Welcome to February 2021

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In February News we share the following…

February Musings from Yours Truly
Review of Mental Wellbeing and Laughter Therapy for HR Managers
The choice for Holistic Workplaces
The Wellness Movement Therapeutic Harp Workshop
Why The Telephone Laughter Club is a great wake-up call
Laughter Yoga Basic Skills with Maggie Thompson
The Laughter Club International UK) in St Albans on Zoom
Laughter Yoga Teacher Training including Online Prep and Linda Leclerc
The Accredited Laughter Yoga Training Online, In-Person and Dates
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YouTube Impromptu Conversations
Laughter Yoga with Sally on ITV News May 2020
Oxford University Press, Digeo Productions and Laughter Yoga
Laughter Yoga with Andi Peters on ITV Lorraine August 2019
Laughter Yoga with Lotte on Channel 4 4Music Trending Live 11 Sep 2018
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The Laughter Club in 2020 – we are online!

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February Musings from Yours Truly

Sometimes transformation shows up in places you least expect because they already seem transformed or on an aligned path.

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It does not take a daily practice of Laughter Yoga to create change in life, it does not take Laughter Therapy to change perspective, and it does not take Gibberish to shift deep-rooted patterns.

Occasionally it only takes a conversation and a willingness to be a listener or a sharer of authenticity.

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Laughter Yoga is not about fame and fortune, it never has been. Laughter Yoga presents life-altering takes on how we can truly become the fullness we are meant to be.

We are not our jobs, our names, our addresses, our relationships, or even our past and future.

Those elements are simply what brought us to the realisation that we are more and we are one.

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Forgiveness, gratitude, grace – it all creates a much more centred and content human experience.

Practices that are beyond any dogma or other control-based leadership that may seem real but most often battles our true nature.

In this age of physical isolation we have such a great bond that has been built on hope and open-heartedness, as well as fear and worry.

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Letting go of all the negativity that surrounds us daily, and all the things we feel we need to do, can be a real challenge.

Yet when we connect in laughter and joy all the hurdles seem to dissipate for that while and although they do not simply vanish they becomes lesser than before we changed our biochemistry with good mirth.

Consider the energy you bring, the authenticity you share.

Reveal yourself, reveal your heart. We all need openness.

Sending you grace and kindredness in February!

Love, Laughter and Grace

Lotte Mikkelsen
Laughter Yoga Expert and Master Trainer
#youreverydaylaughterqueen

Review of Mental Wellbeing and Laughter Therapy for HR Professionals

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Almost 80 businesses joined us at our inaugural mental wellbeing check-in and laughter yoga webinar on Wednesday 27 January.

Thank you for all the comments!

“Really enjoyed the wellbeing check-in & route to happiness. The laughter yoga was a fantastic experience.”
“Mindfulness and Laughter Yoga exercises – ideas to support myself and my team particularly while we are working so remote from each other.”
“Seeing everyone else playing and laughing makes it easier for me to let go.”
“I enjoyed the laughing yoga exercises. I felt better from a very stressful week and being without a job at the moment.”

The Wellness Movement with Sha Hussain and UnitedMind Laughter Yoga with me, Lotte Mikkelsen, thoroughly enjoyed the morning and look forward to our next Mental Health Check-in and Laughter Workshop on 28 April in pre-celebration of World Laughter Day on 2 May.

For information about our workshops, programmes and training, and to work with us please get in touch via email info@unitedmind.co.uk or call 0800 12 14 714 or 07736 341 717.

The Choice for Holistic Workplaces

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When I applied for a job at a large software company back in 2005 I was inspired by their manifesto which talked about the organisation as being a holistic entity.

That was a new one for me as my encounter with the word holistic at the time was related to being a holistic therapist.

Looking at a workplace holistically brings in everyone and everything to a joint force to be reckoned with in the market.

A team where everyone matters, and everyone is noticed and looked after while assessing and developing their skills to suit the task.

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The method of sharing laughter based on Laughter Yoga and Laughter Therapy has gone beyond the standard delivery I learned 20 years ago.

There is a true joy-sensation arising from connecting with the soul of a company, finding the value and essence of what triggers people to be at their best and stand together with the business ethos and goals at heart.

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Laughter workshops and training bring people together and creat focus, motivation and energy to go the extral mile from a holistic perspecting that takes health and wellbing into account both for the individual and for the team, in the workplace and at home.

My work is not only about laughter, it is a holistic approach to the human experience we call life.

For information about our workshops, programmes and training, and to work with us please get in touch via email info@unitedmind.co.uk or call 0800 12 14 714 or 07736 341 717.

Therapeutic Harp Workshop from The Wellness Movement

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Sha Hussain, founder and award-winning wellbeing consultant, and harp practitioner Julia Mitchell will be delivering a specially curated mental wellbeing check-in and ‘mind painting’ therapeutic harp visualisation on Wednesday 24th February at 11.00am.

This is for all you lovely people out there, supporting your colleagues and a special shout out to those working in the NHS in these uncertain times (Sha and Julia have your back).

Click here to book your spot and feel free to share within your network.

Why The Telephone Laughter Club is a great wake-up call

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The Telephone Laughter Club runs Monday to Friday at 7am to 7:10am.

Why is it such a great way to start the day when there are so many other morning rituals to choose between?

It is not just one thing about morning laughter that is good, but the key thing that happens is that you start shifting your focus from ‘plodding along’ to starting the day with intention and vitality.

Many times we wake up on auto-pilot or even worse – on the cue from an alarm clock. Without thought or mood we venture into the day, barely awake, setting ourselves up for what lies ahead.

Change your morning 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 Yoga Basic Skills

with Maggie Thompson

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This 1-day training is for people who have had their first taste of Laughter Yoga and would like to know more about what it is, what it does and how it can become a beneficial daily practice.

The Laughter Yoga Basic Skills sessions would be ideal as a next step!

Maggie has run this exciting day of learning both in person before 2020 and online in 2020 and she says

“Having run these sessions as a 1-day workshop in the past, it transfers successfully to be run in 1-hour sessions via Zoom as I ran it twice last year.”

The sessions not only gives people a great tool they can use in their everyday life but also gives them the sense of connection with the other participants during the sessions.

Mondays 8, 15 and 22 March and Wednesdays 10, 17 and 24 March 2021 from 7,00 pm to 8.00 pm on Zoom, and the cost is £90.00 or for early bird up to 1 March £75.00.

For more information, contact Maggie Thompson on email maggie@merriemaggie.co.uk

The Laughter Club International (UK) on Zoom

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The Laughter Club in St Albans is sharing laughter on Zoom on 1st Sunday every month at 1pm-1:30pm!

Please register online on https://form.jotform.com/200864136631350.

We are serious about laughter and sharing the benefits, and we hope that you enjoy these monthly Laughter Yoga workouts.

Sunday 7 Febuary 2021 at 1pm-1:30pm

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.

Laughter Teacher Training including Online Prep

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Time to get your laughter tunes in to soaring heights this summer!

The training in July 2021 little extras lined up which allow you to start your training online to prepare you for the days we will be spending together.

Best of all – it is all included in the course fee you pay!

The course will start with 10 online 1-hour sessions before we continue with the full training in person on Monday 5 July:

25^th April Lesson 1 Laughter yoga for seniors
2^nd May Lesson 2 Laughter Yoga for School children
9^th May Lesson 3 Laughter Yoga in Business
16^th May Lessons 4 Laughter Yoga in Hospitals and Health care
23^rd May Lesson 5 Laughter Yoga for People living with Special Needs
30^th May Lesson 6 Gibberish workshop
6^th June Lesson 7 Which training programs you can offer
13^th June Lesson 8 Promotion, marketing, PR, and presentation skills
20^th June Lesson 9 Creating new exercises
27^th June Lesson 10 Inner Spirit of Laughter

As the second special extra, flights permitting, my good friend and Laughter Yoga Master Trainer Colleague, Linda Leclerc, from Canada will be joining me teaching the course this summer.

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Booking on https://www.unitedmind.co.uk/product-category/training/laughteryogateacher/.

The Laughter Yoga Teacher Training is deep and expansive for your mind, your heart and for your soul.

You will learn how to be a great leader, teacher and facilitator of workshops and training.

Upon completion you will receive the Laughter Yoga International Laughter Yoga Teacher Certificate and be eligible for the UnitedMind accredited training certification.

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.

There are a few more requirements if you want the additional accreditation certificate.

Laughter Yoga Training with the Laughter Yoga Master Trainer

FHT Accredited courses from UnitedMind Laughter Yoga 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 CPD!

Contact us on email info@unitedmind.co.uk or call 07736341717 for details of Laughter Yoga Training, other courses and other teachers.

The Accredited Laughter Yoga Training

Laughter Yoga is for everyone!

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PLEASE NOTE, The Laughter Yoga Training is still certified with a standard international certificate issued by Laughter Yoga International and co-signed by your teacher(s) which you receive at the end of the 2-day or 5-day training.

If you decide to achieve accreditation you will receive a second UnitedMind/FHT certificate on completion.

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Please note, UnitedMind and UnitedMind Accredited Laughter Yoga Teachers are the only providers of Accredited Laughter Yoga Training in the UK.

In addition, you get support from your teachers as you move on with your personal and professional laughter life, as and when you need it. It is your call!

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, Bristol, 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, Durham
- Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people
Accredited Laughter Therapist Training
- Hemel Hempstead, Stanmore
Accredited Laughter Coach and Certified Gibberish Coach Training
- Bristol, St Albans, Online
- Your venue, your group – minimum 4 people

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.

Please also feel free to follow the scribbles about laugh life and life in general as well as a few moments of change on The Laughter Blog.

Our pages are constantly going through changes so please feel free to stop at Your Everyday Laughter Queen, and please stay with us on www.unitedmind.co.uk.

Full details of all workshops and training programmes, and how to register, are listed on UnitedMind’s website.

Nimisha Radia

2022-08-30

What an awesome week we had at the Laughter Yoga Teacher training. One of the best weeks I've ever had with a bunch of incredible and like-minded people. Lotte, our trainer, was marvellous and knowledgeable and made our week epic.

Judith Walker

2022-07-19

Awesome training ??? loved it to bits ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Miss Bev

2022-07-13

Great training, brilliantly facilitated by the Lotte and Mel, they created a fun safe learning space, looking forward to the next one

Ellie Moore

2022-06-20

Lotte held a couple of session at MADE.com HQ for our lovely employees and it was super fun and got everyone laughing - really brilliant. Our team really relaxed into the sessions and helped release any built up tension or stresses from their day to day life. Everyone left feeling energised as well as with a deep calmness. Thank you for working with us and we look forward to working with you again in the future.

Jannie Stricker

2021-11-01

I completed the Laughter Yoga Teacher Training in October 2021. The week was very useful, and I learnt a lot. All the laughter we shared not only in the classroom but also outside was amazing. As a first-hand research, I actually noticed a change in my mind and body after a full week with several laughter sessions a day.

Michelle Ligon

2021-04-27

Great laughter yoga online leader course! I was nervous at first but Lotte was brilliant - she has a very easy going, warm and engaging style which really helped. The course was super informative, interesting and fun. Everyone in the group really gelled and it was a very rewarding and supportive experience. I can't wait to get involved in more laughter sessions and eventually start running my own!!

Lynne Carruthers

2020-10-28

Had a great time learning how to become an online laughter yoga leader with Lotte and her infectious enthusiasm and laughter.

Mary Thomson

2020-10-27

Lotte has been very flexible and compassionate throughout the Laughter Leader Training that I attended live online. The experience was wonderful. I felt supported and encouraged throughout. Lotte gives her full attention and provides a high quality level of information and administration. I found the timing to complete the course was just right, and helped me to attend and manage the course. I highly recommend Lotte who has years experience, deep wisdom and humility; willing to share the learning she has gained through Teaching Laughter yoga. I am very happy to recommend Lotte. I look forward to further training with Lotte.

Frances Burton

2020-07-25

Excellent course which was adapted for virtual learning. Small group so we had ample time to ask questions and practice skills. Learning was fun and practical. I would definitely recommend Laughter Yoga training and it has already been of interest to prospective employers for role in wellbeing and inclusion.

Sarah Alderson

2020-07-04

Amazing training. Lotte is truly an inspiration to work with and laughter was free flowing ?

Laughter News February 2021