CONSTABLE BREEDY, attached to District “B” Police Station in St George, delivered professional and unassailable service to me on Thursday night. Service excellence are the key words that can genuinely describe him.
However, when that experience came to an end and I sat in my bed, I laughed with sincerity as I reflected on how easy he made a situation I thought was difficult. Additionally, that laughter relaxed my stressed body and caused me to zoom in on the benefits of silent doctor laughter. We should never underestimate the power of laughing and giggling – they are healing tools.
On the website www.care2.com/greenliving/8-health-benefits-of-laughter.html, the following are advanced as some of the health benefits of laughing: it lowers blood pressure, increases vascular blood flow and oxygenation of the blood, and gives a workout to the diaphragm and abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg and back muscles.
It reduces certain stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, increases the response of tumour- and disease-killing cells such as gamma-interferon and T-cells, defends against respiratory infections – even reducing the frequency of colds – via immunoglobulin in saliva.
Laughter increases memory and learning; in a study at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, humour during instruction led to increased test scores.
As we examine the above a good question to ask, is why did the Creator bestowed the gift of laughing on humans? I ask this question because often when I look at some people it is very evident that they perceive laughing as a sin.
They often sit in their area of comfort at work or home and for 365 days a year, feel happy carrying a silly frown on their faces while expelling negative vibrations. This type of person often darkens the brightest room. If you cannot laugh even at yourself, in my opinion you may be depressed, deeply stressed or lack joy in your life. I call it “being dried up” or hardening your feelings about the beauty of life.
Norman Cousins, a former editor of The Saturday Review, is on record as curing cancer with laughter.
Remember, the Bible says “a merry heart doeth good like a medicine”. Therefore my advice is: cleanse the body with turmeric and pomegranate tea, watch YouTube’s Porgie And Murda; create your own jokes, attend a comedy show, laugh with yourself, have a comedy evening with the family or community group, laugh as you enjoy sexual intercourse and release toxins.
Finally, genuine laughter is an indication that the body is functioning correctly. Laughter has no toxic side-effects – it cannot be taxed, has no dosage signs, and it is free. So let us laugh!
• Annette Maynard-Watson, a teacher and herbal educator, may be contacted via silentdoctors@gmail.com or by telephone 250-6450.
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