Joy Bedford will be facilitating a Laughter Yoga program in the Sanctuary Sunday, July 9th at 8:00 pm ET/6 pm ET and two more times on Wednesdays July 12 & 19th 12:30 – 1 pm ET/10:30 -11 am MT.
Joy will lead us in a Laughter Yoga session. She is currently enrolled in the program as taught by a medical doctor in India, Dr. Madan Kataria. Her inspiration is to share fun and laughter-inducing prompts to help induce serotonin-inducing laughter.
Sustained laughter of 10-15 minutes really helps the respiratory, immune, nervous, and cardiovascular systems, and serotonin production in the gut and the brain.
Laughter Yoga is not like traditional pose/asana-based yoga. You can be in any position whether in a chair or on the floor. All that is needed is to bring your willingness to try something fun and new in order tap into our inner joy guru.
Come laugh with Joy!
If you would like more information about Laughter Yoga International and what they teach, visit their website here:
Laughter Yoga International – Health, Happiness and World Peace
This program is Awakening Together’s In the Company of Truth with Helen Hamilton which airs on the first Wednesday monthly from 3-4 pm ET. Helen’s core message is that the Realization of the True Self is possible for everyone, no matter what background you may have as long as you want it more than anything else. After all, we are only returning to our natural state, to what we already are. We are only coming to live as that Truth consciously.
Anne Blanchard shares her experience of purification and awakening, unfiltered and as it happens. Raw, reflective, brave, and infused with clarity, Anne’s open honesty inspires us all to dive deep into the spiritual journey instead of simply skimming the surface. She continues to share deeply from various non-dual teachings and teachers.
During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.
Awakening Together’s President-Minister, Jacquelyn Eckert, and Vice President-Minister, Rhoda Makled share from the Tao as they contemplate its principles in order to fully embody them.
Rev. Kate shares her experience, poetry, and life with us as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. Rev. Kate shares with wisdom and humor and allows us a glimpse into the beautiful and sometimes messy blossoming of life examined with an eye on Truth.
