Hello Pil-ogies!
Welcome to another fun filled week of Pil-oga-robics. Can you believe that it is already our second training week in August?! Time just flies on by when you are having this much balanced butt-kicking fun. Our seriously silly theme this week is LAUGHTER. Turns out there is alot of positive health benifits from just getting some good giggle time in your day. So laugh it up...
pil-oga-robic | MIND "What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul." Yiddish Proverb
-Emotional responses appear to be confined to specific areas of the brain, while laughter seems to be produced via a circuit that runs through many regions of the brain. Thanks to How Stuff Works.
-Humor can help us to view life in a more light-hearted manner, thus reducing our stress. 'Stress Without Distress' by Hans Seyle.
-Positive emotions can create neurochemical changes that will buffer the immunosuppressive effects of stress.
-Laughter is contagious - share it with others and watch everyone's perspective change.
-With a lighthearted attitude, events that would normally be annoying become amusing; big hassles become humorously absurd; major stressors become really great stories waiting to be told.
pil-oga-robic | BODY "Laughter is inner jogging." Norman Cousins
- Michael Miller, M.D. of the University of Maryland did a study on the correlation between laughter and the heart: "We don't know yet why laughing protects the heart, but we know that mental stress is associated with impairment of the endothelium, the protective barrier lining our blood vessels. This can cause a series of inflammatory reactions that lead to fat and cholesterol build-up in the coronary arteries and ultimately to a heart attack...people with heart disease responded less humorously to everyday life situations. They generally laughed less, even in positive situations, and they displayed more anger and hostility."
- Laughter has been found to strengthen the immune system, reduce food cravings and increase your threshold for pain.
-And...It's a great ab workout!!!!
pil-oga-robic | WELLNESS "At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities." Jean Houston
The Secret Diary of a Cat:
DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from shredding on the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant and cough it up on the carpeting.
DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair... must try this on their bed (again).
DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts.
Here are a few videos to make you chuckle:-)
laughing baby | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0K7l6IGM0w&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Jim Gaffigan's hot pocket stand up | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs
Walk it out | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU3N5c2Kxnw
Have a hilarious weekend!
Hannah + Ishbel
Welcome to another fun filled week of Pil-oga-robics. Can you believe that it is already our second training week in August?! Time just flies on by when you are having this much balanced butt-kicking fun. Our seriously silly theme this week is LAUGHTER. Turns out there is alot of positive health benifits from just getting some good giggle time in your day. So laugh it up...
pil-oga-robic | MIND "What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul." Yiddish Proverb
-Emotional responses appear to be confined to specific areas of the brain, while laughter seems to be produced via a circuit that runs through many regions of the brain. Thanks to How Stuff Works.
-Humor can help us to view life in a more light-hearted manner, thus reducing our stress. 'Stress Without Distress' by Hans Seyle.
-Positive emotions can create neurochemical changes that will buffer the immunosuppressive effects of stress.
-Laughter is contagious - share it with others and watch everyone's perspective change.
-With a lighthearted attitude, events that would normally be annoying become amusing; big hassles become humorously absurd; major stressors become really great stories waiting to be told.
pil-oga-robic | BODY "Laughter is inner jogging." Norman Cousins
- Michael Miller, M.D. of the University of Maryland did a study on the correlation between laughter and the heart: "We don't know yet why laughing protects the heart, but we know that mental stress is associated with impairment of the endothelium, the protective barrier lining our blood vessels. This can cause a series of inflammatory reactions that lead to fat and cholesterol build-up in the coronary arteries and ultimately to a heart attack...people with heart disease responded less humorously to everyday life situations. They generally laughed less, even in positive situations, and they displayed more anger and hostility."
- Laughter has been found to strengthen the immune system, reduce food cravings and increase your threshold for pain.
-And...It's a great ab workout!!!!
pil-oga-robic | WELLNESS "At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities." Jean Houston
The Secret Diary of a Cat:
DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from shredding on the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant and cough it up on the carpeting.
DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair... must try this on their bed (again).
DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts.
Here are a few videos to make you chuckle:-)
laughing baby | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0K7l6IGM0w&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Jim Gaffigan's hot pocket stand up | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs
Walk it out | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU3N5c2Kxnw
Have a hilarious weekend!
Hannah + Ishbel
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