Summary: <h3><em>Healing The Self Is Hilariously Simple</em></h3><p>Michael Murphy is a live poet, performance dancer, and transcendental joker who spreads the cosmic giggle everywhere he goes. Today we're diving into Laughter Yoga, a powerful practice that Michael teaches in festival workshops. </p><p><br></p><h3> <em>Follow Michael on Instagram</em> <a href="http://instagram.com/smurphythesquizzard" target="_blank"><strong>@smurphythesquizzard</strong></a><strong> </strong> </h3><h3><br></h3><h2><strong>JOIN INNERVERSE PLUS+</strong></h2><p><em>Get double length interview conversations, early podcast access and more, while supporting Chance and InnerVerse with your energy!</em></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/27178219" target="_blank"><strong>Check out this episode's Plus+ Extension!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/innerverse" target="_blank">patreon.com/innerverse</a></p><h3><br></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>SUPPORT INNERVERSE WITH SECRET ENERGY POWER-UPS</strong></h3><ul> <li>Purchases at the Secret Energy Shop Through This Link Will Support InnerVerse with a 9% Commission - <a href="https://www.secretenergy.com/?ref=chancegarton" target="_blank"><strong>Go To Secret Energy</strong></a> </li> <li>Become a Secret Energy affiliate and generate Karma Free wealth - <a href="https://affiliate.secretenergy.com/programs/secret-energy-sovereign-program/signup/?via=464858" target="_blank"><strong>Link To Spiritech Specialist Program</strong></a> </li> </ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3><strong>We Talked About…</strong></h3><ul> <li>Basic rules of engagement with Laughter Yoga</li> <li>Transforming trauma and stiffness into joyful healing with wordless laughter</li> <li>The Cosmic Giggle</li> <li>How Laughter Yoga uncovers the psychology of the joker archetype </li> <li>Magical laughing from the heart instead of laughing in judgment</li> <li>15 minutes of sustained laughter a day for optimal health </li> <li>Examining sitcoms and mainstream humor</li> <li>Internet trolling and the polarization of social media communication</li> <li>4-Chan and deep internet culture</li> <li>Technology and the Global Brain Theory </li> <li>Internet avatars and game characters as digital spirit guides</li> <li>Comparing video game experiences with internal shamanic spirit journeys</li> <li>Transcendental Sound Healing experiences</li> <li>Star nations and guidance from high vibration light beings</li> </ul><h3><br></h3><h3> <strong>Only In Plus+ (</strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/27178219" target="_blank"><strong>Subscribe!</strong></a><strong>)</strong> </h3><ul> <li>The adaptability of sound healing to fit the needs of the individual</li> <li>Michael shares inspiring synchronicity from YAM (Yoga-Art-Music) festival</li> <li>Magical games with Smurphy the Squizzard</li> <li>Dissection Chaotica and rememing, amplifying and transmuting words through poetry</li> <li>A live reading of poems about Neutrality and a Cherokee word: Gadugi </li> <li>The difference between spiritual time and circular artificial time</li> <li>Michael turns the tables and questions me about the geometry of the Cosmic Egg model of the universe</li> <li>Becoming the serpent tamer of the Kundalini force</li> </ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3><strong>MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE</strong></h3><ul> <li>Intro - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/gotups43/foggy-dreams-1" target="_blank">"Foggy Dreams"</a> by <strong>Wisdom Traders </strong> </li> <li>Outro - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/realjonteal/axolotl?in=realjonteal/sets/aquatica-ep" target="_blank">"Axolotl"</a> & <a href="https://soundcloud.com/realjonteal/activated?in=realjonteal/sets/limbic-resonance" target="_blank">"Activated"</a> by <strong>Jonteal</strong> </li> </ul><p><br></p><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>INTERESTING QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE</strong></h3><ul> <li>“It’s a deep form of healing when you are able to pull things into your awareness and laugh at them.”</li> <li>“Laughter is a transmutation, it takes whatever energy you feed into it and transmutes it into joy.”</li> </ul><p><br></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
