todays kindness through self care tip is to do something that is free, makes you look younger, helps your spiritual, psychological, emotional and physical well-being, by following the old saying “laughter is the best medicine”.
Did you know that children laugh 400 times a day where adults only laugh 15 times a day?
In the 1950’s people laughed for an average of 18 minutes a day, now it’s only 4 – 6 minutes.
There are many benefits to laughing, according to research, such as:
1. Improves sleep; 15 minutes of laughter equates to 2 hours of sleep and adds 2 days to your life span
2. Decreases stress, anxiety and depression
3. Improves your mood, motivation and morale, as it relieves endorphins related to positive mood
4. Improves life satisfaction and results in healthy relationships
5. Increases natural killer cell activity (like fighting infections and detecting cancer)
6. Provides similar circulatory and cardiovascular benefits to exercise; one good belly laugh burns off 3.5 calories and helps you lose weight
7. Improves learning and creativity thinking
8. Increases pain tolerance
9. Improves your immune system
10. Decreases sick time and job turnover and improves productivity, team work and job satisfaction
11. Lowers blood pressure and glucose levels
12. Reduces heart disease
13. Relaxes your body
14. Improves your breathing
You can watch a funny movie/show, go to a comedy act, or hang around funny people! What did you do to laugh today?
Thx (A)Mina
