The Iowa School of Laughter Yoga offers certified laughter yoga leader training seminars. In this interactive learning experience, you'll become a certified laughter yoga leader, Affiliated with the Doctor Kataria School of Laughter Yoga.  The benefits of becoming a certified laughter yoga leader are many.  Here are a few:

• Personal renewal—most laughter grads consider the seminar to be a life-changing experience that helped them find greater joy and wellness

• Confidence that you are receiving the most accurate and direct transmission of the training, as Director Laura Gentry has been trained and certified by Dr. Kataria himself, the founder of laughter yoga
 
• Ability to register with the worldwide Web site www.laughteryoga.org as a certified laughter yoga leader, and receive referrals and inquiries from all over the world (your basic listing is free)
 
• Support, friendship, brainstorming and inspiration from your fellow leaders: in your training group, and all over the world

• Supervised practice, with your training group and (optionally) at the Lansing Laughter Club

• A copy of Aha! Ha! Ha! Laughing Laura's Guide To Laughter Yoga, a comprehensive training manual written by Laura Gentry, containing many original laughter exercises, suggested solo laughter practice; as well as much valuable material on marketing and promotion of your laughter club and other laughter-based career activities
 
• Listing of your contact information and Web site at this, the primary resource site for laughter yoga in Iowa

• A beautiful diploma, like the one pictured to the right, that shows certification from "The Dr. Kataria School of Laughter Yoga"





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Laughter Yoga Leader Retreats
at Sugar Creek Bible Camp in
Ferryville, Wisconsin



This experience will enable participants to become certified as a Laughter Yoga Leader while enjoying a retreat. There will be an emphasis upon intentional group-building in a pristine wilderness environment in southwest Wisconsin. Sugar Creek Bible Camp is nestled in a valley of rural Ferryville.



We'll be staying in the Log Cabin Village, the camp's newest retreat facility. It consists of four log cabins, complete with bathroom and shower facilities in each cabin. They sleep seven people and have a loft and a living room area with a cozy, thermostat-controlled gas stove.



An octagonal meeting cabin is centered between the sleeping cabins where we'll convene for our group sessions.



Not only will we learn laughter yoga techniques, but we'll luxuriate in the sauna, sing and dance around the campfire (which is located in a hut to keep us warm and dry regardless of the weather), experience the sacred labyrinth (laughter style), hike in the woods and celebrate with a costume party.

Fair trade coffee and healthy snacks will be available throughout the weekend. Saturday, a brunch and an evening meal will be served and Sunday there will be another brunch. Vegetarian entrees will be offered at each meal. Please inform us of any food allergies or special dietary needs.

The retreat begins with registration at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening and concludes at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday to give you ample time for travel.

Cost is $249 per person, which includes lodging, meals, instruction, use of camp sauna, Laura's original laughter training manual, and an official certified laughter yoga certificate.

Please note that though this retreat is being held at a Bible camp, Laughter Yoga is entirely non-religious, non-political, and non-competitive. Laughter is a universal language that transcends all barriers: language, age, gender, religion, social or racial background.

To learn more about this retreat facility, please contact laughterlaura@yahoo.com or call 563-880-2699.

There will likely be a fall Laughter Yoga Leader retreat held at this location.  It has not yet been scheduled.



WOULD YOU LIKE A LAUGHTER SEMINAR IN YOUR AREA?

It is possible!  Laughing Laura is willing to travel if you are able to organize one. These responsibilities include locating and reserving a meeting place or retreat center and promoting the event. A minimum registration of 10 people is required.  Please give Laura a call if you wish to discuss possibilities. 563-880-2699.




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Laughter Yoga Leader Seminar
Waterloo, Iowa



This laughter yoga leader certification seminar will be held on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 in Waterloo, Iowa. The laughter learning sessions will run 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on both days.

Tuition for this seminar is $199. This includes the two days of interactive laughter instruction, Laura's original laughter manual, an official laughter yoga leader certificate, listing at this site and the international LY site, healthy snacks, fresh micro-roasted fair trade coffee, lunch both days and on-going laughter support from Laura and other class members.

The seminar will be held at the YWCA of Waterloo, 425 Lafayette Street, Waterloo, Iowa. The meeting room is on the second level. It is fully accessible to the disabled.



To register, fill out the form below and send your non-refundable deposit of $50 (25% of the cost, with the remaining 75% to be paid at the time of the event) to:

Laura Gentry
PO Box 11
Marquette, IA 52158


Or click the button below to make a secure on-line payment through Paypal.



REGISTRATION FORM

Your registration will be complete upon receipt of payment. You will be contacted by e-mail.

First Name:
Last Name:
Address Street 1:
Address Street 2:
City:
Zip Code: (5 digits)
State:
Daytime Phone:
Evening Phone:
Email:
Dietary needs:


To learn more about this seminar, e-mail Laura Gentry at: laughterlaura@yahoo.com or call 563-880-2699.



This seminar is being organized by the Cedar Valley Laughter Ladies (pictured above).




 "This course is an absolute MUST
for anyone seeking to experience
the life-affirming joy of laughter!"

—Rhonda Locklair
Laughter Yoga Leader

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