This is something Bunny, Christine and Eliz have discovered in their journeys to community cohesion, cameradership and collaboration amongs their learners. As Delightful Dawn (Psycho-therapis) said, it creates a habit of ritual and therefore glues those bonds tighter ;-)
A fab half-doze reasearch papers looking at the relationship of laughter, humour and health. This supports our emotional intellgience outlook, and social intelligence. You could call it social lubrication that expands our human horizons for possibility and social bonding ;o) Enjoy ;o)
Humour & laughter: health, imune system, wellbeing, etc. follow links at bottom to more fab free PDFs. To be linked to emotional intelligence please! - my lovely charity chums our humour, EI & Social Intelligence will help us reach learners and service users more effectively. Long live fun & humour ;o) convert the toxic avengers!
Yes, I guess I hadn't thought about it before but it does help that Christine and I give lots of laughs in our double act! You must see our impression of me (being me) talking to Gareth Malone (acted by CWP). This is one element that helps us to bond with our learners.