Yoga and Comedy The Best

Yoga is typically a quiet, calming practice that relieves stress with meditation and movement. Laughing is loud and shared with others. While those two activities might seem like complete opposites, comedians like Leon “Leroy” Walker, Jessica Brustad: The Funny Yogi, and Rach Cox: The Laughing Yogini have combined them and created an overall stressrelieving, fun practice!

All three of these comedians/yogis agree that laughing is one of the greatest stress relief practices and it can increase your mood Add it to yoga and feel totally stress-free!

Leon “Leroy” Walker is a comedian, actor, and yoga instructor Walker has changed his entire lifestyle, going from taking anger management classes to practicing yoga and comedy He often includes jokes about yoga in his shows.

Walker says that comedy and yoga help to relieve any negative feelings he might have in a healthy way. Practicing yoga helps him remember to practice other things in life, like his comedy and actively sees improvement after doing so Walker participates in and performs at yoga-comedy shows, which his Instagram calls “the most entertaining yoga you ll ever do.”

Jessica Brustad, the Funny Yogi, is a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader who focuses on comedy during sessions to bring joy and play back to adults With a background of improv, Brustad enjoys making others laugh, leading her to this path. Her website describes it as “recess for grown-ups ” Brustad has led teams from Google and Microsoft through laughter yoga sessions During these sessions she helps them relearn how to be playful Rach Cox, the Laughing Yogini, pinpoints laughter as an “official meditation technique” Like Walker, Cox sees laughter as a way to release negative emotions in a healthy way Laughter transforms what would be an angry outburst into something positive that can be shared with others, and it releases endorphins making you feel good Cox shares laughter with others during her Spiritual Stand-Up Comedy