Laughter Yoga keeps seniors
happy AND healthy

5 Benefits of Laughter Yoga for Seniors

Adds More Laughter to Life

Donna laughing with a senior

With advancing age, older adults stop laughing due to dementia and Alzheimer's disease. As a physically oriented technique, Laughter Yoga is an ideal exercise to get many health benefits without using mental and cognitive abilities. 

Promotes Physical Health 

Because of the wear and tear of old age, many seniors develop ailments like high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, and other age-related illnesses. Laughter Yoga facilitates healing by strengthening the immune system, improving blood circulation, and increasing oxygen to the body’s cells. It provides a powerful cardiovascular workout, especially for seniors unable to move their bodies for physical exercise.

Improves Mental Health

Isolation, loneliness and depression are also common among older adults as they lose loved ones and their health. Laughter Yoga improves mental health by boosting neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin.

 Builds Social Bonds

Laughter Yoga encourages strong social bonding with friends, relatives, and fellow residents at care facilities, as well as care givers and medical personnel. Retirees and able-bodied older adults attending laughter yoga sessions develop friendships that decrease loneliness and increase quality of life. Even people with dementia or others in assisted living facilities forge meaningful connections and communicate more.

 Adds to Longevity

Laughter Yoga gives the elderly a reason and purpose to living fully every day. This simple and easy-to-do exercise routine is being practiced even by people in their 70s, 80s and 90s. As the population becomes increasingly older every day, Laughter Yoga is an activity that facilitates transformational aging and increased longevity.

How Laughter Yoga with Donna can help

I offer 35 years of professional experience specializing in working with people with special needs and the elderly. Feel free to contact me at donna@donna-laughter-yoga.org to learn more or set up a specialized session.

Uploaded by Donna Bernstein on 2019-12-26.