Stress Management through Laughter: pathways to teambuilding
What makes for a good team, working together effectively?
How our laughter sessions can help.
Today’s world carries many stresses. From general stresses of managing the ‘day-to-day’ through inner, unresolved issues including emotions, fears, lack of forgiveness and overload. So many areas of life simply add more and more stress, while people compensate for the imbalance, often to avoid feeling what is stressing them in the first place.
While a certain amount of stress is healthy and indeed necessary for us to strive to achieve, it is all too easy for the stress to be in excess of what is for our good. Excess stress leads to a breakdown in the flow of health in the individual and therefore also, in the team.
How can a team function well if its individual members are unable to relax and fulfil their tasks? Issues that go unresolved accumulate more burdens that just get in the way. Open communication and group trust starts to close down. The team dynamic becomes heavier and the free flow of creativity, ideas and sharing diminishes.
When was the last time you heard your co-workers laughing, smiling - generally enjoying their work?
Our Laughter sessions are designed to help people to relax in a team situation and to release some of the pent up stresses that affect their health. A happy worker is an effective worker. A healthy team adds to the general wellbeing and productivity in the workplace. A healthy and buoyant team can help lift others to greater heights and achievement contributions
Health and wellbeing enable people to respond to situations positively. Enthusiasm is stimulated and creativity is freed up. Laughter and play release not only the stress but also allow an availability of extra energy that is generated when a group is functioning positively.
Laughter is natural and once the ‘emotional doorways’ are open, it becomes more a part of a person’s ability to respond in times of excess stress.
Remember the adage:
“Laugh now – and you will be more able to laugh in difficult times”.
© Greg Govinda 2007 |
