What and how you eat is about so much more than taking in calories: When life is stressful and busy it’s so easy to eat fast food on the run, while catching up with e-mails, or watching TV. But taking time to prepare nutritious food and eating it mindfully can do wonders – for you and your learners. In this TEDxTalk (7 minutes) Karen Mayo, author of Mindful Eating (2015), describes dramatic changes in the behaviour of her young ADHD-diagnosed nephew after she improved his diet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtOU4f3smt4
The health benefits of laughter: This article lists six major health benefits of having a good laugh. The writer advises watching stand-up, but the reason for the laughter is unimportant: www.huffingtonpost.com/kayla-matthews/6-powerful-health-benefit_b_6445086.html In 1995 Madan Kataria, a doctor at Mumbai Hospital, India, convinced of laughter’s health benefits, set up the first morning laughter club. His inspired idea, now known as Laughter Yoga, has grown from the original five club members to a worldwide movement with its own Laughter University and training programmes. This clip reports on the introduction of laughter clubs to the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWi6QVsW-qA
What and how you eat is about so much more than taking in calories: When life is stressful and busy it’s so easy to eat fast food on the run, while catching up with e-mails, or watching TV. But taking time to prepare nutritious food and eating it mindfully can do wonders – for you and your learners. In this TEDxTalk (7 minutes) Karen Mayo, author of Mindful Eating (2015), describes dramatic changes in the behaviour of her young ADHD-diagnosed nephew after she improved his diet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtOU4f3smt4
The health benefits of laughter: This article lists six major health benefits of having a good laugh. The writer advises watching stand-up, but the reason for the laughter is unimportant: www.huffingtonpost.com/kayla-matthews/6-powerful-health-benefit_b_6445086.html In 1995 Madan Kataria, a doctor at Mumbai Hospital, India, convinced of laughter’s health benefits, set up the first morning laughter club. His inspired idea, now known as Laughter Yoga, has grown from the original five club members to a worldwide movement with its own Laughter University and training programmes. This clip reports on the introduction of laughter clubs to the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWi6QVsW-qA
