Merrie Maggie - Laughter Yoga

What to do when no-one turns up for a walk and Laughter Yoga. Go for a walk and laugh on your own ....

19 6 26 No one came for Walk + LY at Himley ha ha ha Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

For around 3 years now I have run a monthly Laughter Yoga session for U3A Online Learning that is accessed by U3A (University of the Third Age) members from around the country via Zoom.

After each session, the U3A office sends me feedback from participants and many of them are very kind, saying how much they enjoy the sessions.

The session that took place is May was during the heatwave so I planned the session to be gentle without too much physical effort and still fun. We did a few exercises and sang to 'The Laughing Policeman' video that I took recently at a Laughter Yoga Conference and, taking the heat into account, I read a 15-minute Yoga Nidra to finish the session.

Yoga Nidra is a deep relaxation - a kind of 'waking sleep', raising awareness to a guided relaxation and awareness of every body part so the mind is occupied only with the body.

Here is one of the most touching feedback notifications I have received and one that I shall treasure:

What an awesome Laughter Yoga session at Wordsley Community Centre this evening. They were mostly newcomers as several of my regulars weren't able to make this time.

Only one of the newcomers had tried Laughter Yoga before and by the end the connections and playfulness between them was incredible.

At the end of the session, they agreed to do the Lawnmower Laughter exercise again so I could video it. Here it is ... clearly they were having so much fun ....

8 6 26 Lawnmower Laughter at Merrie Maggie's Laughter Yoga Club Laughter Yoga exercise - Lawnmower, including hand claps, chants an...

Thanks to Dave Viner from Halesowen Cycling and Athletic club, who I have know for many years, he was able to invite me to do a podcast with 'Billy' at Black Country Radio Xtra - KPG Wellbeing Hour earlier this week. During the podcast I had the opportunity to talk about my cycle racing career during the 1970's and also my work as a Laughter Yoga teacher.

The podcast is 1-hour long with an 3.5 minute news bulletin at the beginning and will be available at this link for the next four weeks.

I hope you can spare the time to grab a drink and sit to listen to it:

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I'm excited to share my Merrie Maggie Newsletter for June 2026. It's filled with goodies from World Laughter Day and the Antalya Laughter Yoga Conference, along with forthcoming sessions in-person and online:

Merrie Maggie Newsletter - June 2026 After several days of weather forecasts expecting 70% chance of rain on the day, the weather ‘gods’ were sympathetic … it was damp but not raining.

Fancy a giggle? Join me for 30-minutes of Laughter Yoga online via Zoom tomorrow (Thursday) from 5.00 pm:

Feeling grateful for technology. On Friday I had been faced with cancelling a Laughter Yoga session for a company in Hereford as I had still got symptoms of a cold and didn't want to spread my germs.

No problem was the response from the organiser - you can run the session online.

Using TEAMS and their computer, projector and screen in the designated room, I was able to run 2 forty-minute sessions perfectly and they loved it as part of their staff wellbeing session.

There are times when technology can be the perfect remedy.

I still have a lot of photos and videos from the Antalya Laughter Yoga Conference and hope you will enjoy this one from our last day. The organisers all got up on stage to sing and dance to 'The Laughing Policeman' 🤣👮‍♂️.

This has special significance for me as that song was the very first record I ever had as a child 😍🙏.

Something tells me 'Laughter' was always going to have a large part in my life.🙏💖.

10 5 26 Laughing Policeman at end of Antalya Laughter Yoga Conference Organisers of the conference on stage to celebrate the end and join...

We're going to the fun-fair for tomorrow's (Thursday) Zoom Laughter Yoga session. Don't miss it - start 5.00 pm: