CONSPIRACY DOCUMENTARY.
SO YOU'VE HEARD THE PHRASE,
LAUGHTERRER IS THE BEST
MEDICINE, BUT THIS WOMAN IS
TAKING THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, SORT
OF.
AMERICA'S TOP CERTIFIED LAUGHTER
THERAPIST SPREADING THE JOY AND
HEALING POWER WHEREVER SHE GOES.
TODAY SHE IS SPREADING IT WITH
US IN THE STUDIO.
KATIE IS HERE WITH US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
THANK YOU.
Kumasi: I HAVE NEVER HEARD
OF A LAUGHTER THERAPIST.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A
THING.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU
WANTED TO DO LAUGHTER THERAPY
AND BECOME A THERAPIST?
WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A
COMEDIAN.
I'M A STAND-UP COMIC.
SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF COMEDY
BEFORE.
AND I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE THAT
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL
BRAIN TUMOR AND DIDN'T HAVE A
LOT OF SENSE OF HUMOR AND I
COULDN'T FIND A WAY OF HOW COULD
I SHARE WITH HER, HER LIFE OR,
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE HAD TO LIVE
WITHOUT JUST SAYING JOKES ALL
THE TIME.
SO I DID MY RESEARCH AND FOUND
LAUGHTER THERAPY.
ACTUALLY CERTIFIED IN LAUGHTER
THERAPY.
IT IS -- I HOPE PEOPLE -- I HELP
PEOPLE LAW FIRM, I GIVE THEM
PERMISSION TO LAW FIRM.
THERE ARE EXERCISES THAT -- TO
LAUGH.
THERE ARE EXERCISES THAT YOU DO
TO PROMOTE LAUGHTER.
YOU GO ON THE TREADMILL, IT IS
ALSO LIKING A MILD CARDIO
VASCULAR BUT THE EFFECTS OF IT
IS LAUGHTER.
Kumasi: WHAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT YOU WERE
DOING BEFORE AS A COMEDIAN JUST
TELLING JOKES AND GETTING PEOPLE
TO LAUGH.
WHAT MAKES LAUGHTER THERAPY?
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT IT
IS COMEDY YOU IS ROUTINES AND
YOU HAVE JOKES AND YOU HAVE
PUNCHLINES.
LAUGHTER THERAPY, THERE ARE
EXERCISES BASED ON THE THREE
STILLABLES OF LAUGHTER, HO HO,
HA, HA HARKS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY A JOKE
THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT
LAUGHTER EXERCISE.
SO I HELP PEOPLE PROVOKE
LAUGHTER IN THEIR LIVES SO THEY
CAN BE HAPPIER THROUGHOUT WORK,
THEY CAN GET TOGETHER, TEAMWORK
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THEY PRODUCE MORE WHEN THEY'RE
AT WORK, YOU KNOW, HAPPY PEOPLE,
I SAW YOU, YOU'RE VERY HAPPY.
Kumasi: I AM.
YOU KNOW I WANT TO SEE SOME OF
THESE EXERCISE, AT LEAST ONCE.
I'M GOING THE SHOW YOU ONE
THAT IS A LOT OF FUN AND THIS IS
ONE THAT EVERYBODY DOES EVERY
DAY AND THEY DON'T REALIZE IT.
OKAY AND IT IS SELFEDIE, WHEN
YOU'RE GOING THE DO A SELFIE
YOU'RE POSING AND TRYING TO DO
IT THE RIGHT WAY AND SMILE AND
LOOK SEXY, WHAT AM I GOING THE
DO.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE POSES
THE FIRST POSE WE'RE GOING THE
BE VERY CONCERNED LIKE WHAT IS
IT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
THE SECOND POSE, WE'RE GOING THE
BE VERY SEXY AND THE THIRD POSE
WE'RE GOING THE BURST IN
LAUGHTER.
SO EVERY TIME WE DO ONE, EVERY
TIME WE DO ONE, WE'RE GOING TO
GO OH, OH.
AND THE LAUGHTER.
Kumasi: I KNOW I'M LAUGHING
AND I'M NOT EVEN DOING IT.
HERE WE GO, THE FIRST I'M
VERY CONCERNED.
, AND THE SECOND ONE, SEXY, OH.
I SEE YOU PRACTICED THAT ONE,
YOU DO THAT ONE VERY WELL.
AND THE LAST ONE, LAUGHING.
THERE YOU GO.
Kumasi: THAT DID MAKE ME
LAUGH AND IS FUN.
LAUGHTER IS CONTAGIOUS, WHEN
YOU HAVE 1,000 PEOPLE AND
THEY'RE ALL DOING IT, THEY'RE
USING A VIRTUAL PHONE, IT IS
LIKE PLAYING.
Kumasi: WHO DO YOU THE THIS
WITH?
IS IT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH
ILLNESSES?
IT IS FOR CORPORATIONS, IT
IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IT IS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
THROUGH ADVERSITY, PEOPLE THAT
THEY HAVE TO GRIEVE BUT THERE IS
A MOMENT WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY
FEEL HAPPY.
HAPPINESS IS PART OF WELL-BEING.
IT IS PART OF BEING HEALTHIER.
AND IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT
HAPPIER PEOPLE COULD -- PRODUCE
MORE, WORK TOGETHER MORE AND
LIVE LONGER.
SO LAUGHTER IS, IT HELPS
EVERYBODY AND EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE
OF LIFE.
Kumasi: THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'VE ENJOYED LEARNING MORE
ABOUT.
THIS IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT LAUGHTER THERAPY, WE'VE
PUT A LINK TO HER WEB SITE ON