"A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones" - Proverbs 17:22. The tremendous effectiveness of laughter as a prescription for wellness is now realized. "Ten minutes of laughter can give two hours of pain-free sleep". This was the discovery of the most famous laughter beneficiary Norman Cousins. With high doses of humour, supported by nutrition, Norman Cousins laughed his way to an astonishing recovery from ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis of the spine with vertebrae fused together), diagnosed in 1964, at the age of 49. Laughter stimulates the immune system to release antibodies, increasing our defences against infectious diseases. A good bout of laughter coaxes the body to release endorphins, which override pain and ease Read more →