UnitedMind and Laughter Yoga in the News - The Laughter Yoga Training and Workshop Specialist

Our press page covers Newspaper Articles, Press Releases, Radio Intervies and other media coverage since UnitedMind was founded in April 2002.

Over the past years the attention from the press has increased and the number of journalists interested in the topic of laughter and health has been on the rise.

Hopefully the effort of bringing health through laughter to people will continue to be of interest all around the UK and beyond.

The UK (and the rest of the World) needs more laughter and UnitedMind is ready to provide Laughter Yoga to workplace, organisations and individuals.

Newspapers and Magazines

12 May 2005 – Luton Herald & Post – A LOTTE laughter is the best medicine by Bev Creagh
03 June 2005 – St. Albans Review – Learning to laugh again by Caroline Cook
03 June 2005 – Hendon & Finchley Times – Learning to laugh again by Caroline Cook
03 June 2005 – Edgeware & Mill Hill Times – Learning to laugh again by Caroline Cook
17 June 2005 – BBC 3Counties – Is laughter really the best medicine by Katy Lewis
11 July 2005 – St. Albans Review – Stress can be a laughing matter
11 July 2005 – St. Albans Observer – Stress can be a laughing matter
26 Jan 2006 – WeightWatchers Mind Body Soul – Laughter Therapy by Roz Lewis
08 Feb 2006 – Optima Magazine – We have ways of making you laugh! by P Shields
April 2006 – Being Girl – Get fit and have a laugh by Ruth Jamieson
May 2006 – HertsNews – World Laughter Day
07 June 2006 – Carers Org – Laughter Yoga Workshop announcement for Carers
28 Sep 2007 – SUR in English – Southern Spain – Your Health by Emma Pomfret
August 2008 Cosmopolitan UK
14 August 2008 Urban Junkies about launch of Glaceau Vitamin Water
29 Sep 2008 BBC 3Counties – Laughter is still the best medicine by Katy Lewis
02 October 2008 – Herts Advertiser – by Charlotte Morgan
December 2008 – Herts Lifestyle – by Abena Bailey
December 2008 – Our St. Albans – Laugh for No Reason by Lotte Mikkelsen
January 2009 – Candis Magazine
June 2009 – Daily Express – Telephone Laughter Club article
July 2009 – The Lady – feature about comedy and laughter
23 February 2010 – Women’s Weekly – well-being pages
September 2010 – Elle Magazine – feature about laughter and health
February 2011 – Glamour Magazine – Laughter Yoga
May 2011 – Saga Magazine – health benefits and laughter
January 2012 – Spirit and Destiny – Laughter Yoga
January 2012 – Cambridge News – Laughter Yoga
August 2012 – OM Magazine – laughter and benefits
August 2012 – Shortlist Magazine – health and laughter
January 2013 – Life & Living Magazine – Laughter is the best Medicine
February 2013 – Looking Good Magazine – Articles for the Blind
June 2013 – The Independent – Laughter Inc.
July 2013 – The Daily Telegraph – Now there is proof…
August 2013 – Top Santé Magazine – Laughter the best Medicine
September 2013 – Prima Magazine – Laughter Yoga article
April 2014 – Cultivate your Happiness by Emma Letessier
05 June 2014 BuzzFeed – I joined a Telephone Laughter Club by Ailbhe Malone
July 2016 – Healthy Magazine – Laughter Therapy article
August 2016 Tatler Magazine – featuring The Telephone Laughter Club by Ian Ramsey
04 January 2017 – Boots Health and Beauty Magazine – How I (re)learned to laugh by Robyn Wilder
15 January 2018 Halifax Courier – Lessons in laughter for staff at Halifax Factory will blow those Blue Monday blues away!
January 2018 Federation of Holistic Therapists Magazine Article
February 2018 Bella Magazine
April 2018 Hertfordshire Life
April 2018 Psychologies Magazine ‘Mini Mindfulness’
May 2018 Spirit & Destiny – Laughter Yoga for instant Happiness
2019 Happiful Magazine
June 2019 Unlikely Positions in Unlikely Places – a Yoga Journey through the UK by Elizabeth Gowing – chapter on Laughter Yoga

Radio and TV Interviews

10 June 2005 6:20 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – Drive Time with Katherine Boyle
13 April 2006 1:40 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – Katherine Boyle live – radio interview
05 May 2006 2:10 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – Katherine Boyle live – radio interview
07 May 2006 8:40 am – BBC Asian Network – Hot Breakfast with Tazeen Ahmad
22 July 2006 11:00 am – Aylesbury Vale’s Mix 96 – Saturday Alternative, Fiona Faulkner
27 Feb 2007 5:45 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – radio interview
12 April 2007 5:50 pm – MK TV (Sky Channel 227) – MK Tonight – TV interview
23 April 2007 12:30 pm BBC 3Counties Radio – Justin Dealey and Jane Killich
06 May 2007 9:10 am BBC Asian Network – radio interview about World Laughter Day
February 2008 8:45 am – BBC 3Counties Radio – Katherine Boyle live – radio interview
27 Feb 2008 6:00 pm – BBC2 Eggheads – The Laughter Network on Eggheads
19 Sep 2008 7:30 am – BBC 3Counties Radio – Breakfast Show with Stephen Rhodes
04 Oc 2008 8:55 am – BBC 3Counties Radio – Saturday Show with Howard Hughes
16 Sep 2009 8:00am – BBC Radio Scotland – MacAulay & Co – radio interview
26 Feb 2010 – Hertbeat FM – radio interview regarding working with MIND
06 July 2010 3:05pm – LBC Radio London – Jeni Barnett – radio interview
21 Oct 2010 5:30pm – Verulam Radio – West Herts Drivetime with Danny Smith
17 Jan 2011 10:15am – BBC Radio Newcastle – Jonathan Miles – radio interview
01 Feb 2011 5:30pm – Verulam Radio – West Herts Drivetime with Danny Smith
15 July 2011 4:00pm – ONFM London – with Samira Kiyani – radio interview
04 Aug 2011 10:00pm – BBC Radio Leeds – with Dominique Busby – radio interview
14 Sep 2011 8:30am – BBC Radio Sheffield – launch of Oxford Uni research
05 Jan 2012 5:30pm – Verulam Radio – West Herts Drivetime with Danny Smith
25 Jan 2012 8:15pm – Radio Verulam Spiritual Matters with Energy Brown+Liz Kaloczi
25 Oc 2012 8:15pm – Radio Inspired Talk Matters with Energy Brown
08 Nov 2012 3:00pm – ITV Alan Titchmarsh Show – ‘making Britain happy’
21 Jan 2013 12:35pm BBC Radio Leeds about Blue Monday – radio interview
02 July 2013 3:50pm BBC 3Counties Radio – Roberto Perrone live – radio interview
16 Sep 2013 BBC Inside Out South – featuring The Telephone Laughter Club
05 June 2014 BuzzFeed – I joined a Telephone Laughter Club by Ailbhe Malone
10 June 2014 RTE Radio Dublin – featuring The Telephone Laughter Club
Jan 2016 Conscious 2 – filming for Let’s Get Spiritual documentary series
March 2016 Endemol – filming for online documentary series
May 2016 Local FM Radio Sunderland – World Laughter Day and Angel of the North
Oct 2017 The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) – Laughter Therapy with the Cast
09 Nov 2016 BBC Radio Leicester – Telephone Laughter interview with Jo Hayward
09 Nov 2016 BBC Radio Nottingham – Telephone Laughter interview
30 Nov 2017 Made TV Birmingham – Laughter Therapy on The Big Daily
15 Jan 2018 BBC Radio Leeds – Laughter Yoga in Halifax for Blue Monday
15 Jan 2018 BBC Look North – Laughter Yoga with Pladis Global McVities
25 March 2018 talkRADIO Steph & Dom Radio Show – IS laughter really the best medicine? Choose time track 11-11:30 and go to 26:25 approx 12 minutes long
11 September 2018 Channel 4 4Music Trending Live with AJ and Jimmy
26 September 2018 Radio Humberside interview for happiness themed week
28 January 2019 London University Radio Project
20 March 2019 MageQuill Interview with Swara Shukla
20 March 2019 talkRADIO Eamonn Holmes
05 May 2019 Chat & Spin Radio – World Laughter Day

Key Moments

2004 – the first press announcement of the Laughter Club International in St. Albans with coverage in St. Albans, London and Luton
2005 – the first anniversary celebration of the Laughter Club was shared with the press who came to the laughter session and interviewed the participants
2006 – the World Laughter Day was celebrated in St. Albans for the first time in Verulamium Park with 25 participants who laughed and played
2007 – the first TV appearance on SKY TV in Milton Keynes – 10 minutes live local tv
2008 – the Telephone Laughter Club in the UK launched and created huge media interest with radio interviews and stories all over UK
2009 – the succesful completion of new Laughter Yoga Leaders around the UK. UnitedMind trained nearly 60 people. The feedback from the Laughter Leaders was fantastic!
2010 – the launch of the teamwork with The Regency Training Foundation to combat social exclusion in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire
2010 – the introduction of the Laughter Yoga Leader Training programme to the NHS
2011 – the first Online Laughter Yoga Leader Training programme to pilot in January
2011 – the original 2004 Laughter Medicine workshop to re-surface with renewed energy and content in St. Albans and in Durham
2011 – launch of the Online Laughter Club – laughing every week on Tuesdays
2011 – teaming up with Sole Developers in North-East England to fire up powerful communication using Gibberish and other empowering techniques
2012 – Telephone Laughter Subscription adding serious laughter to weekday mornings
2012 – UnitedMind celebrates 10th anniversary at our 7th celebration of World Laughter Day on 6th May 2012
2012 – UnitedMind celebrates 5th anniversary for teaching Laughter Yoga Leader Training to individuals and team across the UK. The longest non-stop delivery of Laughter Yoga Leader Training in the UK
2012 – Lotte Mikkelsen of UnitedMind is appointed and trained as Laughter Yoga Master Trainer and becoming the first Laughter Yoga Professional to uniquely teach the Laughter Yoga Teacher Programme in the UK
2013 – UnitedMind launches programme for teachers and students in a bid to tackle stress and pressure in the school system
2013 – UnitedMind develops The Psychology of Laughter Facilitator Training a new facilitator qualification for anyone with or without Laughter Yoga qualifications
2014 – UnitedMind organises Advanced Training Day with Dr. Madan Kataria in Manchester. The day kicks off the Laughter Festival which is organised by Feelgood Communities CIC
2014 – UnitedMind and Laughter Lines Coaching organise the Laughter Flashmob at Trafalgar Square in London, 5 July
2015 – UnitedMind organises the 20th Anniversary Laughter Yoga Conference in the UK, 5-7 June
2015 – UnitedMind launches an initiative to gather Laughter Yoga people to develop Laughter Yoga in the UK
2016 UnitedMind teams up with Retune to promote corporate wellbeing awaydays
2016 UnitedMind becomes a Corporate Member of ISMA (International Stress Management Association)
2016 UnitedMind’s Certified Laughter Therapist Training accredited by WCI (World Certification Institute)
2017 UnitedMind partners with The Vital Touch to provide workplace wellness and stress management laughter workshops
2018 UnitedMind laughed with Giovanna and Tom Fletcher for Giovanna’s 31 Day Challenge, BarclayCard campaign
2018 UnitedMind starts working with Pladis Global for the benefit of all staff and to support the company’s Mental Health Pledge
2018 UnitedMind shared Laughter Yoga with thousands of festival goers at CarFest North and South
2018 UnitedMind organised the first The Playing Human Conference in London
2019 Laughter Yoga and Laughter Therapy training received accreditation status. The awarding body is FHT

Press Releases

22 June 2004 – UnitedMind launches the Laughter Club International in St. Albans
01 May 2005 – UnitedMind introduces executive Laughter Workshops
01 June 2005 – The Laughter Club in St. Albans celebrates 1st anniversary
10 April 2006 – World Laughter Day to be celebrated in St. Albans
01 May 2006 – Overwhelming support for World Laughter Day in St. Albans
07 May 2006 – World Laughter Day kicks of with a laughing start
17 April 2007 – World Laughter Day to be celebrated in St. Albans
17 March 2008 – Laughter Yoga Leader Training Brought to you by UnitedMind
17 April 2008 – World Laughter Day to be celebrated in St. Albans
14 September 2008 – Launch of The Telephone Laughter Club
14 April 2009 – World Laughter Day to be celebrated in St. Albans
26 February 2010 – UnitedMind and The Regency Training Foundation team up
15 April 2010 – World Laughter Day to be celebrated in St. Albans
01 January 2011 – Launch of the Online Laughter Yoga Leader Training
18 February 2011 – UnitedMind re-launches the original 2008 Laughter Medicine
05 January 2012 – The Laughter Club publishes a map of regular Laughter Clubs in UK
01 May 2012 – World Laughter Day is now on a countrywide map for people across UK
04 September 2012 – Lotte Mikkelsen appointed Laughter Yoga Master Training
01 January 2013 – The Regency Training Foundation awarded funding
01 March 2013 – Launch of Outdoor Laughter Leader Training onWorld Laughter Day
01 April 2013 – Unleash the Laughter Within! a new workshop to combat depression
01 June 2013 – The Psychology of Laughter Training – a new way to teach laughter
01 August 2013 – Dr. Madan Kataria teaching in the UK for first time in 10 years in 2014
01 January 2014 – Laughing in London on Blue Monday with Laughter Professionals
30 October 2014 – New timeslot added for The Telephone Laughter Club at 12noon
15 May 2015 – 20th Anniversary Laughter Yoga Conference in the UK
01 January 2016 – New alliance with UnitedMind and Retune London
28 April 2016 – Celebrating World Laughter Day at Angel of the North on 1 May
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