Laughter yoga sessions held
Published: 05:06 PM,Jun 25,2024 | EDITED : 09:06 PM,Jun 25,2024
Participants at laughter yoga sessions held in Muscat recently
MUSCAT: As part of the International Day of Yoga, The Art of Living (AOL), Oman and Oasis Mall Oman held a laughter yoga session recently. The hour long sessions were held at Oasis Mall in Al Khuwair.
A team of three people from AOL Muscat conducted the sessions in which hundreds of expatriates and locals took part.
Rajiv Ahuja who led the session explained about laughter yoga and its benefits and made every one dance to set the mood of the programme. He mentioned about the benefits of global laughter exercise programme which includes three elements of laughter and playfulness, yogic breath work and mindfulness meditation.
Veteran artist, curator, poet and a certified laughter yoga teacher, Dr Shalini Gupta Kumar in her session explained the steps of laughter yoga.
These included warm up exercises of clapping, chanting and moving. Breathing exercise, child-like playfulness and laughter exercises. Dr Shalini and Somu together performed about 10 laughter exercises along with the audience.
A team of three people from AOL Muscat conducted the sessions in which hundreds of expatriates and locals took part.
Rajiv Ahuja who led the session explained about laughter yoga and its benefits and made every one dance to set the mood of the programme. He mentioned about the benefits of global laughter exercise programme which includes three elements of laughter and playfulness, yogic breath work and mindfulness meditation.
Veteran artist, curator, poet and a certified laughter yoga teacher, Dr Shalini Gupta Kumar in her session explained the steps of laughter yoga.
These included warm up exercises of clapping, chanting and moving. Breathing exercise, child-like playfulness and laughter exercises. Dr Shalini and Somu together performed about 10 laughter exercises along with the audience.