I would love to witness this some day and possibly learn from it. People can be too serious and by being so miss so many wonderful things in life. We need to spread more Cree stories of laughter for those people wound too tight. Thank you.
On Aug 22, 1:40 am, amw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Smiling and laughter is contagious. The thing about First Nations > people is they like to make stories of themselves and have a good > laugh so other people can laugh along with them. This is how it is in > most of the First Nations reserves, and if you understand Cree, these > stories are very funny. I am fortunate to come from a family that has > lots of sense of humor, teasing among in-laws is common. Humor in > elders is common also, this is so they can the "trust" that Fred > Campio was talking about during his visit to our classroom. > > On Aug 21, 5:48 pm, Zazoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My family is a family of jokers and laughers. My husband is also a > > very happy person and is one of the best belly laughers I know. We > > laugh at each other and ourselfs all the time. We make-up stories to > > laugh about. You'd think we were crazy if you happened to be around us > > when we do this. > > > A couple of years ago, we rescued two dogs who had been neglected. We > > wanted to reassure them that everything was fine in their new home and > > one of all the things we did, laughing seem to make them more at ease > > with us. We would laugh at everything and they seemed to understand > > our laughter. I've also seen the same with children. What is more fun > > and reassuring to children than laughter. > > > On Jul 13, 6:04 pm, hsamand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On page 111 in Coyote Healing, the miracle of healing laughter is > > > mentioned. I have also heard of Laugh Therapy that involves a group of > > > people who experience forced laughter at first that leads to real > > > laughter. The resulting 'real' laughter is therapeutic. What do you > > > think about laughter as medicine? How powerful is a contagious smile? > > > Lewis spoke in class about white people having anxious faces in the > > > eyes of a Native American. Andrei spoke of the greedy anthropologist > > > faces desperate to find something. Do Westerners just need a good > > > laugh? Maybe you ought to tell me a joke..- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CulturalandTraditionalHealthandHealing" group. To post to this group, send email to culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ca/group/culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
