The successive health restrictions weighed on the morale of many French people, like Marie: “The first confinement I lived it quite well. The second was more complicated. In time, to be deprived of one’s own is very hard“. But for her, it is important to keep the smile, and laughing:It’s essential, to find yourself, to be comfortable, especially with all the restrictions that we have experienced“.
Change the look on what happens to us
This is precisely the objective of the workshops offered by William Herremy “The body does not differentiate between real laughter and simulated laughter. They have the same beneficial impact on the body. Laughter yoga is a sports practice to get into a good mood. She allows to reactivate the child within us. So our perspective on things changes. The outer things remain the same but the front door to solving the problems is different.“.
But for William Herremy, it is not a question of a simple Couet method: “_It feeds a part of positive psychology, which makes the _we are not in denial but rather in acceptance what is happening around us. With just a quarter of an hour of laughter in the morning, the day is very different“.
Laughter and masks, a blessing in disguise
The smiles remain hidden behind the masks. But for William Herremy, this is not a problem. “The mask changes things, and allows shy people to _to be able to express oneself without danger_. When I say work on your smile, people do it more willingly because they’re not seen. The mask allows them to have a freer expression“.
After fifteen minutes, Patricia already feels a change in her state of mind: “It allowed me to remove tension. There are several of us, so ultimately it triggers laughter, when we listen to other laughter, it is communicative. I feel very comfortable there. More open, more communicative with others,… I feel good!“.