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Doctor Madan Kataria invented Laughter Yoga.
马登·卡塔利亚医生发明了爱笑瑜伽。
He is a doctor in Mumbai, India.
他是印度孟买的一名医生。
Doctor Kataria believed that people had forgotten how to really laugh.
卡塔利亚医生认为，人们已经忘记了如何真正地笑。
For a long time, he researched laughter.
在很长一段时间里，他一直在研究笑。
Through his research he made an interesting discovery.
通过研究，他有了一个有趣的发现。
The human mind does not know the difference between forced laughter and real laughter.
人类的大脑分不清强笑和真正的笑之间的区别。
Forced laughter can lead to a feeling of happiness.
强笑可以带来幸福感。
And then Doctor Kataria had the idea for a group of people who would laugh together.
然后卡塔利亚医生想到了一个主意，让一群人一起笑。
The laughter could improve people’s lives.
笑可以改善人们的生活。
Doctor Kataria gathered a few of his friends together.
卡塔利亚医生召集了几个朋友。
They met in a public park in Mumbai. Doctor Kataria says:
他们在孟买的一个公园见面。卡塔利亚医生说：
“I told my friends, this is not a laughing matter. It is not something silly.
“我告诉我的朋友们，这不是一件可笑的事情。这不是一件愚蠢的事情。
It is a very serious thing that we have forgotten to laugh.
忘记笑是一件非常严重的事情。
Let us do laughter as a sort of exercise.”
让我们把笑当作一种锻炼吧。”
That small group grew and grew!
那个小组的规模越来越大！
And this is how people do Laughter Yoga today.
从而形成了如今人们做爱笑瑜伽的方式。
People doing Laughter Yoga usually meet together in a Laughter Club.
做爱笑瑜伽的人通常在爱笑俱乐部聚集。
Doctor Kataria’s friends formed the first Laughter Club. That was in 1995.
卡塔利亚医生的朋友们成立了第一个爱笑俱乐部。那是在1995年。
Today, over 5,000 laughter clubs exist.
如今，有超过5000个爱笑俱乐部。
And these laughter clubs meet in 53 countries.
这些爱笑俱乐部分布在53个国家。
Anyone can join a laughter club.
任何人都可以加入爱笑俱乐部。
And it is usually free!
而且它通常是免费的！
But what exactly do people do at a Laughter Club?
但人们在爱笑俱乐部里都做些什么呢？
People in Laughter Yoga meetings usually perform a series of exercises.
人们在一起做爱笑瑜伽时通常会做一系列的动作。
They say these exercises are physically useful.
他们说，这些动作对身体很有用。
But they are also simple and gentle.
但它们也很简单和平缓。
The exercises include body movement, correct breathing, and of course, laughter!
这些动作包括肢体动作、正确的呼吸，当然还有大笑！
At the beginning of the meeting, people may have to force themselves to laugh.
在聚会开始时，人们可能不得不强迫自己笑。
But by the end, everyone is usually laughing in a real way!
但到最后，每个人通常都在真正地笑！
Each meeting is a little different.
每次聚会都有一点不同。
But there are common exercises groups may do.
但也有一些小组可以做的常见动作。
