Center (Event), November 17, 2009, 2010.
• UVA IM-REC Sports Classes, Fall 2009.
• UVA Student Sociology Project on Laughter Clubs, Fall 2009.
• UVA Wellness First-Year Class, Laughter Yoga Session, Fall 2008.
• The Chocolate Festival, Charlottesville, October 18, 2008. Laughing Hershey's Kissses.
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society Yearly Retreat, September 5, 2008.
• Laughter Yoga Celebrations at Studio 206 - New Year's Eve, Valentine's, Bloomin' Spring, Rx Mother's Day, and "In Spite Of" Celebrations.
• Yogaville Laughter Yoga Classes and Leader Trainings, 2008, 2009, 2010.
• 2008 VHSL Student Leaders Conference, Monticello High School, April 19, 2008.
• Stars Group Homes for Mentally Ill Teens.

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