Jean is the leader of Ashland Laughs, the Laughter Club of Ashland OR, which currently meets on most Sunday afternoons at 2pm in Lithia park.

Practice Laughter Yoga in Ashland every week by joining the Ashland Laughter Club - a free, fun and fabulous way to work out, connect with your community, release stress and renew your inner Being with joy and play.

Ashland Laughs is a free community Laughter Yoga Club for all ages. Come laugh for no reason at all, laugh for the joy of life, laugh to release stress, laugh because it's divine, laugh for the wellness of your body, mind and spirit.

Please Sign Up for the Laughter Club email list if you'd like to keep updated on its weekly happenings. You may also call Jean for further info!

Live, Love and Laugh often!

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
~Victor Borg

“Laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person
has a pretty good grasp of life.”
~Hugh Sidey

“We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.”
~Agnes Repplier

“Laugh and your life will be lengthened,
for this is the great secret of long life.”
~Og Mandino

Laughter is the Best Medicine. Humans were designed to laugh. Laughter is nature's stressbuster. It lifts our spirits with a happy high that makes us feel good and improves our behavior towards others.

Just a few generations ago happy healthy humans spent 20 minutes a day or more in laughter. Now adult daily laughtime is down to 5 minutes or less in many countries. This is one of the worst aspects of 'modern life'.

Laugh yourself healthy. We all know that laughter makes us feel good. A regular 20 minute laughter session can have a profound impact on our health and wellbeing. Laughter is gentle exercise. It fill your lungs and body with oxygen, deep-clears your breathing passages and exercises your lungs. This is really important for people who don't get regular aerobic exercise.

When we laugh our bodies release a cocktail of hormones & chemicals that have startling positive effects on our system. Stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted, your immune system is boosted & more. Western science is just starting to discover the great effects of laughter.

Why Laughter Yoga? (Do you really need a reason?!) Eleven years ago Dr Madan Kataria, an Indian doctor and student of Yoga was writing a paper for a medical journal titled 'Laughter is the best medicine'.

Convinced of the medical benefits of laughter and Yogic breathing exercises, Doctor Kataria was searching for a way to bring these benefits to modern man. You can't prescribe 20 minutes of laughter a day, and for best effect a range of different types of laughter should be combined.

In a flash of inspiration Laughter Yoga was born. Thanks to Doctor Kataria, countless people all over the world today enjoy the benefits of a daily dose of laughter practicing Laughter Yoga at laughter clubs or at their workplace.

Anyone can laugh without reason. Laughter Yoga combines laughter exercises and yoga breathing to give you the health benefits of hearty laughter.

Laughter exercises almost always lead to real laughter, especially when practiced in a group.

Laughter Yoga is practiced around the world. Come practice and celebrate your innate self-healing abilities in Ashland with Jean, the Joyful Laughter Queen, at her weekly free Laughter Club.

Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho HA HA HA HAHAHAAAAA!!!

Today, many people fear widespread international terrorism. The world has never faced so much unrest before. People are at war within themselves.

Laughter Yoga™ is a worldwide social movement (non religious, non sectarian, non political) that aims to promote world peace through laughter. It is based on the philosophy of “acting happiness” and is a physically-oriented technique, not a mental practice. In Laughter Yoga™, you don't need to be happy, have a sense of humor, or even have a reason in order to laugh. Laughter is a tremendously efficient way to express and release tension in a positive manner, and is proven to relieve stress, improve blood flow and digestion, and strengthen the immune system. There are currently over 5000 Laughter Clubs worldwide counting over 250,000 members, and growing.

Here are 10 good reasons to come laugh with us for no reason

1.	Laughter is a stress buster. It reduces the levels of stress hormones epinephrine and cortisol.
2.	Laughter strengthens the immune system and helps maintain good health.
3.	Laughter is anti-aging. It increases blood supply to the face, nourishing the skin and making it glow.
4.	Laughter is an aerobic exercise equivalent to any other standard aerobic exercise.
5.	Laughter increases the levels of endorphins – the body’s natural pain killers.
6.	Laughter helps control high blood pressure by reducing the release of stress-related hormones.
7.	Laughter helps dump depression, anxiety and psychosomatic disorders.
8.	Laughter Yoga™ makes us more creative and imaginative. It improves our sense of humor.
9.	Laughter shrinks the hurts of everyday life to a smaller, if not inconsequential size. It interrupts the power struggle and defuses anger by releasing it.
10.	Laughter helps individuals be more self-confident and self-expressive.