We Hosted a 5-Day Laughter Yoga Teacher Training at Let It Be
Recently, we held a five-day Laughter Yoga Teacher Training at the Let It Be Centre with Lotte Mikkelson.
I originally arranged the training after experiencing the benefits of laughter practice for myself.
Before this, I had completed online training with Lottie that enabled me to begin holding laughter sessions. That was the practical goal.
But what actually happened went much deeper.
The practice began opening up my own healing, particularly my relationship with joy.
It showed me that joy is not always something we automatically know how to receive. Sometimes there are blocks, defences and old patterns that sit underneath it.
Through the laughter practice, I started to notice some of those blockages in myself and the inner work that was asking to be done.
That experience made me want to go deeper.
So I decided to arrange the full teacher training here at Let It Be.
Lotte is one of the leading voices in laughter work in the UK, and something that is important to me at Let It Be is working with people who are genuinely experts in their field people who don’t just teach a practice, but deepen into it and live it themselves.
So, how did the training go?
Beautifully.
The space felt light, playful and fun, but at the same time, incredibly deep and healing.
What I loved most was that the healing didn’t feel heavy.
It felt safe.
Supportive.
Gentle.
There was space for the adult parts of us, but also for the inner child.
It felt like being invited back into a part of ourselves that many of us lose touch with as life becomes more serious.
Through the five days, I got to experience the power of laughter on a much deeper level.
Not just laughter as entertainment.
Laughter as connection.
Laughter as release.
Laughter as resilience.
Laughter as medicine.
Why laughter?
One of the things that stood out to me through the training was how little we actually laugh in everyday life.
We may laugh socially for a few seconds at a time, but often not for long enough to experience the deeper physical and emotional benefits.
Laughter Yoga gives us the opportunity to intentionally stay with laughter for longer periods.
It encourages deeper diaphragmatic laughter, breathing, movement and play.
And from that can come so many benefits.
Laughter can help to lift our mood, support the release of feel-good chemicals in the body, reduce stress and tension, and help us build greater emotional resilience.
It also reconnects us with joy.
And I think that matters.
Because life can be challenging.
We all experience pressure, responsibility, stress, loss, uncertainty and difficult seasons.
Laughter does not remove those realities.
But it can change the way we meet them.
It can bring lightness back into the system.
It can remind us that joy can still exist alongside challenge.
Why I want to spread this work
Having experienced this practice for myself, I feel even more strongly that laughter is something worth sharing.
I want to spread laughter.
I want to spread joy.
And I want more people to have access to this simple but powerful healing practice.
So going forward, I will be offering Laughter Yoga Practitioner Training at Let It Be for people who want to share laughter with others, start their own laughter groups or bring the practice into the work they already do.
My intention is to train more people who can take this medicine out into their communities.
If you would like to find out more about upcoming Laughter Yoga Practitioner Training at Let It Be, contact:
And if you feel called to go deeper and become a full Laughter Yoga Teacher, as I now have, I highly recommend exploring Lotte’s work through UnitedMind and contacting her about her future teacher training programmes.
We will also continue running regular Laughter Clubs at Let It Be, including Mondays and additional sessions throughout the week.
So keep an eye out.
Come and experience it for yourself.
And let’s spread a little more laughter.
Let’s spread a little more joy.
Ho ho, ha ha ha.
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