Nira in Media

There’s a great deal of interest in my motivational speaking and my LaughingRx Laughter Wellness programs on happiness, laughter, joy, and stress reduction! I have been featured frequently in the media worldwide from Singapore to Cape Town and throughout the USA.

Find links to some of them below.

TV Interviews

Laughter benefits & team building

Nira Berry, TV interview

Nira Berry, LaughingRx

Seniors Today 115 May 2012 - Nira Berry

"Recharge Your Marriage"

Nira Berry, Speaker Corporate team building laughter events. laughingRx

Leading a laughter yoga class for breast cancer survivors

Nira Berry, leading laughter seminar

Print Media

“Endorphins- happy hormones, get released when laughing, which helps everyone feel upbeat, more positive, optimistic, and able to handle situations better,” Nira Berry, president of LaughingRx and laughter yoga teacher, told the Levo (League). “Also cortisol levels go down, reducing stress, which brings down everyone’s anxiety levels.”

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Following a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2001, Nira began seeking ways to ease the pain and weakness she was experiencing from the treatments. That’s when she came across research suggesting that laughter can affect stress, pain, mood and even the immune system.

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Berry teaches laughter yoga, a series of role-playing exercises and relaxation routines that allow people to laugh out loud without trying to crack jokes. She has a motto for newcomers who don’t think they can force their way into authentic guffaws: “You fake it until you make it.”

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Newspaper & Magazines

Laughter: My Medicine of Choice. How Laughing Keeps You Happy and Sane at Work

Two weeks ago, I awoke at 6:30 a.m. with a tingly face and sore abdominal muscles. A few minutes’ reflections led me to the conclusion that the previous evening’s incessant laughter with good friends was the culprit. It had been my final night in Washington DC before making the move to New York City, so my buddies and I enjoyed a last hurrah by cracking jokes, chatting over drinks, playing (or in my case, observing) Sega matches, reminiscing about our undergrad days, and exchanging funny stories. I hadn’t laughed so hard since summertime, and the release was much-needed amid a swift job change and relocation.

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The inventors of yoga thousands of years ago probably did not envision plastic camouflage helmets, conga lines or Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” as part of the practice. But Nira Berry doesn’t particularly care. In fact, she probably would laugh them off.

Berry teaches laughter yoga, a series of role-playing exercises and relaxation routines that allow people to laugh out loud without trying to crack jokes. She has a motto for newcomers who don’t think they can force their way into authentic guffaws: “You fake it until you make it.”

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Podcasts Nira has been featured in

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