Humor As Medicine

Although not everyone agrees on what makes something funny, the vast majority of us value humor in one form or another. Humor can be used as a way to escape monotony or boredom. Humor can be a way to break the tension in a stressful situation. However, in a real energetic sense, humor can be used to cure what ails us.

From a physical and scientific standpoint, humor produces many positive physical changes in the body. According to The Mayo Clinic, humor has a number of short term and long term effects on the human body. In the short term, laughter helps your body take in more air, which stimulates your body's organs and produces those feel-good endorphins. The long term effects of laughter include things like helping your body produce neuropeptides (which decrease stress and boost the immune system), relieving pain, and improving overall mood.

Besides the positive physical effects of laughter though, one should also consider the spiritual/energetic aspects of humor. Stressful situations, like illness, divorce or death, can often bring on stagnant or blocked energy. Take a moment to look back at some of the more stressful situations in your life. Remember the energy of those situations--usually either slowed way down or blocked. Now remember the times in your life when you were able to have a good heartfelt laugh. How do those occasions feel different from one another? Have you ever been in a really stressful situation and all of a sudden someone did or said something funny that made you laugh? 

Laughter really does loosen up stressful situations and make the energy lighten up and move on much more quickly. This is why I post my little midday "funnies" at lunchtime. It's my way of reminding you to take a few minutes to focus on something that will help your energy move in more positive directions!!!

Find a way to bring humor into your life every day, and the mountains you come up against will feel much more movable and a lot smaller than you previously thought. The power is yours!!! Allow humor to be part of your stay healthy routine every day!!!       

~CSE