Laughter yoga — a new form of exercise that, like yoga, also started in India, that gives you spiritual satisfaction, stress relief and better health, has been gaining followers in the United States and around the world.

Last year, the Lebanese physiotherapist, Liliane Akiki, took it one step further. As the first "laughter therapist" in Lebanon and the Middle East, she launched classees for refugees suffering from a wide-range of trauma, according to the AFP report below.

Find a Laughing Yoga class in your area by searching at: www.laughteryoga.org

(WATCH the Gulf News and AFP reports below)

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