{"id":128,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"belly-laughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Belly Laughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"color: #006699\"><strong>NATURAL BELLY LAUGHTER<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"color: #006699\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 136px; height: 159px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/santa-claus-laughing.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Humor is an essential part of our natures. It&#8217;s easy and you pay nothing for it, but the benefits may last a lifetime. Watching other people laugh could energize you and cheer you up, even if you do not know them.<\/p>\n<p>Studies of brain scans show that <em><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">involuntary laughter<\/span><\/em> originates within the limbic system and portions of the brain stem. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Voluntary laughter appears to originate from the neo-cortex. Although this can be spontaneous and pleasurable, it&#8217;s often used to positively influence, or appease, manipulate, belittle, or subvert others.<\/p>\n<p>Natural, mirthful belly laughter can result in feelings of being liberated from something you hung on to for a long time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 156px; height: 135px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/pink_panther_belly_laugh.gif\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Extensive research over the past decades has shown that:<\/p>\n<p>Natural laughter keeps depression and anxiety at bay by boosting the production of serotonin, an anti-depressant. <br \/>\nA good sense of humor will get you seldom depressed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 146px; height: 193px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/Laughing-Buddha-rainbow.gif\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Belly laughing expands the inner walls of the arteries and so increases the blood flow and blood pressure for 30-45 minutes. When you stop laughing, your blood pressure drops all the way back to its baseline.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 195px; height: 213px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/HappyBuddha.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Our breathing is shallow during stress, resulting in residual carbon dioxide and air in our lungs. Belly laughing forces all&nbsp;air out, followed by a deep inhalation. Repeated laughing cleanses the body and energizes it with fresh oxygen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 170px; height: 190px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/laughing-buddhah.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The main factor responsible for sleep problems is stress and anxiety. Having some good natural laughs prior to sleep reduces stress, and allows for a deeper, more restful sleep.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 174px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/laughing_buddha_-ivory.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Belly laughter seems to boost self-confidence and gives mental strength to cope with conflicts and challenges in life. It also helps us come out of anxiety and depression.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 174px; height: 197px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/Laughing-Buddha-gold.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Natural laugher lifts your spirits as well as others around you. One humorous individual lifts the spirit of everyone around.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 181px; height: 220px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/L-B+dragon.gif\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Natural laughter may help you find a mate. Men love women who laugh in their presence and women actually laugh more than men. A shared sense of humor is an important factor in keeping a relationship alive.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 177px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/laughing-buddha-in-nature.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">A hearty chuckle raises the heart rate and speeds up the metabolism, and thus burns off calories. <\/p>\n<p>Laughing helps people forget about pain. Children watching comedy films tolerate pain more easily.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 171px; height: 175px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/L-B-stone.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Belly laughing gives a good massage to the abdominal organs, like liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen and adrenal glands. The increased blood flow improves their functioning. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 208px; height: 176px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/L-Budda-jade(1).gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Natural laughing forces dozens of facial muscles into a smile. The increased blood flow makes you look younger. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 175px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/L-Buddha-with-leaves.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">A good belly laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders, and the heart, leaving all muscles more relaxed afterward.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 176px; height: 190px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/laugh-budda.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">People watching a funny video after a meal had lower blood sugar levels than those watching a serious one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 148px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/budda-laugh.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Natural laughter empties your lungs of more air than it takes in, resulting in a cleansing effect similar to deep breathing. It is helpful for people with respiratory ailments, like asthma.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 155px; height: 193px\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/rich-buddha.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Natural laughter increases the number of antibody-producing T-cells, and so boosts the <a href=\"?p=923\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">immune system<\/span><\/a>. This reduces the likelihood to get coughs and colds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2023%20pics\/fire-in-belly.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"198\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It rekindles the <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">fire of passion<\/span> in the belly!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/userfiles\/file\/Putin%20laughs.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2020%20pics\/laughing%20yng%20monkeys.JPG\" width=\"244\" height=\"133\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Seriousness vs laughter<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Click on picture<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATURAL BELLY LAUGHTER Humor is an essential part of our natures. It&#8217;s easy and you pay nothing for it, but the benefits may last a lifetime. Watching other people laugh could energize you and cheer you up, even if you do not know them. 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