Laughter Facilitation Skills
Next course is the 23rd/24th October 2010 in London, .
Laughter Facilitation booking form
To propel your life forwards, Joe is joined by Julie Whitehead (co-founder of the Laughter Network) to run the 11th Laughter Facilitation Training course on 23/24th October 2010 at Troubadour Gallery, 265 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5 9JA.
This course gives you tools and experience from many different presentational styles:
a) for your own benefit, and
b) so you can run laughter sessions yourself.
- What you get:
a) lots of confidence;
b) a user-friendly toolkit;
c) a supportive group dynamic;
d) practical experience;
e) a certificate so you can get insurance.
What do you learn? Among other things:
- To laugh more, and why its good for you;
How to use this professionally, eg for teambuilding, therapeutically, as a social activity
The positive psychology/emotional intelligence/psycho-neuro-immunology connections
The links between positive psychology, laughter and creativity
The health benefits of laughter – physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
Dr Kataria’s laughter club initiative and laughter yoga
Laughter exercises and laughter meditation
The difference between laughter and humour - And much, much more
This makes it the perfect training tool for both personal and professional development for: workshop leaders, facilitators & trainers, coaches, carers, therapists, nurses, wellbeing specialists.
Who we are: Joe Hoare is a facilitator with over 25 years experience, and has been running laughter workshops for over 14 years. His clients include major organisations from both the private and public sector, and he also runs sessions run at venues like Alternatives, Cortijo Romero, and Mind Body Spirit festival in London.
He is an occasional Visiting Lecturer ‘Laughter’ at the University of the West of England, his work features regularly in the media, including BBC 2’s ‘Don’t Die Young’ with Dr Alice Roberts, and his work on cardiovascular health is used by the Open University.
In 2003 he founded the Bristol Laughter Club which is now the UK’s longest-running series of laughter workshops.
In 2006 he set up the UK’s Laughter Facilitation Training programme and organised the UK’s 1st National Sponsored ‘Laugh-a-thon’ for the British Heart Foundation.
He is a director of the Pierian Centre (www.pieriancentre.com) and a longtime full healer member of the NFSH.
Julie Whitehead, qualified Yoga, Relaxation & Meditation teacher; Qualified Laughter Leader Trainer and Happiness Coach. She has practised and taught Hatha Yoga for many years and since training with Doctor Kataria, the founder of the Laughter Club Movement in June 2002 has been spreading laughter throughout society. She ran regular public laughter clubs for 3 years but hasnow passed this role on to Laughter Leaders she has trained. With a fusion oflaughter, fun, yoga, and breathing techniques Julie’s work brings about an awareness of the mind/body connection and how we can influence this for the improvement of our health and wellbeing, bringing more positive energy and control into our lives. She gives talks and seminars using laughter to motivate and team build for companies, exhibitions and special interest groups. She is a co-founder of the Laughter Network and loves chocolate.
Cost: £300.
Early bird price – £275.00 to be announced shortly.
Very earlybird to be announced shortly: £250 – ring Julie on 07973164369 or Joe 07812159943
(Concessions considered)
Book your place today by clicking on then link below, or ring me on 07812159943.
We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of pukka teas:
Laughter Facilitation booking form
Thanks for running such a brilliant event, and to all you ‘Fellow Laughterers’ for making it such an amazing weekend.
Robert
So thank you everyone for inspiring me. I’m keen to use the learning asap. I really enjoyed the two days, and meeting such a lovely group of people.
Karen
Did the course meet your expectations? MORE THAN. Would you recommend it to others? DEFINITELY
Harjit
I am very pleased I went on the course
Marion
I really enjoyed it and I could see that you all worked very hard to make it a success.
Jenny
I’m really glad I came on this course, meeting people who believed in and enthused about what they were teaching and others who were friendly and willing to learn. Thank you for the experience and starting something I see as being a big part of my life from now on, both for clients and personally.
Paul