“As a person new to meditation, I find the laughter meditation fun and easy. Life feels so much better every time I do it. I am more relaxed, calm and confident and ready to take on the world!”
—Camille Camporeale, San Francisco, California
“Pragito Dove’s laughter meditation is a hoot! Who would have ever thought that you could drop into such a deep place of peace by starting out laughing? Amazing the calming effect and feeling of well-being that comes from this meditation. Pragito is a master at facilitating this unique approach to Love, Laughter and Joy! I highly recommend giving it a whirl!”
–Scott Schilling, Dallas, Texas
“Pragito is a visionary and a Master at transforming suffering through laughter and other forms of meditation. And, who can deny this wonderful line from her book—“Laughter is sexy!”
—Heather A. Wandell, LMC. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
“Laugher was a hallmark of my loving marriage and I wondered if it would ever be so easy again after my husband’s death, especially in such stressful times. Pragito’s Laughter Meditation 101, which brings people from around the world together to laugh and meditate through a monthly teleclass, has helped me begin each day again with laughter and hope.”
—Jan Andrew,LMC, New York
I was a bit skeptical prior to the meditation, thinking that I’d be forcing laughter to get me to feel happy. Boy, was I mistaken! The meditation completely changed and altered my mindset and emotional state, where I felt vibrant, alive, optimistic, and fully at peace afterward. The difference between how I felt before the meditation and completing the meditation was night and day. I highly recommend Pragito and her meditation expertise to get you on the right track.”
– Dean Edelson, Sedona, Arizona
“I now laugh more and look for opportunities to laugh. When they pop up I dial it up and make more laughter. I also laugh for myself more, just for fun.”
—Sandra Moore, Fresno, CA
—Winnie Crittenden, Sausalito, CA
“The laughter meditation has helped me a great deal to feel better. It’s good exercise, positive, creative thoughts pop into my head, solutions to problems arise. It is phenomenally beneficial.”
—Eugene Goldstein, LMC, New York
“My daily life is transformed by laughter meditation. This week,on Tuesday, I did a short laughter meditation before going to work(I’m a nurse in a hospital). The situation became quite chaotic and the office staff complimented me on how calm I remained through the storm. I told them I had done my laughter meditation and that’s what I attributed my calmness to. On Thursday AM I was awakened by a dream @ 0400 (25 minutes before the alarm was set to go off) In the dream I was doing a laughter meditation, and the vibration in my body caused me to wake up. The beauty of it was I awakened in a happy mood, not caring it was early…..off to work I went…..enjoying my day with lightness and laughter. I have discovered the more I laugh the more I want to laugh making my life increasingly enjoyable and fun.”
—Julie Schultz, LMC, San Luis Obispo, CA
“Laughing or even just thinking of laughing melts away anxiety. I become amiable and I can actually feel the body chemistry changing, just like an internal wash from negativity or anxiety. Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed, I just laugh out loud, especially when I’m around my kids. They start to laugh along with me which we all find very funny. That is how contagious laughing is. Sometimes when there are people around they start to laugh too. I find when I laugh like this sometimes tears of joy come too”.
—Joe Bruzzese, LMC, Toronto, Canada
“Until I did the laughter meditation I used to think meditation was a boring and serious affair. Now I know that meditation can be fun and it’s easy to be consistent with my practice.”
—George McPherson, Milwaukee, WI
“Laughter meditation clears my mind and creates a space for complete peace, a beautiful silence that I have not been used to. I also get a rush of vitality that brings in all positives and eliminates all negatives. It helps heal pain and is extremely beneficial for my overall well-being.”
- Elena Benson, LMC, Monrovia, CA
“When I first heard about the Laughter meditation I thought it was the craziest thing I’d ever heard. At first I thought I can’t laugh for no reason. Then gradually it just came, easily and naturally. I realized I didn’t laugh any more just to laugh. I had forgotten how to laugh spontaneously, just because. Now my laughter, sense of humor and creativity are readily available to me.”
-Edna Irwin, LMC, Chula Vista, CA
“Pragito’s laughter meditation trainings are the creme de la creme.”
-Steve Wilson, Founder, World Laughter Tour Inc.
“Pragito taught me the importance of adding Laughter Meditation to my life and how to remove “inner clutter” to find my “inner wisdom”. This alone is priceless. Also, I learned even with my disability of asthma, I can RECEIVE & SHARE the playful energy of Laughter Meditation.”
– Robyn McDowell, LMC, Richmond Hill, GA
“Laughter meditation is wonderful. In the first stage laughing together with others feels so good. Then in the second stage, it is profoundly inspiring to be in silence together with others. The process to inner stillness is suddenly easy. It’s amazing how you can feel energy in your body when sitting still. It’s like a silent joy and aliveness yet calm and peaceful at the same time.”
- Betsy Haimson, LMC, Madison, WI
In this useful and comprehensive book, Pragito Dove offers over one hundred techniques, including a series of expressive techniques to release physical, mental and emotional stress. Once the lid is taken off the proverbial pressure cooker, we can more easily experience inner silence and stillness.