The Laughter Path of Ascent
There is a path of ascent in a laughter session to the laughter heights. A laughter glide path, as it were. A path that takes the laughter to lofty places and stays there for a while. The starting angle can’t be too steep. It needs to build a gradually. The first five to ten minutes in a laughter session are critical. It makes or breaks the remaining session.
Sometimes strong laughter erupts at the start. But it can’t be sustained and will get too tiring. It may also provoke a withdrawal. One’s subconscious may ask “what is this person doing to me?” out of fear. And laughter dries up.
Another situation where the laughter gets off on the wrong footing – if its provoked by humor, especially verbal, by the well intentioned member. The laughter then has no legs, needing someone to constantly make the next funny comment or gesture to keep it alive. It’ll be hard for the laughter to sustain height.
To ascend to those heights the laughter needs to start slowly and build gradually. The ideal glide path – a slow gradual start where laughter builds, ascends of its own accord.
Once it attains height, if the laughter stays aloft long enough, there is the possibility of the post laughter club endorphin rush. Everything will be alright for the next few days. But boy does Mother Nature make us work for it!