laughter yoga

Spotlight on a T1 Marathon Runner with Great Diabetes Karma

By AllisonN on December 16, 2011

We love to spotlight our wonderful readers here at the ‘Mine, especially because we have some really fabulous, accomplished people in our community. For example, Caroline Sheehan, a type 1 PWD for 8 years, who recently won our giveaway of the book Your Medical Mind. Not only is Caroline a good friend of mine, but she’s an accomplished Laughter Yoga instructor (featured for that last Fall) and has run two marathons — and she’s only 25 years old!…

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Laughter Yoga: Easing a Lifetime of {?#*&%!} Diabetes

By AmyT on October 6, 2010

Yoga might seem intimidating to you, with all the bodily twists and turns. But there is a new kind of yoga that doesn’t involve any downward dogs or cobra stances. It’s called Laughter Yoga, and it’s a global movement. I kid you not. It’s based on the idea that laughter allows more oxygen into the body and brain, creating healthy effects. 
Caroline Sheehan, a 24-year-old PWD and ardent yoga practitioner, recently introduced Laughter Yoga to…

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