योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ Laughter Yoga – Touching Human Lives ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

Laughter Yoga – Touching Human Lives

(After a day’s break योग-साधना / LifeSkills is back with the amazing Laughter Yoga’s journey and experiments in Laughter Yoga of Shri Jagat Singh Bisht and Smt. Radhika Bisht.)

During the last hundred days, we (my wife Radhika and me) have laughed with more than a thousand people. It has really been a life changing experience! We are now proud to have a life skill with us with which we can connect to any group of people anywhere, anytime and make them laugh unconditionally. We feel cheerful throughout the day. The life is full of joy. We have converted our bodies into factories that utilize oxygen from the atmosphere, rejuvenate each and every cell of our system and manufacture feel good endorphins. We are as healthy and energetic as one can be, touch wood, and have not taken any medication since we turned Laughter Yogis. We feel deeply fulfilled as we are instruments of happiness and health for others and are able to touch their lives with a new joyous way of life. Our lives now have a meaning and a mission – to make others happy and healthy!

(Jagat and Radhika Bisht)

I had my tryst with Laughter Yoga one fine morning in Mumbai, more than a decade ago. Dr Madan Kataria and Madhuri Kataria, the founders of laughter yoga, were leading a laughter session in Lokhandwala park. The experience was simply out of the world! I had to wait for more than a decade after that. In the month of October 2010, Radhika and myself, along with more than 20 laughter professors from all over the globe, were baptised by Dr Kataria himself at Bengaluru.We have never looked back after that..

Here are some experiences shared by the members..

Let us begin with ourselves. The pain in my knee joints is a thing of the past. I get up early in the morning every day and work till late in the night without any feeling of fatigue. Radhika doesn’t need her blood pressure pills any more and her frequents bouts of sinusitis have simply disappeared.

Many among a group of newly promoted bank officers felt nervous to face the audience in their public speaking sessions. They were asked to join laughter yoga sessions, after which they shed all their inhibitions, and gathered the courage to speak freely.

Another group was required to appear for a tough test for promotion to the next cadre. They felt tired at the day end and had no energy left to study. Those who attended laughter exercises in the morning not only improved their attention span in classes but could also study for a couple of hours more in the evenings.

An elderly businessman felt severe pain in his neck which traveled across his shoulders and back. The pain was acute and disabling. After he joined our laughter club, the pain is gone. He has developed a regular habit of getting up and going for morning walk. His wife tells us that he seldom laughed earlier and never mixed socially with people. She is pleasantly surprised at the transformation.

An income tax officer, who has retired recently, has shared that his lungs are fully cleared after the laughter session and the feeling of freshness lingers throughout the day. We get feedback of feelings of well being, energy and health on a continual basis from our member friends.

We were also invited to conduct a laughter therapy session for about 80 persons in a camp organized recently by the National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune at the Naturopathy and Yoga Research Centre, Indore. The response was overwhelming. They found such great value in this alternate therapy that they decided to honour us on the spot after going through our session. The standing ovation, with chants of Very Good Very Good Yay, lasted for more than ten minutes..

We look forward to touch many lives with joy and bliss.

 

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
Speak to us on +91 73899 38255
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योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ Laugh for No Reason ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

☆ Laugh for No Reason ☆

 

A Deeper Look at Laughter Yoga

Sun demands no reason to shine;

Water demands no reason to flow;

 A child demands no reason to smile;

 Why do we need a reason to laugh?

 

Laughter Yoga is a Life Changing Experience. According to Dr Madan Kataria, Founder of Laughter Clubs Movement, “When you laugh, you change and when you change, the whole world changes.”

Laughter Yoga combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing (Pranayama). Anyone can laugh for no reason, without relying upon humour, jokes or comedy. In a session, laughter is simulated as a body exercise in a group. The group maintains eye contact and childlike playfulness, and laughter soon turns real and contagious. The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on the scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter.

According to a study by Dr Michael Titze, a German Psychologist, people used to laugh 18 minutes a day in the 1950s, but today we laugh not more than 6 minutes per day, despite the huge increase in the standard of living. Children can laugh up to 300-400 times in a day, but as adults this frequency drops to barely 10-15 times a day.

Adults use their cognitive ability to first comprehend humour and then laugh. This is called the Mind-To-Body Model or the Humour Model. The other model is the Childlike Model or the Body-To-Mind Model. Children laugh the most while playing. Their laughter comes straight from the body and does not make use of any intellectual capacity of the brain.

Laughter Yoga makes a clear distinction between happiness and joyfulness. Happiness is a conditional response. It is dependent on the fulfillment of certain desires of the mind and is related to happenings in the past and the future and hardly ever deals with the present. Do you remember how long you stayed happy after getting that diploma, car, job, or new house that you had worked for so long?

In contrast, joyfulness is unconditional commitment to be happy for the moment and to have fun despite life’s problems. Joyfulness is easily triggered by joyful activities like laughing, dancing, singing and playing. It is purely a physical phenomenon while happiness is a concept of the mind.

In order to get scientifically proven benefits of laughter, we need to laugh continuously for at least 10 to 15 minutes. To reap the health benefits of laughter, laughter has to be loud and deep, coming from the diaphragm. Natural laughter that courses through our life depends on many reasons and conditions, but there are not many reasons which make us laugh.

Dr Madan Kataria, a medical doctor from Mumbai, is the founder of Laughter Yoga Clubs movement. Started with just five people in a public park in Mumbai in 1995, it has grown into a worldwide movement of thousands of laughter clubs in more than 65 countries.

The most frequently asked question is, “How do you laugh when you are in no mood to laugh or you don’t have any reason to laugh?” The answer is quite simple. Motion creates emotion, and vice versa.

Did you know that we can actually learn to laugh? Our body and mind can be trained to laugh at will. It’s like learning to ride a bicycle. It’s like muscle memory; once you learn it, you never forget it.

The most important factor in Laughter Clubs is the willingness of the participants to laugh. The members laugh voluntarily, with full commitment. All you need to do is to give yourself permission to laugh – and nobody can stop you.

Laughter Yoga goes beyond just laughing. It not only fosters a feeling of physical well being, it enhances the spirit and touches the emotional core. It cultivates positive thinking and promotes understanding. Laughter Yoga gives participants the opportunity to actively enhance the lives of others.

Even when one exhales completely, there is some amount of air left in the lungs, called residual air. During inhalation we breathe in 500 to 700 ml of air and almost the same amount is exhaled. This 500-700ml constitutes only 25% of our lung capacity. But there is a huge volume of residual stale air in our lungs that has more carbon dioxide.

Both laughter and yogic breathing exercises are intended to stimulate the movement of the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles which helps to activate the parasympathetic system – the calming branch of the autonomic nervous system. This is opposite to the sympathetic system – the stress arousal system. One can turn off the stress arousal system by simply learning to move the diaphragm.

Dr Otto Warburg, Nobel Laureate said,”Deep breathing techniques increase oxygen to the cells and are the most important factors in living a disease-free and energetic life. When cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not and cannot occur.”

Laughter Yoga goes beyond laughter and physical wellbeing. It enhances the inner spirit and makes people change for the better. Unconditional laughter connects people from different cultures, countries, no matter what language they speak or how they live.

In Laughter Clubs, we have different styles of belly laughter that exercise the abdominal muscles and the diaphragm simultaneously. Scientists have referred to laughter as internal jogging. Regular laughter exercise strengthens the abdominal muscles and gives a constant massage.

Laughing promotes a healthy heart. In a good bout of laughter, there is a dilation of blood vessels all over the body. We’ve all seen or experienced this as a flushed appearance and feeling of warmth. Pulse rate and blood pressure rise as the circulatory system is stimulated before settling down, below the original levels. In a nutshell, laughter helps tone the circulatory system of the body.

Laughter and breathing exercises help to increase the breathing capacity of the lungs and increase the net supply of oxygen to the body. Laughter sessions, along with deep breathing, are like chest physiotherapy – especially for those who smoke and suffer from bronchitis and respiratory airway obstruction.

The foremost benefit of laughing is that one remains cheerful throughout the day. This sense of wellbeing comes from the release of feel good hormones called endorphins. One also develops the ability to laugh at small things. Laughter Yoga helps to develop sense of humour and bring more childlike playfulness.

According to Dr William Fry, 10 minutes of hearty laughter is equal to 30 minutes on the rowing machine. This is in respect of cardiopulmonary endurance. Laughter Yoga is ideally suited for busy professionals who have very little time to exercise. 20 minutes of Laughter Yoga can give you similar results as those of going to gym for one hour.

Stress is the number one killer today, and most illnesses are stress related. Laughter Yoga is an instant stress buster which takes care of physical, mental and emotional stress simultaneously. It has been scientifically proven that laughter reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine and enhances positive emotions.

The practice of using unconditional laughter to prepare for stressful events is known as Laughter Boosting and is gaining popularity with speakers, actors and other performers to prepare themselves for presentations to audiences of all sizes.

Laughter Yoga has proved to be very effective as a personal development tool. It enhances mental skills and abilities that help a person to improve their performance in every sphere of life. It is a powerful means for self confidence as it helps to overcome inhibition and shyness and eases out awkwardness.

Laughter has an infinite potential to enhance right brain functionality, which is the seat of creativity, intuition, imagination, inventions, music, art, meditation and healing. Laughter is an excellent exercise for toning facial muscles and improving expressions. Laughter enhances communication skills and cultivates positive emotions.

A weak immune system is a major cause for almost all sickness and ill health. Laughter boosts immune system. Oxygen is one of the primary catalysts for all metabolic reactions in the human body. Ongoing scientific studies show that lack of oxygen is the major cause of most diseases. Laughter Yoga flushes the lungs and fully oxygenates the blood and major organs leaving one bursting with energy and vitality and free from disease.

Scientific studies have proved that a few days of laughter exercises and deep breathing lowers blood pressure thus reducing the risk of a heart attack. Having too much cholesterol in the blood can lead to the hardening and narrowing of the arteries in the major vascular systems. A daily dose of laughter opens the arteries and allows the blood to flow freely to all parts of the body thus preventing a cardiac failure.

Diabetes is emerging as a major health hazard worldwide. Japanese scientist Murakami’s experiment to ascertain the effect of laughter on the blood sugar levels has affirmed that laughter has a lowering impact on blood sugar. Murakami indentified 23 genes that can be activated with laughter. In addition, it also reduces the stress hormone cortisol responsible for increase in sugar levels and stabilizes the immune system, which if weakened, can affect the production of insulin in the pancreas.

Laughter has a profound positive impact on allergies, with many practitioners reporting complete disappearance of all symptoms of asthma, skin and other allergies. Though not an intervention for countering physical causes of allergies; Laughter Yoga is a definite tool to remedy stress. It helps to reduce the risk factors by boosting the immune system, encouraging deep breathing and flushing the lungs of stale air and generating a feeling of wellness.

Those suffering from life threatening diseases not only go through physical pain; they also face immense psychological trauma. Not just the patient, but family, friends and care givers all need positive reinforcement. Having a positive mental attitude greatly influences the course of the disease. We have had many members suffering from cancer, immune disorders, multiple sclerosis and other chronic diseases who have reported relief from their symptoms, thereby reducing their medications.

Depression is often associated with physical pain, feelings of despair, loss of appetite, immobility, insomnia and other cardiovascular problems. Practicing Laughter Yoga regularly helps to resolve most of these ailments as it is one of the fastest ways of boosting heart rate, reducing blood pressure, providing an excellent cardio workout and alleviating pain. Extended hearty laughter is a body exercise with powerful body-mind healing effects.

The combination of natural pain killers with movements in laughter exercises makes Laughter Yoga a powerful tool for physiotherapy. Many practitioners have reported reversal of frozen shoulder and other movement limitations due to stroke, arthritis, and injury. Endorphins released as a result of laughter help in reducing the intensity of pain in those suffering from arthritis, spondylitis and muscular spasms of the body.

Members of Laughter Clubs are engaged as active and interactive participants, and not as passive audience being entertained. It has been proved that people who actively participate in any humour and laughter activity get more benefits, than those who inertly receive humour and laughter. The source of laughter is within the body, and one can generate laughter with conscious effort and commitment, anytime he or she wants to.

Laughter exercises are short and easy and can be added to your existing fitness programme. It can be a value addition to Yoga groups, Tai-Chi groups, aerobic centres, meditation centres, health clubs, sports and fun activities.

The whole world is an extended family. Let us join through Love and Laughter..

Compiled by

Jagat Singh Bisht, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer

Source  book

Laugh For No Reason by Dr Madan Kataria

 

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
Speak to us on +91 73899 38255
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हिन्दी साहित्य – व्यंग्य ☆ सवाल एक – जवाब अनेक – 6 ☆ श्री जय प्रकाश पाण्डेय

श्री जय प्रकाश पाण्डेय

 

 

 

 

“सवाल एक – जवाब अनेक (6)”

(श्री जयप्रकाश पाण्डेय जी के एक प्रश्न का  विभिन्न  लेखकों के द्वारा  दिये गए विभिन्न उत्तरआपके ज्ञान चक्षु  तो अवश्य ही खोल  देंगे।  तो प्रस्तुत है यह प्रश्नोत्तरों की श्रंखला।  

वर्तमान समय में ठकाठक दौड़ता समाज घोड़े की रफ्तार से किस दिशा में जा रहा, सामूहिक द्वेष और  स्पर्द्धा को उभारकर राजनीति, समाज में बड़ी उथल पुथल मचा रही है। ऐसी अनेक बातों को लेकर हम सबके मन में चिंताएं चला करतीं हैं। ये चिंताएं हमारे भीतर जमा होती रहतीं हैं। संचित होते होते ये चिंताएं क्लेश उपजाती हैं, हर कोई इन चिंताओं के बोझ से त्रास पाता है ऐसे समय लेखक त्रास से मुक्ति की युक्ति बता सकता है। एक सवाल के मार्फत देश भर के यशस्वी लेखकों की राय पढें इस श्रृंखला में………

तो फिर देर किस बात की जानिए वह एकमात्र प्रश्न  और उसके अनेक उत्तर।  प्रस्तुत है  छठवाँ उत्तर  दुर्ग, (छत्तीसगढ़) के प्रसिद्ध व्यंग्यकार श्री  विनोद साव जी की ओर से   –  

सवाल :  आज के संदर्भ में, क्या लेखक  समाज के घोड़े की आंख है या लगाम ?

दुर्ग (छत्तीसगढ़) से व्यंग्यकार श्री विनोद साव 
धारदार शब्दों और विचारों की चाबुक की फटकार हो :
लेखक को घोड़े की आंख जैसा बताते हुए जो मुहावरा यहां गढ़ा गया है यह अपने मूल रूप में लेखक की दृष्टि को बहुत व्यापक बनाता है क्योंकि घोड़े की आंखों पर चमड़े का पट्टा  (horse blinders) या जिसे घोड़ा ऐनक भी कहा जाता है – इसको लगाने से पहले घोड़े की दृष्टि बहुत व्यापक थी. घोडा अपने आगे पीछे बहुत दूर तक देख लेता था. पर अपनी इस विशेषता के कारण घोडा बिदकता भी था और उसकी रफ़्तार में कमी आ जाती थी. इसलिए उसकी व्यापक दृष्टि को नियंत्रित करने और उसके गंतव्य व लक्ष्य को निर्धारित करने के लिए उसकी आंखों पर चमड़े का पट्टा लगाया गया और उसके मुंह पर रस्सी बांधकर घोड़े पर लगाम भी कसा गया.
आज के संदर्भ में लेखक खुद ही अपनी आँखों पर चमड़े का चपड़ा लगाकर बैठ गया है और अपनी दूरदृष्टि को सीमित कर गया है. यह सरकार, प्रशासन और उसकी व्यवस्था से डरा सहमा हुआ लेखक है जो कोई पंगा लेने से भागता है. यह सुविधाभोगी लेखक दिनोंदिन दुनियांदार होता जा रहा है और साहित्य से इतर अपना कैरियर बनाने में जुटा हुआ है और लिखने पढने में कम और विमोचन, सम्मान, अभिनन्दन कराने और पुरस्कार झपटने में अधिक लगा हुआ है. उसकी किसी भी रचना से उसका बायोडाटा कई गुना बड़ा हो गया है. घोडा तो शक्ति व गति का द्योतक है उससे हर क्षमतावान मशीन का ‘हॉर्सपावर’ तय होता है पर यह लेखक तो अपनी निरर्थक रचनाओं की पाण्डुलिपि और बायोडाटा को अपने ऊपर लादकर किसी गदहे की भांति हांफते हुए पुरस्कारों के पहाड़ खोज रहा है. इस गदहे को लगाम लगाकर उसे साहित्य का घोडा बनाने की ज़रुरत है. विशेषकर व्यंग्यकारों को तो अपने समय की राजनीति और सामाजिक, धार्मिक दुर्दशा पर हस्तक्षेप करने का साहस करना चाहिए जैसा उनके पुरोधा लेखक परसाई, शरद जोशी, श्रीलाल शुक्ल व अन्यान्य करते आए हैं. उसको अपने लेखन को लगाम की तरह इस्तेमाल करने आना चाहिए ताकि उसके सामने व्यवस्था का जो घोडा बेलगाम हो रहा है उसकी पीठ पर अपने धारदार शब्दों और विचारों की आक्रामकता की चाबुक वह फटकार सके.
– विनोद साव, मो. 9009884014
(अगली कड़ियों में हम आपको विभिन्न साहित्यकारों के इसी सवाल के विभिन्न जवाबों से अवगत कराएंगे।)



योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ Meditation Asanas ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

Meditation Asanas

Demonstrated in this video are twelve asanas (poses) in which you may sit and meditate. Which one would you prefer and why?
Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

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आध्यात्म/Spiritual – श्रीमद् भगवत गीता – पद्यानुवाद – द्वितीय अध्याय (52) प्रो चित्र भूषण श्रीवास्तव ‘विदग्ध’

श्रीमद् भगवत गीता

पद्यानुवाद – प्रो चित्र भूषण श्रीवास्तव ‘विदग्ध’

द्वितीय अध्याय

साँख्य योग

( अर्जुन की कायरता के विषय में श्री कृष्णार्जुन-संवाद )

(कर्मयोग का विषय)

यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति ।

तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ।।52।।

मोह मलिनता त्याग जो बुद्धि तव होगी शुद्ध

तो संसार प्रपंच से होगा तू प्रिय मुक्त।।52।।

भावार्थ :   जिस काल में तेरी बुद्धि मोहरूपी दलदल को भलीभाँति पार कर जाएगी, उस समय तू सुने हुए और सुनने में आने वाले इस लोक और परलोक संबंधी सभी भोगों से वैराग्य को प्राप्त हो जाएगा।।52।।

 

When thy  intellect  crosses  beyond  the  mire  of  delusion,  then  thou  shalt  attain  to indifference as to what has been heard and what has yet to be heard. ।।52।।

 

© प्रो चित्र भूषण श्रीवास्तव ‘विदग्ध’ 

ए १ ,विद्युत मण्डल कालोनी, रामपुर, जबलपुर

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मो ७०००३७५७९८

(हम प्रतिदिन इस ग्रंथ से एक मूल श्लोक के साथ श्लोक का हिन्दी अनुवाद जो कृति का मूल है के साथ ही गद्य में अर्थ व अंग्रेजी भाष्य भी प्रस्तुत करने का प्रयास करेंगे।)




योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ The Michelangelo Effect ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

The Michelangelo Effect: The secret of happy couples..

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
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योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ Buddha: The Ultimate Happiness Guru ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

Buddha: The Ultimate Happiness Guru

The  Greatest Blessings

Generally, it is believed that the Buddha was a pessimist who preached misery. Nothing can be farther from the truth.

Buddha had great compassion for all beings. He saw their misery, felt deep empathy, explored the causes, and discovered a way out.

Not only that. He gave us a valuable guide for deep and lasting happiness.

The building blocks of an authentically happy life are outlined in the Discourse on Blessings – Maha-mangala Sutta – thus:

  •  Not to associate with the foolish, but to associate with the wise; and to honor those who are worthy of honor
  • To reside in a suitable locality, to have done meritorious actions in the past and to set oneself in the right course 
  • To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech 
  • To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation
  • To be generous in giving, to be righteous in conduct, to help one’s relatives, and to be blameless in action
  • To loathe more evil and abstain from it, to refrain from intoxicants, and to be steadfast in virtue
  • To be respectful, humble, contented and grateful; and to listen to the Dhamma on due occasions 
  • To be patient and obedient, to associate with monks and to have religious discussions on due occasions
  • Self-restraint, a holy and chaste life, the perception of the Noble Truths and the realisation of Nibbana
  • A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated

 

These are the greatest Blessings.

Buddha closes the discourse with the words, “Those who thus abide, ever remain invincible, in happiness established. These are the greatest blessings.”

There is no doubt whatsoever that the Buddha is the Ultimate Happiness Guru!

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
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योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ The Happiness Formula ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

Happiness Activities​

Lesson 5 

As we know by now, 50% of happiness is in our genes, 10% depends on the circumstances of life and the rest 40% can be cultivated by us by taking up activities, intentionally and voluntarily, that bring joy and happiness.

These intentional activities we call Happiness Activities.

You can find activities that fit your interests, your values and your needs.

Let us classify and list a few activities to make it clear:

Everyone needs to spare time regularly for at least one activity to take care of the body, mind and soul. It may be aerobics, yoga, meditation, walking, or any of the physical exercises.

Stress is the major concern in modern life. One needs to learn how to cope with stress, trauma, and hardships of life.

Finding flow and living in the present is the surest path to authentic happiness. You can choose a happiness activity that helps you enhance flow experience.

You can enrich your life by developing positive relationships and by broadening social connections.

Committing to your goals and a committed goal pursuit leads to accomplishments, thus enhancing your happiness quotient.

You may want to enhance your positive emotions about the past by practicing gratitude or your positive emotions about the future by practicing optimism.

We will be taking up some proven happiness activities from each of these sections in our subsequent lessons.

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
Speak to us on +91 73899 38255
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योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ Flow ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

Flow

Lesson 4

One thing I can say for sure – flow brings real happiness!

Flow is a state of joy, creativity and total involvement, in which problems seem to disappear and there is an exhilarating feeling of transcendence.

According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, flow is what we feel when we are fully alive, involved with what we do, and in harmony with the environment around us. It is something that happens most easily when we sing, dance, do sports – but it can happen when we work, read a good book, or have a good conversation.

Engagement, or flow, is one of the strongest pillars around which Positive Psychology is built. Here, one is fully in the present, immersed in something worthwhile. For an auto-telic person, the experience becomes its own reward.

We each have the potential to experience flow, whether at work, at play or in our relationships.

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
Speak to us on +91 73899 38255
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योग-साधना LifeSkills/जीवन कौशल ☆ The Five Elements of Well-Being ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

(Master Teacher: Happiness & Well-Being, Laughter Yoga Master Trainer, Author, Blogger, Educator and Speaker.)

The Five Elements of Well-Being

Lesson 2

Happiness is a thing and well-being is a construct. The five elements of well-being are positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.

Positive Emotion: 

Positive Emotion includes the feelings of joy, excitement, contentment, hope and warmth. There may be positive emotions relating to the past, present or future.

Engagement: 

Engagement denotes deep involvement in a task or activity. One does not experience the passing of time. One experiences flow in sports, music and singing but one may also experience it in work, reading a book or in a good conversation.

Relationships:

We feel happy when we are among family and friends. The quality and depth of relationships in one’s life make it rich.

Meaning: 

It’s connecting to something larger than life.

Accomplishment:

One strives for achievements in life as a source of happiness.

Each of these elements contributes to well-being. The good news is that each one of the above may be cultivated and developed to enhance level of well-being.

Jagat Singh Bisht

Founder: LifeSkills

Seminars, Workshops & Retreats on Happiness, Laughter Yoga & Positive Psychology.
Speak to us on +91 73899 38255
[email protected]