{"id":60014,"date":"2021-09-23T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T04:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/?p=60014"},"modified":"2024-08-27T14:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T08:45:26","slug":"5-laughter-yoga-exercises-to-improve-your-heart-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2021\/09\/23\/5-laughter-yoga-exercises-to-improve-your-heart-health\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Laughter Yoga Exercises To Improve Your Heart Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laughter yoga or <em>Hasya<\/em> yoga is a form of exercise which uses laughter with breathing exercises to improve your heart health. With the stress and worries of the modern lifestyle, <strong>laughter<\/strong> can really be your answer for a healthy health. Read on to find out some laughter yoga exercises you can try today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you should know: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Benefits-of-laughter-yoga\">Benefits of laughter yoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Laughter-yoga-exercises-for-heart-health\">Laughter yoga exercises for heart health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong id=\"Benefits-of-laughter-yoga\">Benefits of laughter yoga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60015 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Benefits-of-laughter-yoga-for-heart-health.jpg\" alt=\"Benefits of laughter yoga for heart health_activ living\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/533;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you laugh most of your major blood vessels dilate and it allows for easier blood flow. Whereas anger and stress can restrict the blood flow in your blood vessels. A hearty laugh of 20 minutes can even be as good as an aerobic exercise of 60 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Laughter yoga is a healthy <strong>cardiovascular workout<\/strong>.\u00a0 Even people who have recovered from a heart attack are less likely to face another cardiovascular illness if they laugh regularly rather than face anger or stress. Here are some more benefits of laughter yoga apart from heart health:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It creates endorphins to boost reduce your stress hormones and improve mental health.<\/li>\n<li>It improves the body\u2019s immune system by increasing antibodies. This can help you fight bacteria and viruses.<\/li>\n<li>It improves your lung capacity and can even help people suffering from asthma and bronchitis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong id=\"Laughter-yoga-exercises-for-heart-health\">Laughter yoga exercises for heart health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-63849 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Laughter-yoga-poses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/533;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to start trying laughter yoga today, you can do it in any <strong>yoga poses<\/strong>: <em>padmasana<\/em>, <em>sukhasana<\/em>, standing or sitting. You can do it alone but it is preferable to do in a group or as a couple. Here are some of the different types of laughter exercises you can try:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Silent laughter<\/strong>: Open your mouth wide and laugh without making a sound. If you are doing this with other people you can look in their eyes and make funny gestures too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Humming laughter<\/strong>: In this exercise, you can keep your mouth shut and start a humming laugh or giggle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lion laughter<\/strong>: Open your mouth and hang your tongue out. Spread your arms wide and widen your eyes while you laugh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gradient laughter<\/strong>: Start from a soft chuckle and slowly build to a loud booming laugh. Then slowly bring it down to a smile.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heart-to-heart laughter<\/strong>: If you are doing this with a partner or group, you can try holding hands and laughing together. If you feel comfortable you can choose to hug and laugh together.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Apart from these exercises, you can also follow a <strong>diet for a healthy heart<\/strong>. For more <strong>fitness<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>nutrition<\/strong> related advice, visit Activ Living.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/campaign\/longer?source=v3_ola_1&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=fb&amp;utm_campaign=chronic&amp;utm_content=BlgFtrProdBan-FitnessSep23\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60118 hide-mobile lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ABHI_Banner_Fitness_Desktop.gif\" alt=\"ABHI_Fitness_Desktop\" width=\"686\" height=\"124\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 686px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 686\/124;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/campaign\/longer?source=v3_ola_1&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=fb&amp;utm_campaign=chronic&amp;utm_content=BlgFtrProdBan-FitnessSep23\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60119 show-mobile lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ABHI_Banner_Fitness_Mobile.gif\" alt=\"ABHI_Fitness_Mobile\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laughter yoga or Hasya yoga is a form of exercise which uses laughter with breathing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2963,"featured_media":60030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4227],"tags":[2793,2811,2635,617,2794,2810,2812],"class_list":["post-60014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-fitness","category-yoga","tag-benefits-of-laughter","tag-benefits-of-laughter-yoga","tag-health-benefits-of-laughter","tag-heart-health","tag-laughter-and-heart-health","tag-laughter-yoga","tag-laughter-yoga-exercises"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Laughter Yoga Exercises To Improve Your Heart Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s how you can try laughter yoga with your friends or family to strengthen your heart and improve your health. 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