健康生活:"大笑瑜伽"風行越南

For the past two years, members of the Laughter Yoga club have been gathering each morning at a public park in Hanoi to practise laughing in the belief that this will help them to be happier, fight disease and relief the stresses of daily life.

據英國《每日電訊報》9月25日報道，在過去的兩年裏，每天清晨，“大笑瑜伽”俱樂部的會員都會聚集在越南河內一公園內練習大笑。他們相信，這可以幫助他們(過的)更快樂、抵抗疾病和減緩日常生活中的壓力。

Members of the Laughter Yoga group chuckle and chortle for 45 minutes. They wave their arms, clap and march around, making funny faces at each other in an effort to get each other to laugh even harder. All of these are under the instruction of yoga master.

在瑜伽大師的指導下，“大笑瑜伽”的會員會持續輕笑和大笑45分鐘，他們揮舞手臂、擊掌、四處走動，還向彼此做鬼臉，試圖讓對方笑的更厲害。

Laughter yoga was launched in 1995 by Dr Madan Kataria, a physician, in India and there are now more than 6,000 clubs in 60 countries.

“大笑瑜伽”於1995年由內科醫生卡塔瑞爾創建於印度，如今在60個國家已有6000多個俱樂部。

The combination of unconditional laughter and yogic breathing is said to stretch muscles and trigger endorphins – the chemical in the brain known for its feel-good effect.

據說，無拘束的歡笑和瑜伽呼吸(方式)相結合能夠舒緩肌肉，刺激一種腦內化學物質——內啡肽的產生，而這種物質能帶產生使人感覺良好的效果。