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                                       GET YOUR DAILY LAUGHTER DOSE                                                                                     It’s been a wonderful journey of almost 3 months of getting my certifications in Laughter Yoga as a Laughter Yoga Leader and then doing an advanced course of dealing with specific targets like School Children, Diabetic patients, Cancer Patients and Senior Citizens, Laughter Yoga 2.0 Season 3.  I am proud of my certifications and will take it to places to help make a difference in peoples lives. It was astonishing to learn that Laughter Yoga is Scientifically connected with our well being and gives us numerous amoun...

  Laughter is the best medicine If laughter is the best medicine, why don’t we make use of it to heal our bodies and minds.   Its free and its in your hands.   Here are some benefits of laughter.   Laughter’s physical and mental health benefits 1.      Laughter brings oxygen to the brain and body. 2.      Laughter can make you feel happier. 3.      Laughter releases, good hormones, called serotonin and dopamine 4.      Laughing helps you to sleep well. 5.      Laughing improves sleep quality and decreases insomnia. 6.   Laughter, supports cognition, or your thought process and lowers depression scores. 7.      Laughter helps to reduce physical and mental stress.  8.      Laughter lowers the (bad hormones) cortisol levels and is an excellent way to relieve stress. 9.      L...

                                     2023 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023 **** HAPPY NEW BEGINNINGS ***** HAPPY NEW GOAL SETTINGS Today is the last day of the year 2022 and one more year is coming to an end and each year we set goals and work towards it.   We achieve some goals and other goals we do not.   It does not matter if you achieved or no.   What matters is that you tried.   Whether it is a business goal, weight loss goal, health plan goal, retirement goal etc.   I urge everyone to set your personal goals and work towards it.   In this way you will have something to work toward and keep yourself busy and keep active.   There is much more to do than just set your goals.  Here are some tips to achieving your goals and setting them in the right way. 1. Building relationships to achieve your goal is as important in setting goals.  for e.g. the right con...

  October is a month of great festivities.  Beginning with Thanksgiving, Diwali and Halloween.  In Canada it is called “Thanksgiving”, In India it’s called “Harvest” and “Dussehra”.   I have written a whole topic on Thanksgiving last year – for those who have not read it and would like to read it please go to my blog on Thanksgiving – October 10 th 2021.     It just brings back memories of family gathering back home.   Helping mom in the kitchen together.   Eating on a banyan leaf and having any odd number of vegetables.   Mom used to cook 7 or 11 different vegetables.   We all would sit on the floor together; dad would say a prayer and bless the food and we all enjoyed. The beauty was to give thanks to God for all His blessings, to come together as a family and eat and laugh together.     We used to have Auction of various gifts of fruits and other gift items at our church for a good cause and donation towards the churc...

  I would like to wish every dad of this world a very happy Father’s Day. A father ‘s role is really important in developing a strong foundation for his family. He is that pillar and guide to his family.   Children look up to their father as a role model in the family. Thank you to all the fathers for being that special person in your child’s life.   Thank you to all the single moms who have been a dad and a mom to your children, who have carried the roles of both the father and mother in the lives of your children.    Who have shouldered the responsibilities of a father in the family. Thank you to all the wives who have supported their husbands through thick and thin and helped them to be a wonderful dad. Special blessings to all the dads of this world on this special day.   Memories go back to the 80s bringing great memories of my dad.    One day as me and my siblings were sitting around my dad, I remember my dad asked us a very serious ques...

  T oday, May 8, 2022 is Mother’s Day and is celebrated all over the world. Here’s wishing all mothers a very Happy Mothers Day. Every woman who shows love and compassion towards their own children or pets or seniors or others’ children or any living being has a mother's loving nature and I wish you all a Very happy Mothers Day.  Yesterday I was spring cleaning my garage and clearing the dust and few leaves that had gathered over the winter season and part of early spring. As I was cleaning, I remembered my dear late mother who used to always remind us to keep our rooms clean, to wash our hands after entering the house, after touching the dogs, before eating etc., way before SARS and COVID we were in a practice to wash our hands and be clean. She would always say when you kept yourself and your room or house clean you are inviting prosperity. She would say where there is cleanliness there is prosperity. And today I was reminiscing on these words she always stressed on. How t...

PROVEN HOME REMEDIES right from your very own Kitchen Here are some of the Home Remedies that I remember from my childhood days.   My mom was the doctor for all of us with her special proven Home Remedies and it still works perfectly fine.   I have got some of the remedies from my dear sisters who remember more than me.   Here are the Home Remedies since the 1920’s that are proven and can still be used at this age. Common Proven Home Health Remedies Cure for worm trouble, cough and cold for Babies and toddlers: Make a necklace of some even numbered freshly skinned garlic coves and tie it around the baby’s neck.   This helps in worm problems in babies.   Babies often do not stop crying because of worm problems, cough and cold.   Since the babies cannot eat or chew on the garlic, the necklace is tied round the neck so that the baby may gradually inhale the allicin i.e. the juice that sprinkles out when you cut a fresh garlic clove. Allicin is the anti...

     

                        Mental Health, An Important Aspect of Daily Life THAT’S ENOUGH!    Enough of bullying, enough of abuse, enough of disrespect.  I am strong and I am brave, and I will not tolerate it anymore. I will not allow this to affect my life.  I will reach out for help, and I will help others and uplift them. This is what we want to hear from every individual who has gone through any kind of trauma, bullying, abuse, disrespect, torture, discrimination, and illness.  Someone who is silently suffering because they have no one to talk to because they have no one who would listen to their cries, because they feel no one loves them and no one believes in them. Its time for every individual to share their grief with someone else, someone whom they can trust and some one who would listen to them.  Connect with others to share your thoughts, emotions, and feelings and help others to be brave...

                                                    BE PREPARED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES.   COMMUNICATE MINDFULLY                                                       We are already on the second month of the year, February 2022. Wow the new year has just begun and already passed a month. People usually set new goals and aspirations at the beginning of the year. The gym enrollment is very high beginning of the year and individuals and couples, and families are excited to set new goals for their lives. Businesses set goals for their business and their employees. This is all good. Wishing all my readers a happy, healthy, and fruitful 2022.   Today I wanted to specifically talk about communicating mindfully. It’s...