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Lā ʻakaʻaka o ka ʻōpū honua

Ua ʻike paha ʻoe ʻo Ianuali 24 Lā ʻakaʻaka o ka ʻōpū honua? Āʻoia. He lā ia e hoʻokaʻawale ai kākou i kahi manawa e hoʻomaha ai mai ka honua aku, e hoʻolei i ko kākou mau poʻo i hope, a e ʻakaʻaka maoli. Pono e hana ʻia kēia ma 1:24pm, ʻoiai makemake wau e koho i kēlā me kēia manawa ma ka lā 24.

He lā hoʻomaha hou ka Global Belly Laugh Day ʻaʻole i puni i ka makahiki 2005, i ka manawa i manaʻo ai ʻo Elain Helle, he Kumu Laughter Yoga i hōʻoia ʻia i ka pono e hoʻokō ʻia. Hauʻoli wau no ka mea ua hana ʻo ia i kēia lā hoʻomaha - a ke manaʻo nei au i kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka manawa, hiki iā mākou ke pōmaikaʻi i ka ʻakaʻaka liʻiliʻi.

Ua ʻike au ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma hope o ka ʻakaʻaka maikaʻi; ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu, hauʻoli. Ua ʻike maoli au i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻakaʻaka i nā manawa pilikia; i kekahi manawa ʻo ia wale nō kāu hiki ke hana. A maopopo iā ʻoe ke aha? No ka paʻakikī o ke kūlana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu manaʻo ma hope o ka ʻakaʻaka maikaʻi, ʻoiai no kekahi mau manawa.

Manaʻoʻiʻo a ʻaʻole paha, nui nā pono i kākau ʻia i ka ʻakaʻaka. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hōʻike ʻia e hoʻemi i ke kaumaha. ʻOiaʻiʻo, alakaʻi maoli ia i kekahi mau hoʻololi kino i kou kino. Wahi a ka Mayo Clinic, kekahi mau pōmaikaʻi pōkole o ka ʻakaʻaka:[1]

  1. Hoʻoulu i kou mau kino: Hoʻonui ka ʻakaʻaka i kou lawe ʻana i ka ea waiwai nui o ka oxygen, hoʻoulu i kou puʻuwai, nā māmā a me nā ʻiʻo, a hoʻonui i nā endorphins i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e kou lolo.
  2. Hoʻola a hoʻomaha i kāu pane pilikia: Hoʻomaka ka ʻakaʻaka ʻakaʻaka a hoʻomaha i kāu pane koʻikoʻi, a hiki ke hoʻonui a hoʻemi i kou puʻuwai a me ke kahe koko. ʻO ka hopena? ʻO kahi manaʻo maikaʻi, hoʻomaha.
  3. Hoʻopau i ka pilikia: Hiki i ka ʻakaʻaka ke hoʻoulu i ka holo ʻana a kōkua i ka hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ʻana o ka ʻiʻo, ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i kekahi o nā hōʻailona kino o ke kaumaha.

Hoʻonui ka ʻakaʻaka i nā endorphins a hoʻemi i nā hormones stress e like me cortisol, dopamine a me epinephrine.[2] He mea lele a he mea nui ia o ka pilina pilikanaka. Ke kaʻana like nei mākou i ka ʻakaʻaka me nā hoaaloha a me nā mea aloha, a i ʻole nā ​​malihini ma ke alanui, ʻaʻole wale mākou e pōmaikaʻi pākahi, pōmaikaʻi mākou ma ke ʻano he hui. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻike nā noiʻi noiʻi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka ʻakaʻaka i nā endorphins i loko o ka lolo, kahi e alakaʻi ai i nā manaʻo palekana a hui pū.[3] Akā ʻaʻole pono mākou i ka noiʻi e haʻi iā mākou he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia. ʻEhia mau manawa āu i ʻike ai iā ʻoe iho e ʻakaʻaka ana i ka wā e ʻakaʻaka ana kekahi ma ke kīwī, a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai kāu hoaaloha e ʻakaʻaka? Aneane hiki ʻole ke hopu i ka ʻakaʻaka a kekahi (manaʻo maikaʻi) a hui pū.

Ua paʻakikī nā makahiki i hala iho nei; ʻaʻohe kumu o ka hoʻopaʻa kō i ka mea maopopo. ʻOiai i kēia manawa, ua hōʻike mua ʻo 2022 iā mākou i nā pilikia hou a me nā pilikia. No laila, ma ka lā 24 o Ianuali, e pōmaikaʻi paha kākou i ka lawe ʻana i kahi manawa e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻomanaʻo i kekahi o nā manawa hauʻoli, ʻakaʻaka i hana ʻia:

  1. He aha kāu i ʻakaʻaka ai?
  2. Ma hea ʻoe?
  3. ʻO wai ʻoe me?
  4. He aha nā ʻala āu e hoʻomanaʻo ai?
  5. He aha nā kani āu e hoʻomanaʻo ai?

Ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻo EE Cummings i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻo ka mea ʻino loa o nā lā āpau ʻo ia ka ʻakaʻaka ʻole." Mai hoʻonele kākou i nā lā ma 2022.

[1] https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044456

[2] https://www.verywellmind.com/the-stress-management-and-health-benefits-of-laughter-3145084

[3] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201709/the-neuroscience-contagious-laughter