Why?
You have opened a door and done more than peeked at possibility, you flung it open and invited yourself in, and if you recall...loved who was in there! I Love that about you too!

It means you are ready for a journey into jolly to make it a place you want to come home to again and again.
Two days or five days
(for our teachers) begins something... now it is up to you to apply what you already know, with what you learned and get out their and get living, laughing and making a difference to YOU.

Everybody knows HOW...because HOW is a mere acronym for Hundreds of Ways. The good news is that you get to decide the way that flows and aligns with what is true for you! Isn't that wonderful! On your own it might sound like a great idea for awhile, though after a spell without the reminders and support, the zeal falls away as we get back to our old habits. Keeping it flowing means making a change and while you can essentially change overnight, keeping it changed is the key. That is what you will get from these support systems, the reminders, support and guidance.

Maybe you didn't sign up to lead others with laughter.... leading yourself is always a wise decision.

Leading yourself with laughter is the most fun you can have in one body...though it takes practice. That is what keeps the change changed. Practice and development is what makes a happy life become a joyful one and the latter is the one that assists you in walking that fine line between drama and bliss in a way that serves you and those you interact with in the world....everyday.

What to do after your Certified Laughter Training
What to do with your new year... What to do with you this year...

2012

You have changed something in your body, laughingly shifted a lot of the issues of the tissues. You have changed something in your mind, laughter releases a lot of our preconceived notions. You have changed something in your soul, laughter reaquaints us with the person we want to be more of. Keep the change changed by moving. Stagnency and complacency our dis-ease forming and life retarding. Movement helps us remember we are alive and that helps us to flow more, know more and grow more.

After the Laughter
Those who choose to "delve into twelve" will be rewarded by the results you make...and those that do not will also be awarded your results.
The difference will be YOU and what YOU put into it.

If you like the results you are getting, keep up the great work and get ready to create more...you are ready for the next plateau of possibilities!
If you do not like the results you are getting, enroll in YOUniversity this year and grow into a funderstanding of how great you really are. Then learn to say "I want more please".

Creating your

In the two day laughter training, you opened a fun new door and it created a remembrance and an awareness. In the five day training you repeated what you learned and perhaps flung the door open to the idea of contribution (leading others and spreading the mission)... though each only gave you a guideline. The rest is learned with your immersion, practice, development and intention. There are plenty of ways and the most honest truth is that they will require your time or money, if not both. The next honest truth is that it doesn't have to be hard and you can all afford it. You may not see how at first, though if you believe you are a worthy investment, the HOW will open up and YOUniversity will begin.

If you are stuck and don't see a way... use a one hour complimentary consult
Contact me and spend an hour with possibility in person, over the phone or Skype.

Lynda@youcansayyes.com • (847) 401-5787
If you have used a complimentary consult in the past and just want an hour of brainstorming
rates are $99 per hour for this type of experience. If you know you would like something more substantial then choose a six, nine or year long coaching progam. Contact me and we will find a good fit.

What Leaders Want to Know...
Based on my daily interactions, experience in training, leading workshops, retreats, and personal contact with leaders, individuals want to know more about three main ideas.
1. How to Keep the laughter flowing for personal development
2. How to lead, charge and/or incorporate it for money/business
3. How and why to expand, grow and develop the laughter mission

So for 2012 I have developed a format for your YOUniversity development

Newsletter l Monthly Leader Calls l 30 Day Joy Jumpstart l Leaders Group Coaching l The 3 Day Certification l The 90 Day Joy Ride l Revisiting the CLYL Training l Workshops l A Year of Living Joyfully

	The Monday Funday Newsletter After 144 issues over the years, I have supplied leaders with research, studies, articles, relevant topics for growth, monthly fun focuses to act upon, links to laughter and learning, images, quotes, ideas, facts and exercises in laughter in what I hoped would be a helpful support to those I trained.
Every year I have looked to contribute items that are helpful for leaders and asked your advice on what you want to know. This year the growth continues in the lesson of collaboration. A way for you to grow is to share what you know. It helps you to define it and become more of the expert. I encourage everyone to broaden their horizons and learn the value of collaboration, don't go it alone, become part of something bigger and realize how much you grow. This year you will have the opportunity to submit your stories, topics of interest, questions, comments, pictures, fun facts, adventures in laughter and more. I will still produce it weekly, though with your input it becomes a vehicle to take ownership of whether you submit something once or regularly. Bookmark this page to come back to in order to submit your contributions. All items will be edited for relevance to leaders, laughter and the well being of all. Timeliness is essential. In all of the 144 issues I have submitted them, you have regularly received them every Monday morning without fail, I plan to keep on that timeline, so do realize when you submit an item that it most likely will appear a few weeks from your posting date...so plan accordingly.
Share a Story	Share why or how laughter has benefitted you personally from a recent experience, share a difference you have made, share a story of others affected by laughter you led...share
Share a Quote	Laughter quotes are beneficial because we can all use them in our presentations, speaking engagements or to send along a thank you or make a note of connection.
Share a Fun Fact	Share something about the body, mind or soul that we didn't know. Share an interesting brief fact that's fun or funny. Share a sentence to educate and illuminate fun, playfulness or joy.
Share a Topic	Share an article that you find interesting and write what you think about it. Ask a question from it or share an experience it reminds you of. Learn to be a chuckle commentator.
Share a Picture	Be on the lookout for laughter in life and snap up the moments. Note what kind of a year you have just by scouting out the snickers. Share!
Share a Link	Read a good article you want to share, a You Tube that's amusing, News of interest, products, what others are doing...send it along
Share an Exercise	You all know I can make up laughter exercises on the spot, share what you discover with you as material, life as material or one you have witnessed elsewhere...be creative!
Share a Monthly Focus	Create a fun focus that involves minimal activity or perhaps a challenge for leaders. Write a paragraph for each week of the month guiding the idea along to month end.
Be Creative	Got an idea or creative solution for the newsletter... send it along. Be an innovator! Every submission is an opportunity to learn!
Your Contribution (Your Time + Talents) = Your Growth

Submit once or be a regular. Explore different ways to be of contribution in this collaborative new adventure and we shall see where it takes us. Remember, each week, I am not to busy to send it out, take a note from that page and know that this is a growth experience that doesn't cost money. It requires the investment of your time. You may learn how to be very efficient and effective with your time as a result. I am looking forward to discovering just what leaders learn from their contributions!
To your growth!

The Monthly Laughter Leaders Call

The Monthly Laughter Leaders Call	Over the years the Monthly Leaders Call has been consistently open to all leaders and teachers I have trained. It has been a great brainstorming for many where questions are asked and answered, Ideas are shared, collaborations have happened, and leaders are remembered.
After the training, your life goes on and it is up to you to recall the lessons of laughter we learned and apply them to your life as well. Of course this is always our suggestion and always your choice, those however that do are rewarded by understanding the greater power in laughter. The monthly call is always a complimentary service to your laughter leadership and intent to help you know, grow and flow. This will continue each month on Saturday at 10-11am CST (with an exception in January 9:30-10:30am CST). The Saturday tends to fluctuate depending upon my schedule. It has been a consistent opportunity and those that continue calling, continue learning and reframing the world around them. Keep up the happy work! Your Contribution (Your Time + Sharing Commuication) = Your Growth
Scheduled Monthly Calls for 2012	(218)
January 7	9:30 - 10:30am
February 18	10:00am - 11:00am
March17	10:00am - 11:00am
April 14	10:00am - 11:00am
May 12	10:00am - 11:00am
June 9	10:00am - 11:00am
July 14	10:00am - 11:00am
August 18	10:00am - 11:00am
September 8	10:00am - 11:00am
October 13	10:00am - 11:00am
November 17	10:00am - 11:00am
December 8	10:00am - 11:00am

The 30 Day Laughter Coaching Challenge

This is a wonderful way to make change happen and practice your laughter at the same time. What you will gain is the ability to laugh everyday, which is a great practice that you will build. It will also wake up your body and allow you to take notice of more changes in your body that are resulting from the release with laughter. By the end of the month you will note a decidedly different way in which your core feels.

We'll start over each month and for those that stay with us learn even more the second, third and even the eighth time around. Truly if you commit all year, you will learn something new everyday. Get rich in laughter and learning this year!

For Leaders of Laughter
Group Coaching Program
This is a one hour coaching initiative designed to explore three main aspects of laughter and leadership for certified leaders.

1. Personal Experiences
Two days of laugher training creates a change in the physiology of the body. We open up to a new experience and through the course of oxygenating the body, change happens. The issues in the tissues shift and so we feel more free and more purposeful, though we also can feel the cathartic nature of the shift. When we don't fully understand it, we can become confused and unsettled.

After an initial understanding of the changes that occur to the body, the mind it its mental processing and the emotional charge are also shifted for a change and spiritually we open the door to a place we may be unsure of. All this raises questions and while you may recieve some answers that assist for awhile. The love of laughter keeps us wanting to discover more about it.

Creating a practice and a new habit takes time to develop. Distractions and unexpected circumstances take us off the path we intend and getting back on can be confusing and tangled with all kinds of conditions.

This is where the group coaching can come in very nicely. In a group all kinds of similar sharing can help us to know what the norm is and together with guidance, find a natural balance that fits well. This is also an opportunity to get creative and explore possibilities. Partnering and collaboration rise and opportunities can come into a more enjoyable experience where everyone gains more than they would individually. It is where you can ask questions of like minded individuals and learn more, motivate yourself and be inspired by what you can and want to accomplish...and then do it for better results.

2. Professional Experiences
Two days of laughter training can be decieving as it rises up a way to change the world that is very tangible. Individuals want to quit their jobs and become laughter teachers and make a difference in the world, it is that powerful in what it evokes within us.

The truth is that 99.9% of our leaders will not make a business out of this. That is because in large part they are not entrepreneurs with a healthy understanding of what it takes to have a relationship with the bottom line. There is an understanding of responsibility that goes along with the monetary side and for those who depend upon a paycheck, it is not adviseable to throw caution to the wind and set up business.

Instead there are plenty of ways to satisfy a need to enjoy monetary rewards with contribution, and with direction, focus and intention it can be a happy road. If you are practiced in this or disciplined enough to figure this out, you can create all kinds of wonder. If you are not, you can learn and also learn to make choices that fit with what you desire so that it all comes out purposeful and profitable in your time, resources, efforts and monetary investments.

Aside from the monetary (this always needs to be addressed to relax the question), there are other professional questions that leaders have in what can be created. This is a great opportunity for group coaching to be of assistance. In understanding your partnership with both monetary and professional leadership. It is a point of knowing how you wish to lead and what type of leadership you wish to develop in yourself.

Coaching can give you feedback, direction, focus, answers, questions, and healthe discussions with guidance to make choices in a safe vehichle so that what you present is sound, effective and efficient for you and any you wish to engage with for laughter and in life.

3. Purpose Experiences
Two days of laughter training brings about a sense of altruism. Our hearts are open, we see a bigger picture and we know people are starving for joy. We are the answer.

An Innovative exploratory into a new program for Laughter Yoga
A follow up to what you learned in the Two Day Training and your next step

This year learn to keep change changed by joining this spirited adventure ride that will take you into all kinds of great growth and powerful action. This is not a ride for the meek, it is unbelievable fun, though it is fast paced as in only 90 days you will have set the pace for many great experiences and opportunities.
Hold on to your laugh, your strife will never be the same!

The School of Laughter
A flowing, knowing and growing YOUniversity experience
350 S. Northwest Hwy
1st floor Laughter Room
Park Ridge, IL 60068

Questions?
Contact
Lynda Tourloukis
Lynda@YouCanSayYes.com
(847) 401-5787

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