Welcome to August 2022
…and news, stories, upcoming events and event reviews from UnitedMind Ltd. Laughter Yoga, Laughter Yoga in London, all over the UK and elsewhere, The Laughter Club International (UK) and The Telephone Laughter Club.
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In August News we share the following…
- Gratitude from Yours Truly
- Good Grief? with Rev. Richard Coles by Bowled Over Media on Channel 4
- Laughter Therapist Training
- Have you met us on TikTok yet?
- Second to None Benefits Part 7
- Thumbs up for the Laughter Club in Southampton!
- Important training and laughter club dates and info are listed at the end!
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Gratitude from Yours Truly
July has been blazing through the month with hot weather, and super-charged meetings with like-minded, beautiful souls.
My heart is full of joy, gratitude and love for the people who over the years invested in Laughter Yoga as a practice they have either brought to life in their communities at at workplaces, or for themselves in their daily lives.
Some of us had the pleasure and privilege to meet in July and rekindle friendships that were first brought together at the first Laughter Yoga Teacher Reunion in 2019.
Something happened in between…
And there is more to be grateful for, there always is if you wake up from your sleep.
Channel 4 will be airing the Good Grief? programme produced by Heidi Gomes and her team at Bowled Over Media, on 8th August, and I feel truly blessed to have been part of this project. Meeting the very kind-hearted and profoundly reverend Richard Coles was a privilege, and we shared conversation and laughter during the day of filming.
Much is happening in the world of Laughter Yoga and UnitedMind as we all move into August with anticipation and curiosity.
Gratutude is my word for this message. Whichever lesson you may feel is charging you and at you right now, there is always something to be grateful for, and perhaps a message to listen to from your heart.
Going through life with an attitude of gratitude and grace does not make wrongdoings right, it simply makes it easier to find peace.
With Love, Friendship, Honesty, Kindness, Health, Hope, Goodness, Grace, Gratitude, Understanding, Faith, Peace, Forgiveness, Patience, Diligence, Love, Blessings and Joy
Lotte Mikkelsen
Laughter Yoga Expert and Master Trainer
#youreverydaylaughterqueen
Good Grief? with Rev Richard Coles by Bowled Over Media
On 8th August the programme Good Grief? will show on Channel 4 in the UK.
Channel 4 writes in their press release:
When Reverend Richard Coles’ husband David died at the end 2019, he became a widower at the age of 57 and found himself alone for the first time in 12 years. As someone who is surrounded by death in his profession, he thought he’d be well equipped to deal with it but when it happened to him, he realised he wasn’t.
Now, in Good Grief? a new one off documentary for Channel 4, Rev Coles is exploring the subject of grief and how to live with it positively. We will join him on a literal and metaphorical journey across the choppy waters of bereavement as he endeavours to open up the conversation about grief.
Follow the link above for the full press release on Channel 4.
For details of the Good Grief? program please visit Channel 4 TV.
You can also contact me on lotte@unitedmind.co.uk if you are curious to know more about our Laughter Yoga programmes.
Laughter Therapist Training
Laughter Thearpy is a platform of transformation!
The freedom that is available when we allow ourselves to express our emotions provides a platform for our authentic self to make life choices that matter the most.
The Laughter Therapist Training takes you on a journey over 6-12 months where you will be playing with pain and finding laughter, tears and perhaps even get anger out of your system in a way that leads to more laughter and joy.
If your background is working as a therapist, holistic therapist or counsellor, then Laughter Therapist Training may be a great addition to your current skillset.
You will learn skills you can apply to individual sessions as well as group workshops.
For more informaiton please visit www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-therapist, and to book please choose your dates via www.unitedmind.co.uk/product-category/training/laughtertherapist.
Have you met us on TikTok yet?
LinkedIn has been my professional networking platform for many years, a place I entered long, long time ago. It is a place where I share our news and stories, relevant articles on science and medicine, publications and other relevant matters.
Just like with my other social media channels (and I hope you liked all four),
- www.youtube.com/lottemikkel shared in April
- www.instagram.com/unitedmindlaughteryoga shared in May
- www.facebook.com/unitedmind.through.laughter shared in June
- www.linkedin.com/company/unitedmind-limited or connect with me on www.linkedin.com/in/lottemikkelsen shared in July,
I would love to build the following as I share the relevance of laughter, play and health as the ongoing theme moving forward.
Please follow the Laughter Yoga UK on TikTok on www.tiktok.com/@laughteryoga.
Please get in touch via email lotte@unitedmind.co.uk if there is Laughter-Yoga-related content you would like to see shared on the YouTube, Instagram or Facebook.
Second to None Benefits Part 7
As I was recording Episode 2 of the Laughter Yoga programme for Mind Body Medical earlier this week I could not help but feel slightly stressed or perhaps rather under pressure. Maybe that is the same thing…
That was of course my own fault for being last minute with this task.
As it goes, the episode was about stress and the neurology of stress, how we can find laughter and use it to our advantage.
A 25 minute recording was in the making and I was adamant to do it in one take. Something my friend, Deon, would only a day later comment on that there are more easy ways to do it and great ways to make transitions interesting and great, and in addition he mentioned that he could easily teach me how to do it. Great!
Well, it was in fact great because how do you learn if you are not presented with the opportunity of learning. So, the plan is now in place!
Back to my 25-minute recording…
I was set and I was in the zone.
Last few minutes and at the closing of the video my doorbell rang. Judging by the lenght of the buzz I knew it was my postman.
Andrew is great and I know when he is at the door, usually he rings once and if no reply he gets in anyway and leaves my post outside my door. However, not today!
First buzz I laughed it off in the video and made reference to daily stress factors, those ‘free-floating hostilities’ we cannot predict.
He buzzed again and not only that buzz but in additon to the door-buss our Buzz (the resident Alaskan Malamute and great friend) came over to remind me that Postman Andrew was at the door.
That was the video done – not as in done and ready but as in messed up and ready for re-take.
I could have cried.
But I did not do such a thing. I opened the door to my postman and we laughed and laughed, I explained and he apologised ever so much and then we laughed again, because it really was not his fault on any account.
He complimented my way of handling the situation knowing that I had more work ahead of me.
So the essence is, when you cannot do anything about it what is the point of blowing off the handle and getting upset.
Laughter has taught me many thing and one of them is to laugh in the face of stress even if I sometimes do cry out of despair.
Laughter feels great and tears are also a valid option when all comes crashing down. Most often than not there is laughter after tears even so.
There are even more benefits to laughing and I may continue to share them with their little stories and anekdotes as we move further into autumn and winter, then spring and summer once again.
I hope you will continue to enjoy reading about the benefits of practicing Laughter Yoga, and even consider learning the technique for yourself or your group of people in your community or workplace so you, too, can make positive, live-able change count.
For more information or to book a workshop, keynote or training please contact Lotte on on mobile/WhatsApp +44 (0) 7736341717 or email lotte@unitedmind.co.uk.
Southampton Laughter Club with Nicola Mintrim
YES! There is a new Laughter Club in Southampton, and it is run by Laughter Yoga Teacler Nicky who is an amazing Laughter Advocate.
Please join here for the launch of the Laughter Club on Thursday 11th August at 2pm and 7pm.
The address is
- Sarisbury Green Community Centre
The Green
Southampton
SO31 7AA
For more information please contact Nicky on email nicola_mintrim@icloud.com.
The Laughter Club International (UK) on Zoom
The Laughter Club in St Albans is sharing laughter on Zoom on 1st Sunday every month (except August) at 1pm-1:30pm!
Please register online on https://form.jotform.com/200864136631350.
We are up to something with laughter and sharing the benefits, and we hope that you enjoy these monthly Laughter Yoga workouts.
- Sunday 4 September 2022 at 13:00-13:30 UK time
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, phone 0800 1214 714 or mobile 07736 341 717.
The Telephone Laughter Club
The Telephone Laughter Club runs Monday to Friday at 7am to 7:10am.
Change your outlook and you will change your life!
The full story of The Telephone Laughter Club in the UK can be read on www.lottemikkelsen.com/laughter-ms.
Please subscribe and support The Telephone Laughter Club by donating the annual fee of £30 to keep it going every weekday morning from 7am-7:10am. You can subscribe via www.unitedmind.co.uk/product-category/subscriptions.
Laughter Training for Leaders in their Life
If you have felt inspired to do the 2-day Laughter Yoga Leader Training OR if you felt inspired to complete the 5-day Laughter Yoga Teacher Training when you first trained as a Laughter Yoga Leader this is a call to you to take inspired action!
The journey to become a leader people or a teacher who people want to learn from starts when you have the passion for your work and do it the best you can at all times.
Then when the little seed of a Laughter Yoga Leader is being fertilised at your first training perhaps you wish to become a Laughter Yoga Teacher simply to learn more awesome techniques.
The spark that ignites over 2 days of intensive laughter leader training burns even brighter and bigger after 5 days of laughter tearcher training.
You do not need to have a wish to teach others when you become a Laughter Yoga Teacher, however, you will learn skills that will enable to you to share Laughter Yoga on a much deeper level and of course, you will have the option to teach your own network of Laughter Yoga Leader if you ever change your mind.
Too many times in life we stall and never move forward in that touching, moving, and inspiring moment. I have been there many times in the past but since choosing Laughter Yoga as a life line for me and for the world I take action every day.
I hope you will, too.
To hear 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 £195 per person
- Laughter Yoga Teacher – from £850 per person including accommodation
- Laughter Yoga Coach – from £950 per person including accommodation
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
- 5-day Laughter Yoga Teacher Training
- 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.
This is 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, St. Albans, Preston, Durham, Online
- Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people
- Accredited Laughter Yoga Teacher Training
This training is a requirement for becoming a Laughter Yoga Coach- Hemel Hempstead
- Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people
- Accredited Laughter Therapist Training
- Stanmore
- Accredited Laughter Coach and Certified Gibberish Coach Training
- Online
- Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people
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:
- 10-11 September 2022 Laughter Yoga Leader St Albans £195
- 06-07 October 2022 Laughter Yoga Leader Preston £195
- 15-16 October 2022 Laughter Yoga Leader London £195
- 19-20 November 2022 Laughter Yoga Leader Durham £195
- 03-04 December 2022 Laughter Yoga Leader London £195
- More dates in 2023 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:
- Tuesdays 02, 09, 16, 23 August 2022 at 7pm-9:30pm
- More dates in 2022 are listed on www.unitedmind.co.uk/product-category/training/4-week-online-laughter-leader-training/
Accredited Laughter Yoga Teacher
The 5-day 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:
- 31 October-04 November 2022 in Hemel Hempstead residential £850
- 10-14 July 2023 in Hemel Hempstead residential £850
- More dates on www.unitedmind.co.uk/training/laughter-yoga-teacher/
Fees for residential training are including accommodation.
Feel free to enquire about special offers at any time.
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/):
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/)
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 07736 341 717.
