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There’s
a new kind of happy hour in Greensboro.
Unlike many happy hours, you won’t be carded at the
door. Everyone is welcome—children, adults, seniors.
And it’s a soft touch on your pocketbook, too—there’s
no fee. At this happy hour, everyone is invited
to launch the weekend with a happy hour of laughing, “jest”
for the sake of laughing.
Where can you find
such a happy hour? It’s
the Uplifting Spirit Laughter Club, an officially registered
laughter club with the World Laughter Tour, sponsored by
Unity in Greensboro. The club meets on the
second and fourth Friday of every month from 7:00–8:00
PM.
What can you expect
when you imbibe at Uplifting Spirit Laughter Club? You
may experience some light headedness, not unlike what you
might find at a traditional happy hour. However,
the source of the lightheadedness is the result of deep
breathing exercises that infuse your brain with its favorite
food—oxygen.
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| Milkshake
Laugh |
One of the
therapeutic laughter exercises you may experience is the
“Milk Shake Laugh.” Club members hee-hee
as they prepare their beverage, then laugh heartily with
ha-ha-ha as they simulate drinking their beverage.
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| Ice
Cube Down the Back |
And just like at a
traditional happy hour, there are ice cubes too, only they
don’t clink in glasses. At
Laughter Club, there’s an “Ice Cube Down the
Back” laugh where laughter club members emit a series
of hee-hee’s, ha-ha’s, ho-ho’s and gestures
as they simulate getting the ice cube out of their shirt.
Are
you feeling like you need to shake out a week’s worth
of negative input? You’ll love Laughter
Club’s “Negativity Shake Out.” You just
have to experience this one. Words can’t describe
it.
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| Argumentative
Laugh |
Oh, I must mention
also. You may encounter a brouhaha (at a traditional happy
hour they call this a “barroom brawl”). However,
in Laughter Club, the “Argumentative Laugh”
is filled with merry finger pointing and lots of hee-hee’s
and ho-ho’s. Maybe this is another one you
have to experience before you believe it.
If
shaking out negative energy and getting “high”
on oxygen seems to be at odds with your past happy hour
experiences, that’s easy to understand.
As I said earlier, Uplifting Spirit Laughter Club is a different
kind of happy hour!
 Are
you ready to power up your weekend with a new kind of happy
hour? I suggest laughing “jest”
for the laugh of it at Uplifting Spirit Laughter Club. It’s
free. It’s open to the public. Everyone
is welcome. Visit www.unityingreensboro.org for details.
C’mon, Let’s Laugh!
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Marilyn
Sprague-Smith,
M.Ed.,
is
an
award-winning
consultant,
trainer,
author,
professional
speaker,
and
certified
laughter
leader.
Through
her
consulting
and
training
firm
Miracles
&
Magic,
she
partners
with
individuals
and
organizations
seeking
a
catalyst
for
long-term
positive
change.
She
is
one
of
only
six
people
in
the
world
authorized
by
The
World
Laughter
Tour
to
deliver
laughter
leader
certification
training.
As
a
frequent
guest
on
National
Public
Radio’s
WFDD
88.5
FM
Real
People.
Real
Stories.
www.wfdd.org,
she
shares
true
stories
about
the
magic
of
laughter
and
the
sparkle
it
brings
to
relationships.