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It's Time to Laugh!

Celebrating FOUR YEARS of Consecutive Chuckles
Serving the world with laughter since April 21, 2008

Every single day of the year and several times during the day there are wonderful Certified Laughter Teachers and Leaders willing to laugh with others over the phone to create even more ways to share the idea of laughter every day and promote the mission of World Peace through Laughter...one laugh at a time.

Gaga Barnes of California initiated the original idea of a laughter call in 2007 and soon was joined by a handful of Certified Laughter Teachers. The concept grew and today it has grown to include all of the different times listed below with Teachers and Leaders from all parts of the USA. The dream is to have a 24 hour laugh line with calls at the top of every hour...want to laugh everyday? This is one creative way!

Laugh Line LeaderPacificMountainCentralEastern
Linda BB 3am4am5am6am
Rebecca & Katie5am6am7am8am
Heidi (Cheryl - Mondays)6am7am8am9am
Lynda 7am8am9am10am
Maya/Martin 8am9am10am11am
Gaga9am10am11amNoon
Khevin5pm6pm7pm8pm
Melanie R (no call Mondays)7pm8pm9pm10pm
David G (Mon-Wed-Fri)9pm10pm11pm12am
Gaga & Khevin10pm11pmMidnight1am

There is no set format and no right or wrong way to do anything...our purpose is to laugh with each other and spread more joy as a result.

Sometimes we initiate laughter exercises, gibberish and playful type activities and sometimes we jest laugh...for no reason... Every call is different so find what works for you best. Each call is led by unique hosts so explore the calls and find a new way to laugh from this talented giving giggling group!

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Everyone is welcome and anyone can join us. There is no sign up, no commitment and best of all no fee!

(712) 432-3900 use pin 6071292#

We practice laughing "with" instead of laughing "at" and that's why we don't need jokes or other stimuli to activate it...laughing is natural.

We all use the same laugh line and pin number to make it simple for everyone....all you have to do is dial up and leap into the laughter with us.

We also have a pre recorded laugh call for those that want it on demand....
(712) 432-3903 use pin 6071292#

(Please note only one digit difference from our live call times)

There are now 10 calls to choose from

Contact Lynda for the 9am CST Call

Contact Gaga Barnes for more about the Laughter on the phone program

Thanks for Laughing With Us...You Make Our Day!

Here's a new way to make your time count more in 2011...


In laughter we learn to have a little fun, toss off the serious that grips us and remember who we are as joyful individuals. Lynda's focus is playfulness. To get curious about life and remember our joy takes exploration and if you can change the mad or sad pants you are in to glad pants...well you jest mind change your focus too.

January
Get Busy with Fun Focus and join Laugh it Off... your dedication to find a daily dose of delight as you make a declaration about something you no longer require and then laugh it off everyday! It is always best when you let go of something to replace it with something more effective so when you have laughed off the first item, laugh in something better.

February
The focus is love and remembering why we are loved and how we are loved and loving.

March
Get moving the year is two months gone and it's time to break the hibernation cycle

April
National Humor month is everyday in April so use it to develop your humor beingness!

May
We celebrate World Laughter Day on the first Sunday and then continue with a joyful month of meditation concentration...focus, laugh and feel better!

June
It's Effective Communication Month so the focus is on how to be more effective by getting out of our own way, laugh and let the good times roll.

July
The Jolly in July Challenge takes place. It is an annual event began in 2009 and it is your opportunity to laugh one minute more each day to build consecutively a consistent practice of lauging, breathing and moving.

August
Lynda has proclaimed it International Smile Month to focus on that inner smile that creates the outer smile every day of the month. Where a new type of smile everyday and learn more about yourself and others in a positively smiling way. Annually, Began in 2009

September
Practice Joyful living and be inspired by our Joyful Minute everyday at the end of the call. Toss in the name of someone you love, want to love better, work with, live with or even yourself. We laugh for one minute to bring a focus of joy to all. This began in 2009 and continues everyday.

October
If it weren't for laughter, Life would be a SCREAM!
Our focus is on the fun as we take each day and tickle the treats of Halloween with a trick or treat each day.

November
Our reminder for gratitude comes into focus as we create an act of gratitude to giggle by every day. We live this life every day so this month the focus is about how we can find the giggle in what we appreciate calling out all the things we are grateful for followed by a laugh.What a great way to boost appreciation with joy!

December
Ho Ho Ho comes to life this month as we celebrate the gifts of December. What is a gift for you today and what gift did you give another is the focus. We celebrate in two ways because celebration is a good thing!
First, every day at the end of the call we will do a 15-30 review of all the exercises in a quick summary to invigorate the left and right sides of the brain.
Second, we will enjoy the 12 days of laughter in countdown to the end of the year and close with a celebratory Woohoo for the year!

From time to time the members of the call have special birthdays, anniversaries and events...we celebrate everything! Do share!


The Origins of
Laughter on the Phone

On December 6, 2006 Gaga Barnes of California decided to put her two day Certified Laughter Yoga Leaders training into a daily practice for herself and other laughter leaders who might want to create a daily laughter practice to keep themselves reminded and purposeful about what they had learned and what they wanted to share with the world.

In April 7th Gaga and Lynda both participated in the five day Certified Laughter Yoga Teachers training and it piqued Lynda's interest to create the same for the Chicago area. As the wheel had already been invented, Gaga invited Lynda to host a daily call using the same vehicle. Maya added her name to the list with Taulere and Gaga's husband Khevin who were all present at the Teachers training and from the graduation date on April 11th, three other call times were launched.

Maya began immeditately on April 14th to host the 10am CST call time and Lynda began a week later on April 21st. Khevin began his own time and Taulere joined Lynda in May for a period until branching off to develop her own call time.
Since this early beginning, leaders have joined the call and departed for a period of time, finding a purpose in the daily commitment to laugh and host for others. It has been a beautiful experience!

About Lynda's Call
Lynda's calls are playful, so go with the flow and just laugh if you don't know what else to do. The exercises that are provided are meant to tickle the funny bone, exercise the body and the mind too. The exercises always help to know more about your consciousness, connect to what your body tells you and to change the mood.

Sometimes there are no exercises and the group feels like laughing, so we get carried away...allow yourself to be carried away too! Other days we change the historical to the hysterical knowing that we are the big joke and that being able to laugh at ourselves is a daily treasure. As Lynda puts it....we are material!

Laughter is experiential so do give yourself a whirl and join in, like anything in life, you get out of it what you put into it and in the privacy of your own phone call...you can pretty much do anything you want to laugh and learn more.

If you have questions, save them til the end and Lynda will be happy to answer and sometimes the group has a few things to share too! If you want to speak privately just let her know and she will make arrangements for that too!
You can always give a call to (847) 401-5787 to reach Lynda directly. Leave a message for best times to return your call if she is not available and she will get in touch!






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