(RNS) — Wearing a bright pink tank top, Celeste Greene enthusiastically pops off the Zoom screen, clapping as she chants: “HO HO. HA HA HA. HO HO. HA HA HA. YAY,” each smack of her forceful hands ...

Over a century ago, William James—an American physician, philosopher, and educator, who many consider the father of modern psychology—wisely said, “We don’t laugh because we’re happy. We’re happy ...

The physiology of laughter: What happens in our bodies when we laugh? Laughter has been found to start from infancy between the second and sixth month of newborn life and is one of the first social ...

Ever wonder why we react to the same things over and over again in the exact same way? Since birth, our eyes, ears, and brain have been influenced to create movement patterns that our central nervous ...

When Betty Brown first read about Laughter Yoga in 2008, it was only beginning to grow in the United States, with the nearest program online showing up in California -- a distance not easily traveled ...

Joyful laughter can impact your body’s hormones similarly to exercise—helping improve mood, decrease stress, boost your immune system, and impact appetite, according to new research presented this ...