Laughter for Health and Happiness

These classes are held weekly each Thursday.

Places available!

As spaces are limited, this class is suitable for people who would be able to attend the class regularly. After you have attended your first class, if you intend to come back (which we’re sure you will) and if we are able to offer you a place, you can let us know on the day to expect you at future weekly classes.

Additionally, as spaces are limited, this class is for people living locally in Leith and the surrounding areas, and for people who are able to attend the class regularly.

Please see our Eventbrite page for more information or contact us at events@duncanplace.org

To enquire about joining the class, please email us at events@duncanplace.org

What To Expect

Join our Laughter For Health & Happiness classes with Laughter Consultant and Health & Wellbeing coach Jo Bluett. We’re delighted to have Jo lead these sessions and share her knowledge, skills and passion in a fun, healthy and accessible way with our community. Jo says “Therapeutic laughter gives us a total wellbeing workout and helps us to feel amazing on all levels – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.”

Laugh yourself happier and healthier!

The benefits of laughter include:

lifts our mood

reduces pain and inflammation

boosts our immune system

improves our breathing

lowers blood pressure

improves our heart (or cardiovascular) health

boosts oxygen supply

reduces stress and tension

improves our social connection

builds resilience and positivity

builds confidence and self-esteem

boosts our creativity

You can get a taster of what our Laughter for Health & Happiness classes might look like by watching this short two-minute video on the BBC website, which features Jo talking about Edinburgh Laughter Club: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05lkp75

Jo Bluett started Edinburgh Laughter Club in 2010 and then set up Laughter For Health in 2012 after discovering that laughter profoundly helped her to manage her own chronic health issues. Laughter for Jo became a daily tool to manage mood, reduce pain, build resilience and boost health and happiness which she then wanted to share with others.

Jo ran Edinburgh Laughter Club for 10 years totally voluntarily to become one of the most successful laughter clubs in the UK (the first club to run weekly sessions and the first to secure funding from the NHS). Together with her regular members, they raised over £25K for local charities – doing good and feeling good!

Payments – Please Read

Alternatively, you can email us at events@duncanplace.org and we can send you a payment link without an additional fee. After your first class, payments can be made in person each week at Duncan Place via card or cash.

Choosing Your Payment Amount – Please Read

£6 = Our Standard Class Fee