Om Om Om, Ha Ha Ha!(Yoga) (laughter yoga) (Brief article)

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Jeffrey Stephens, 19, a freshman at Santa Cruz University in California, likes to laugh with friends when he's feeling stressed out. But they don't tell jokes; rather, they practice "laughter yoga," an exercise that involves simulated laughter and the breathing methods of yoga. The exercise is based on the theory that the body can't tell the difference between real and fake laughter, so it (jets the same physiological benefits from both. Yoga laughter guru Sebastien Gendry says the practice strengthens the immune...