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Wearing a bright pink tank top, Celeste Greene pops off the Zoom screen, clapping as she chants: “HO HO. HA HA HA. HO HO. HA HA HA. YAY,” each smack of her hands punctuating her laugh. Greene is a certified laughter yoga teacher in Atlanta, and her online and in-person classes help reduce stress and increase the flow of oxygen to the brain. Greene, 42, became a certified laughter yoga leader in 2010 after she was laid off from her marketing job and came across a laughter yoga leader training in Florida. Her business now includes private workshops, leader trainings and three “laughter clubs” — free meetups, in-person and on Zoom. Her YouTube channel has nearly 9,000 subscribers. Laughter yoga began in Mumbai, India, in 1995 with a doctor named Madan Kataria. Today, Laughter Yoga International has 25,000 leaders in 130 countries.
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