Enchanted
Movie Review: A must see movie for all Lauhgter Yogis.
Read on to see why
The movie I chose to watch was the Disney movie “Enchanted”. It was recommended by my daughter as it is her favorite movie. The story is about a Princess who goes from a land where everything is idea and she is to marry her Prince Edwards to New York City where life is far from ideal. A divorce lawyer rescues her from her plight of having no where to stay and they gradually fall in love when suddenly her Prince Edwards comes to rescue her and take her back to their ideal land. She no longer loves him and ends up staying with the lawyer but as Prince Edwards life is ideal he falls in love with the lawyer’s, now, ex-girlfriend and she goes back to the ideal land with him.
The element of the movie that I liked was the way the Princess always saw the good side of everything and would compliment people on even the smallest of things. She was thankful for peoples’ kindnesses towards her and thanked them. She would sing when she was happy and loved life. I compared her outlook on life to what we do when we smile and laugh in our Laughter Yoga class. Life can seem difficult and almost unbearable at times, yet when we smiled and laugh; It helps us change our outlook on life and find there is always something to be thankful for. Laughter Yoga teaches its students that laughter helps us in physical and emotional ways and that we don’t need to be happy to laugh. We learn the joy of laughter and how it can help in all of life’s challenges.
In his book, Laugh for No Reason, Dr. Madan Kataria says the aim of Laughter Yoga is ‘“Health and Happiness through Laughter and the Spirit of Laughter,” where the spirit of laughter is not only making oneself happy; but also making others happy.’ This movie exemplifies this goal. Just as the Princess was not always happy with her situation, she was still happy, could smile and laugh, care for those around her, and make others happy. TThis is an excellent movie and is an excellent example of how Laughter Yoga can help a person in their life.
