The Rigology^® is the French Laughology !

22-hours Training Session

Laughology^® is a unique training programme created in France in 2002 by Corinne Cosseron, the founder of the French School of Laughter and Wellness.

The programme gathers techniques coming from all over the world : from Indian laughter yoga, to South American play sophrology^®, through European clown, American positive thinking, ludotherapy, relaxation, meditation, vizualisation, anchorage, breathing techniques…

Laughology^® is meant to restore joie de vivre and harmony in every social field : the health sector, the business or social rehabilitation worlds.

Laughology^® is a comprehensive professional training that consists of five units of five days spread over a complete school year, plus a compulsory training session in a firm and the writing of a 40-page thesis dealing with a concrete application of laughology^® in society.

Each year, Expert Laughologists defend their work during the Zygomatic Meeting (International symposium on the benefits of laughter on human health) held the day before the World Laughter Day (on the first Sunday of May everywhere in the world) during the International Gathering of Laughers.

Coming at Steve Wilson’s request, Corinne Cosseron will, for the first time ever in the U.S., conduct the first unit of Laughology^®. A whole in itself, this unit will introduce the participants to all the disciplines related to laugholgy^®.

The 22-hour training session will spread over five mornings and will consist of 2/3 of practice and 1/3 of theory. It is intended to neophytes who want to discover or develop their practive of laughter therapy, as well as to people who work in the health, business and social sectors, and want to add a new tool to their kit.

The laughologists-to-be will learn sessions of laughology the way they are practiced in France. Here’s a list of the devices used: anchorage, cat stretching, yoga breathing, martial arts stress control, vocal warm-up, acupoints stimulation, development of the playful spirit and joie de vivre, games, play sophrology from Colombia, Indian laughter yoga, Osho’s laughter meditation, relaxation, visualization, NLP anchorage, clown, street laughter and hug commandos, and feed-back.

Theory will deal with the positive philosophy of the joie de vivre, emotional education, the appropriate role of laughter among other emotions, play-therapy, play sophrology and the importance of the integration phenomenon/process if you want to enjoy lasting benefits from your sessions. We will also review and explore why some laughter clubs cannot survive even after a brilliant coming out.

We will eventually end the week with a Laughter and Hugs Commando, a blend of the famous “free hugs” with public laughing sessions. We will thus go to meet Colombus inhabitants and offer them a warm hug or – should they refuse it – laugh with them of their own refusal!

We promise you’ll be delighted with this truly unforgetable week under the seal of laughter spirit, exchange and joie de vivre! 

Corinne Cosseron

For any further information, please visit www.laughterschool.org (soon to be translated into English).

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