Welcome to April 2024
…and news, stories, upcoming events and event reviews from UnitedMind Ltd. Laughter Yoga, Laughter Yoga in London, all over the UK and world, The Laughter Club International (UK) and The Telephone Laughter Club.
UnitedMind is on the forefront with laughter, happiness and joy!
In April News we share the following…
- Four Quarters from Yours Truly
- True Laughter Therapist Training
- Deep Laughter Yoga Training
- MS Society West Central London Online Laughter Club
- Book Laughter Yoga Teacher Reunion 2024
- Repeat: Laughter Yoga Conference Turkey
- Laughter Club and Telephone Laughter Dates and News
- Laughter Yoga Training Dates and News – BOOK POPULAR COURSES NOW
- Important training and laughter club dates and info are listed at the end
You can continue to enjoy reading our news on our secure site on UnitedMind.co.uk and follow us on Social Media!
Please also make sure you look out for March News where the following are just a few of the topics…
- Being a Laughter Coach, experiences from a few Accredited Laughter Coaches
- The Corporate Laughter Boom and our joint focus
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Four Quarters from Yours Truly
That was the first quarter of 2024 gone, and it seemed to me we have been through a whole year of seasonal weather during those three months.
How amazing is it though, that we have all this time to live our best lives so although it seems to fly by we have moments and memories to look back on with awe and inspired minds.
Well.
It is not always that easy, is it?
We lose people and sometimes our mind seems lost as well as losing track of time.
Procrastination, my worst bestie over the years.
A friend wrote a book called ‘Procrastination’ and I bought it the moment it hit the shelves in the shops, that was 15 years ago.
I read it last year.
We may not all have a plan for how to avoid falling into the trap of life passing us by but we all have a responsibility to ourselves to live fully so we don’t suddenly wake up, look in the mirror with eyebrows that no longer rise because they are too heave to move with all the surrounding wrinkles and lack of facial muscle movement.
Laughter does not remove all of that but it does bring you to here and now where you feel inspired and refreshed with new ideas and momentary action.
This essentially takes you on the wild ride that truly is living extraordinaryly.
Life can’t make it without you, you know.
Recently I met with a few friends I have not seen in what seems like eons, and we talked about everything between the known world and our inner universe.
What a refreshing few conversations which highlighted how we get stuck in our heads and miss out on the magic, mystery and more-ish-ness that is created through interaction and curiosity.
As people we get stuck with a lack of confidence, low selfworth and no selfexpression because no one wants to be ‘too much’.
Guess what?
It does not give you the life you want – whether you know it or simply plod along thinking ‘is this all there is?’ or worse ‘this is all there is’.
My daily practice of laughter kicks me out of myself and into the world.
So, we sat on a bench on Primrose Hill and a woman came up and asked us if we had some wisdom to share.
We shared our wisdom and she said, for that I shall give you a tulip, which colour would you like – red or purple?
I replied, ‘I love yellow tulips, it is a family favourite’.
She reached down by my feet and proclaimed, ‘how wonderful that a yellow tulip just grew by your feet’.
I got my imaginary flower and she in return gave us her wisdom ‘you are not a drop in the ocean, you are an ocean within a drop’.
I pulled down a star for her and on that note she waved and walked off.
How wonderful when we start to embrace our imagination and have fun instead of holding ourselves back in conformity.
Stepping into the light of empowerment and joy is leaving procrastination behind.
Try it for yourself.
And then add laughter and sparkles.
The stories we go on to think up and say out loud – it really is a limitless space we inhabit.
Love, Friendship, Honesty, Kindness, Health, Hope, Goodness, Grace, Gratitude, Understanding, Faith, Peace, Forgiveness, Patience, Diligence, Love, Blessings and Joy from me to you!
Lotte Mikkelsen
Laughter Yoga Specialist and Master Trainer
#youreverydaylaughterqueen
True Laughter Therapist Training
Being a therapist requires the ability to be present and compassionat when a patient or client is experiencing an emotional release.
This may not be the usual tearful moment or a giggle or even an angry outburst.
When someone lets go because their therapist is comfortable with any form of catharsis there is another level of relief to be experienced.
How do you train to get this understanding?
The empathy and ability to handle those responses comes from being an experienced and practicing therapist, whether it is a talk therapist, holistic therapist or counsellor.
The Laughter Therapist Training is deep and it is experiential because we believe in having the experience of the course in order to understand the emotions others may have.
You can learn a lot of background and theory online but the real deal is when you experience the catharsis, the release that comes when you allow yourself to go through the programme yourself.
As a great therapist you will develop skills and activities that helps your clients or patients to express their pent up emotions and locked up feelings freely.
This is not Laughter Yoga, it is a journey to the state of laughter.
For more information and to book please email lotte@unitedmind.co.uk and visit the Laughter Therapist Training page on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-therapist.
Deep Laughter Yoga Training
There are many reasons why people come on Laughter Yoga Training, and Nicholas Bishop returned many times because this was his place for creating deep resonating friendships.
When you invest yourself in the process of learning Laughter Yoga, your trainers facilitate a space for more than laughter and fun.
You immerse yourself in a course where everyone is exploring possibilities of something extraordinary in life, and surrounding yourself with people who are willing to be in the moment where friendship, joy, health and transformation happens can have a truly purifying effect on you and everyone else.
Read about Laughter Yoga Training on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training.
To here more about the Laughter Yoga courses please contact me on lotte@unitedmind.co.uk.
Please join the MS Society Online Laughter Club
The MS Society West London Online Laughter Club is now live!
Please get in touch to get the Zoom details so you can join us every Friday from 11:00-11:45, except Bank Holidays.
People living with MS and other conditions benefit hugely from a daily practice of Laughter Yoga as the stress that often can cause deterioration of health through the impact of relapses can be reduced and the effect potentially diminished.
I am grateful to be able to share Laughter Yoga with MS Society members until end of 2025 and if we get it rigth we may even continue on into 2026.
To read my story with MS please visit Laughter and MS on www.lottemikkelsen.com/laughter-ms.
For more information about laughter clubs, training and workshops please contact me on lotte@unitedmind.co.uk.
Book Laughter Teacher Reunion 2024
Laughter Yoga Teacher are starting booking this awesome event!
It happens every two years!
A one-of-a-kind opportunity to connect with Laughter Yoga Teachers from around the country, and develop a strong sense of community and belonging to a very special group of people
This year our venue is the De Vere Latimer Estate in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1UG.
Whether you teach or simply relax and enjoy having trained as Laughter Yoga Teacher is irrelevant for your participation.
This is our get-together where we reignite our passion for sharing the goodness it creates along with creating friendship and kinship.
There will be chats, serious talks, laughs, games, food, sleep, no-sleep-perhaps, more fun, and lasting connections made.
Please do book your place on https://www.unitedmind.co.uk/product/laughter-yoga-teacher-reunion/ to ensure there is a room for you, they run out way to soon as there is a limited number of them.
I would love to share the weekend in July with you!
For more information about training and workshops please contact me on lotte@unitedmind.co.uk.
Repeat: Laughter Conference Turkey
Just a little remention…
Eser Mutlu is Laughter Yoga Master Trainer in Turkey and we met in Switzerland in October 2011 and have stayed friends since then.
When she asked me if I would join her at the Laughter Yoga Conference in Antalya in Turkey I absolutely said yes, and now it is almost here.
The conference is held over the weekend of 26-28 April and it has numerous Laughter Yoga experts who will be sharing their wisdom.
You will meet Laughter Yoga Master Trainer Eser Mutlu, Sherry Laughter Yoga, Joe Hoare, Keyem Thomas, Carla Brown, Hkima Karima, Eli, and many more outstanding professionals who have spent years spreading laughter for the benefits.
I look forward to be sharing a short talk on the topic of Mental Health, MS and Laughter Yoga.
To join the conference or to hear more about it please contact Eser on email, kahkahaterapisti@gmail.com.
Laughter Club and Telephone Laughter
Anyone and everyone is welcome to share laughter with us in the Laughter Club International (UK) St Albans on Zoom – and bring a friend or your whole clan.
The Laughter Club in St Albans is still sharing laughter on Zoom on 1st Sunday every month (except August) at 1pm-1:30pm!
Please register online on https://form.jotform.com/200864136631350.
- Sunday 7 April 2024 at 13:00-13:30 UK time
- Sunday 5 May 2024 at 13:00-13:30 UK time WORLD LAUGHTER DAY
- Please join on https://us04web.zoom.us/j/132683686 pw 305815
A Laughter Club is just like a fitness session and we encourage you to pay as you can to www.paypal.me/unitedmind. Thank you for your kindness.
Please get in touch about the laughter clubs and other options via email, info@unitedmind.co.uk, mobile/WhatsApp 07736 341 717.
Great news is that the Google Map of Laughter Clubs in the UK is being updated at the moment and you can already see a lot of laughter clubs that are running these days.
Note: updated laughter clubs are listed with 2024 at their name, in-person laughter clubs have a blue star place marker, and online laughter clubs have an orange star place marker. Check it out on https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Q-HDOwxlZX1kk7bW4U5haXxrRjM&usp=sharing.
If you know of any laughter clubs that are not listed or need updating please email lotte@unitedmind.co.uk with your information.
In addition The Telephone Laughter Club runs Monday to Friday at 7:00 to 7:10 on
- Dial: 0333 011 2319
- Room number: 33928453 #
- PIN: 8494 #
Please also contact me about The Telephone Laughter Club where we laugh weekday mornings from 7:00 to 7:10 if you have any questions about this service, lotte@unitedmind.co.uk.
Laughter Training Dates and News
There are opportunities to become a Laughter Yoga Leader in London, Preston and St Albans in 2024, returning to Durham in February 2025.
The 2-day courses are super popular and this year a few dates have had to close for registration – we recommend booking soon!
If you wish to become a Laughter Yoga Teacher or Laughter Therapists these advanced training courses take place in London and on your location request with minimum 4 people.
Today is the best time to book your spot on one of the 2024 courses – soon 2025 dates are now becoming available, too.
Once you are a Laughter Yoga Leader your joy-journey has only just begund and the gates open to the world of Laughter Yoga, and to becoming a Laughter Yoga Teacher.
Along the way you meet awesome people who may become good friends and even besties.
To learn more about our training programmes, options and requirements, please contact via email info@unitedmind.co.uk.
The Accredited Laughter Yoga Training
More information about the different programmes is available on
- Laughter Yoga Leader – from £225 per person
- Laughter Yoga Teacher – from £595 per person
- Laughter Yoga Coach – from £895 per person (including Leader and Teacher training)
UnitedMind is registered with our insurance company as a Training Provider which means that our certificates grant you insurance.
When you choose your training provider please make sure you check their credentials as online training methods and courses are not always covered by insurers.
FHT Accredited courses uniquely from UnitedMind Laughter Yoga and our Accredited Laughter Yoga Teachers are
- 2-day Laughter Yoga Leader Training or 4-week online
- 5-day Laughter Yoga Teacher Training or Hybrid 6 online sessions + weekend
- 1-day Laughter Yoga Coach Training
- Laughter Therapist Training
With accreditation we are taking Laughter Yoga seriously and we are bringing the standards to another level of nationwide approval within the education system. The UnitedMind accreditation is the only UK accreditation for Laughter Yoga Training.
Our courses are continued professional development and gives you points to add to your CPD list!
To learn more about how you can become a Laughter Yoga Leader or Teacher please contact Lotte on mobile/WhatsApp +44 (0) 7736341717 or email lotte@unitedmind.co.uk.
UnitedMind teaches Laughter Yoga courses in the following locations:
- Accredited Laughter Yoga Leader Training
This training is a requirement for becoming a Laughter Yoga Teacher- London, Online, Preston, Durham, St Albans, or Your venue your group – minimum 4 people
- Accredited Laughter Yoga Teacher Training
This training is a requirement for becoming a Laughter Yoga Coach- London, or Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people
- Accredited Laughter Therapist Training
- London
- Accredited Laughter Coach and Certified Gibberish Coach Training
- Online, or Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people
Your Self Study
A way to learn at your own leisure, at times to suit. If you are able to come to the in-person training at a later time, the 2-day training is included in the fee of £225.
It is exciting to launch a new way of learning Laughter Yoga online as an almost-self-study, where you will be able to learn at your own pace and finish by presenting a Laughter Yoga session as you will have learned through the lessons, at a face-to-face Zoom session.
Book www.pensight.com/x/unitedmind.
Accredited Laughter Yoga Leader
The 2-day Laughter Yoga Leader Training runs on the following dates and venues (full details are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-yoga-leader/) provided by UnitedMind in the UK since 2007:
- 02-03 May 2024 Laughter Yoga Leader Preston from £225 – ONLY OPPORTUNITY
- 15-17 June 2024 Laughter Yoga Leader London from £225
- 14-15 September 2024 Laughter Yoga Leader St Albans from £225 – ONLY OPPORTUNITY
- 12-13 October 2024 Laughter Yoga Leader London from £225
- 07-08 December 2024 Laughter Yoga Leader London from £225
- 15-16 February 2025 Laughter Yoga Leader Durham from £225 – ONLY OPPORTUNITY
- 01-02 March 2025 Laughter Yoga Leader London from £225
- More dates are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-yoga-leader/
- Your workplace or with your group at dates to suit you!
12-hour Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training Online – click to choose your dates:
- Wednesdays 03, 10, 17, 24 April 2024 at 19:00-21:30 from £225
- Sundays 05, 12, 19, 26 May 2024 at 09:00-11:30 from £225
- More online training dates in 2024 are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/product-category/laughter-leader-training-online/
Accredited Laughter Yoga Teacher
The 5-day Laughter Yoga Teacher Training and Hybrid Laughter Yoga Teacher Training runs on the following dates and venues (full details are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-yoga-teacher/) provided by UnitedMind in the UK since 2012:
- 08-12 July 2024 in London non-residential from £595
- HYBRID Online Sundays in Aug-Sep + 28-29 September 2024 in London from £595
- More dates on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-yoga-teacher/
Accommodation is not included.
Feel free to enquire about special offers at any time, info@unitedmind.co.uk.
Accredited Laughter Yoga Coach
The 1-day Laughter Yoga Coach Training for Laughter Yoga Teachers runs online on the following dates (full details are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-yoga-coach-cpd/):
Add-On to Laughter Yoga Teacher Certification
Or you can book your 8-week One On One Laughter Coaching Programme and get closer to your real laughter through the practice of Laughter Yoga exercises.
Accredited Laughter Therapist
The 2-day Laughter Therapist Training is only the beginning of the 6-12 months programme (full details on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-therapist/)
- 13-14 April 2024 Covent Garden, London from £550 early bird – 1 place left
- 12-13 April 2025 Covent Garden, London from £550 early bird
Accredited Gibberish Coach
The 1-day Gibberish Coach Training for Laughter Yoga Leaders and Teachers runs on the following dates (full details are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/gibberish-coach/):
All fees listed in the newsletter are early bird fees available until one month before training dates and excluding travel and accommodation costs unless otherwise stated. Other deals may be available as well as special agreements with companies and organisations who wish to train teams and individuals in their workplace.
If you want to be sure to get a place on the course of your choice please book now in the UnitedMind Online Shop.
For more information about accredited training courses please contact us via info@unitedmind.co.uk, phone 0800 1214 714, or mobile/WhatsApp +447736341717.
