The Optimists
Laughter Club
Weekly on Wednesdays
7-8pm
Glenbrook Hospital
2180 Pfingsten Rd. Glenview, IL 60026
Park and enter by
The John and Carol Walter Ambulatory Care Center
Lower Level meeting room E
Join this Happy & Healthy Experience!
Open to everyone
All can participate with ease
Socially Connected Fun
Energizing and Stress Releasing
FREE – Donations accepted
Facilitated by:
Ellen Klein, BSN, RN, BSW
Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and Teacher
Email Ellen • Phone: (847) 571-7553
What is a Laughter Club?
It’s a safe space to gather and exercise the benefits of laughter is its most basic definition. It’s an opportunity to experience a community where participants share an activity that improves health and wellness on a physical, emotional, social and spiritual basis.
Creating
World Peace
One Laugh at a time...
It's fun
It's exercise
It's attitude changing
It's aptitude raising
It's socially connecting
It's interactive
It's oxygenating
It's restorative
It's health building
It's a little optimism for life
and so much more
A few of the Optimists Laughter Club Members sharing the experience
What happens in a Laughter Club?
We meet at Glenbrook Hospital in a spacious private room with parking nearby. We also meet on special occasions outdoors in the local parks as the weather is conducive during the summer and autumn months.
A Typical session begins by warming up bodies for the fun exercise and activities that don’t even seem the aerobic exercise they actually are. We engage exercises that play with our imagination and creativity and when we do laughter is naturally stimulated and natural joyful laughter follows.
In between the exercises of laughter deep breaths impact the increase of oxygen in the body and brain. We complete each session with a grounding laughter meditation, a moment of silence, guided meditation and time for questions and answers.
Engaging with others and sharing the exercise of laughter
Who Benefits from a Laughter Club?
Business People
Laughter interrupts the over-seriousness of the day to refresh, energize and promote collegial relationships of sharing and caring. Happier employees are healthier employees with improved productivity and fewer sick days. Stress relief/management benefits are realized.
Professionals
People who laugh joyfully are perceived as more attractive, grounded, approachable and confident. Hiring or working with this kind of employee can create a better work environment overall as their demeanor becomes more welcoming and inviting.
Parents
Laughter encourages self-care that is often overlooked when we are busy, It becomes a mini vacation where we can come back to family and adult concerns with a refreshed outlook, happy chemistry and oxygenation to balance body and brain.
Students
We may think that this is natural for kids to laugh and play, however, in today’s busy, over-scheduled and confusing world, a reminder to laugh and play can offer necessary stress relief, inspire imagination, encourage creativity and elevate natural abilities.
Seniors
Laughter increases oxygenation, improves range of motion and social engagement, decreases isolation, improves thinking and behavior and gives hope as neural pathways are fired up reminding of less stressful times or what is possible. An overall improvement in feeling better occurs, while a decrease in pain is noted.
Testimonials
Laughter Club Participants report:
“I feel relaxed and peaceful.”
“I felt good and want to share this with others. Will you present to my women’s group?”
“We say “Very good, Very good, Yay” at home now and it lifts our spirits.”
“I look forward to laughing every week at laughter group. It is the highlight of my week!”
“Ellen, you do a great job! You are always prepared with fun laughter exercises. After laughter group, I sleep better and the benefits of laughing last a few days and help with difficult work situations.”
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For More Laughs...
Contact:
Ellen Klein, BSN, RN, BSW
Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and Teacher
Email Ellen • Phone: (847) 571-7553
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