Laughter Workshop – Special Guests
Laura Gentry
Laura is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She is a master trainer of laughter yoga and was named a Laughter Ambassador by Laughter Club International for her creative contributions to world laughter.
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Jason Freeman
Jason Freeman, LSW, MFA is a Certified Laughter Coach (C.LC.) and a “Follow Your Own Lead” Walking Coach. A speech impediment resulting from a birth injury caused Jason to struggle with self-confidence his whole life. Through Laughter Yoga Jason found his voice and now coaches others to live their lives to the fullest.
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Katie West
Katie is the founder of The Levity Institute, a life coaching, training, research and social change building organization. Katie works with individuals to incorporate the idea of laughter and levity into their experience through one-on-one and small group coaching, as well as by speaking to organizations about the power of lightness in company culture. She is also the founder of The Levity Project a social movement that embodies the idea that positive change begins first with each of us choosing to be an agent of change.


"...Laughter is such a community-builder! We feel more connected to those with whom we laugh. That was the case for me at the Health Ministry Conference [after experiencing Laughter Yoga]. Many of us who shared that experience are still talking about it - and laughing, too"