Epiosde 147 - How Laughter Yoga can boost the mojo and prevent disease with Manda Stretch and Jojo Fraser

<p>It's time for a mojo injection, jump in and feel lighter.</p> <p>This week Jojo chats with Manda, one of the UK's top laughter leaders, about why we need to laugh more for our physical and mental health. &nbsp;&nbsp;There are some great tips in terms of what you can do at home to get more laughter in your life. &nbsp;Laughter yoga boosts our immune system by decreasing stress hormones and increasing immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, which improves our resistance to disease. It helps to lowers stress, relieves pain and it gives your abs an amazing workout. &nbsp;Laughter also helps to protect our heart and lungs. &nbsp;</p> <p>Manda has trained under the founder Dr <a href="http://www.laughteryoga.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=197:dr-madan-kataria-a-profile&amp;catid=106:profile&amp;Itemid=271">Madan Kataria</a>. She is one of&nbsp; UK’s most active and experienced Laughter Yoga Trainers. She lives in the internationally acclaimed community in the Highlands of Scotland called Findhorn and also loves to travel. &nbsp;Manda goes every winter to Thailand to lead trainings in laughter Yoga. She had been a teacher in schools for 20 years before taking up full time laughter work. She also runs a B&amp;B in the Findhorn Community which comes in handy if she is running a residential two-day Laughter Leader course. &nbsp;Her training style is relaxed and she is known for her warmth and informal manner. She creates a ‘safe’ place for people to practice their newly learnt skills.</p> <p><a href="http://laughteryoga.org.uk/contact-me/">Contact Manda here</a> and check out<a href="http://laughteryoga.org.uk/"> laughteryoga.org.uk</a></p> <p>Jojo Fraser is an award-winning author, podcaster and keynote speaker, dubbed as ‘the Queen of positivity and a kindness advocate.&nbsp; &nbsp;She is a Tedx speaker and a regular contributor on BBC radio.&nbsp; Jojo is known for normalising discussions around our mental health, making it accessible and relatable to all.&nbsp; Over the past 8 years