30. Laughing at Aches & Pains (嘲笑疼痛)

11 月 1 日

30. Laughing at Aches & Pains (嘲笑疼痛)

Topic: 30. Laughing at Aches & Pains

Yoga Class Notes: One of 40 Foundation Exercises

Every now and then, some part of my body hurts. I don't really question it — after all, I've lived more than half my life. How can I expect to have the body of an 18 or 22-year-old? Plus, I really love to keep my body moving. Every week, I make sure to do cardio, strength training, qigong, swimming, light dancing, and housework. For someone like me, it's no surprise that I feel pain now and then — either from overusing my body or using it the wrong way. (Got to be careful!)

Whenever I feel pain, besides doing the right physical exercises, I now also laugh at the pain. I learned this from Laughter Yoga. Wherever it hurts, I pat that spot and laugh out loud!

At first, the "Ha ha ha!" sounds fake — and I’m used to that kind of forced laughter. The pain is still there, but the tight feeling loosens up a little, and at least my mind doesn’t focus on it as much. Then, as I keep laughing, the fake laugh slowly turns into a real one. I experience this shift from fake to real laughter almost every day.

In short, it has taught me how to face pain, and helped me understand the life philosophy behind laughter.

If you want to know more about laughter yoga, check the link below

https://www.laughteryoga.org/international-laughter-club/

or email me at [email protected]

29. 嘲笑疼痛

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久不久我的身體就會痛，不是這邊痛，就是那邊痛，我沒有什麼疑問，因為人生走了一大半路，難度還想有十八廿二歲的體質？而且我太喜歡讓身體動起來，每週都不會缺少的帶氧運動、肌力訓練、氣功、游泳、輕舞步，還有每天做家務，像我這種人，不難想像久不久身體就會痛，因為不是用多了，就是用錯了。（要注意啊！）

每當我感到痛的時候，除了找到適當的物理治療動作，現在，我更會（對著痛楚大笑），這是從（大笑瑜珈）那裡學習得來的，那裡痛，我就拍打到那裡，然後哈哈大笑！

一開始的（哈哈哈！）是很假的笑，我也習慣了這種（很假的笑！），而且痛楚依然存在，但那種緊繃的感覺都會鬆了一點點，至少心裡沒那麼在意它了。接著，笑著笑著，假笑漸漸變成了自然地笑，由假到真這種漸變的笑容，我幾乎每天都感受得到。總之，它教會我怎樣對待（痛楚），更讓我了解到（大笑）背後的人生哲學。

如果你對大笑瑜珈想知多點，請到以下連接，

https://www.laughteryoga.org/international-laughter-club/

也可以找我了解。（我的電郵： [email protected])