笑一笑十年少 大笑瑜伽幫你減壓
Giggles and guffaws filled the halls of an elderly home in Manila as its residents gathered for an unusual therapy session.
The seniors were practicing laughter yoga, a form of exercise that aims to help them awaken their senses and punctuate their long bouts of solitude.
Guidance counsellor Paolo Trinidad says laughing away problems will promote a healthier mindset, and he has embarked on a mission to spread the laughter and the good vibes.
Laughter yoga involves self-triggered laughter that is not necessarily initiated by humour. The exercise routines combine yoga breathing techniques and laughter simulation with stretching, chanting and role playing.
"That's the gist of laughter yoga. We will be laughing without any reason, no jokes. We will be laughing because we want to be healthy. We have to have a good mind, good mindset," laughter yoga professor Paolo Trinidad said.
Mr Trinidad conducts laughter yoga sessions in other institutions, including an abused children's shelter, a cancer ward, schools and corporate offices.
菲律賓馬尼拉一家老人院的大廳裏常常充滿了人們的各種笑聲，這是老人們聚在一起接受一項特別的治療。
老人們練習的是一種大笑瑜伽，一項旨在幫助他們喚醒感官、驅散孤獨感的活動。
大笑瑜伽指導顧問保羅•特立尼達說，用笑來驅除煩惱能夠促進心理健康。目前保羅正從事一項傳播笑聲和擴散良好氛圍的任務。
大笑瑜伽需要的是一種自發性的笑，不一定是被逗笑。這種瑜伽將瑜伽呼吸技巧、大笑模仿與伸展、吟唱和角色扮演等活動結合在了一起。
教授大笑瑜伽的保羅•特立尼達說：“這就是大笑瑜伽的要義所在。我們要沒有任何理由地去笑，而不是因爲笑話而笑。我們笑是因爲我們希望有一個健康的身體。我們想要有一個好的心態。”
特立尼達還在其他機構開設了大笑瑜伽課程，其中包括受虐兒童收容所、癌症病房、學校和公司的辦公場所。
Vocabulary:
guffaw: to laugh noisily（大笑；鬨笑；狂笑）
punctuate: to interrupt something at intervals（不時打斷）
laugh away: 用笑驅除
embark on: 從事；開始做
vibe:氣氛；環境
