Laughter Yoga in London and the UK

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Laughter Festival 2014

Dr Kataria with Julie, Lotte and Robin Graham, organiser of the Manchester Laughter Festival.

TV Appearances

Lotte, together with Laughter Network, has been featured together on Eggheads, as well as individually Julie Whitehead has appeared on Sunday Brunch, This Morning, Des & Mel, Terry & Gaby, Russel Grant, Fit Farm, Richard & Judy and the Salon, and Lotte has appeared on MK Sky, TOWIE, BBC Look North, ITV Alan Titchmarsh Show, Made TV Birmingham, Conscious TV, and ITV Lorraine.

Radio and TV Interviews

  • 10 June 2005 6:20 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – Drive Time with Katherine Boyle
  • 13 April 2006 1:40 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – Katherine Boyle live – radio interview
  • 05 May 2006 2:10 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – Katherine Boyle live – radio interview
  • 07 May 2006 8:40 am – BBC Asian Network – Hot Breakfast with Tazeen Ahmad
  • 22 July 2006 11:00 am – Aylesbury Vale’s Mix 96 – Saturday Alternative, Fiona Faulkner
  • 27 Feb 2007 5:45 pm – BBC 3Counties Radio – radio interview
  • 12 April 2007 5:50 pm – MK TV (Sky Channel 227) – MK Tonight – TV interview
  • 23 April 2007 12:30 pm BBC 3Counties Radio – Justin Dealey and Jane Killich
  • 06 May 2007 9:10 am BBC Asian Network – radio interview about World Laughter Day
  • February 2008 8:45 am – BBC 3Counties Radio – Katherine Boyle live – radio interview
  • 27 Feb 2008 6:00 pm – BBC2 Eggheads – The Laughter Network  on Eggheads
  • 19 Sep 2008 7:30 am – BBC 3Counties Radio – Breakfast Show with Stephen Rhodes
  • 04 Oc 2008 8:55 am – BBC 3Counties Radio – Saturday Show with Howard Hughes
  • 16 Sep 2009 8:00am – BBC Radio Scotland – MacAulay & Co – radio interview
  • 26 Feb 2010 – Hertbeat FM – radio interview regarding working with MIND
  • 06 July 2010 3:05pm – LBC Radio London – Jeni Barnett – radio interview
  • 21 Oct 2010 5:30pm – Verulam Radio – West Herts Drivetime with Danny Smith
  • 17 Jan 2011 10:15am – BBC Radio Newcastle – Jonathan Miles – radio interview
  • 01 Feb 2011 5:30pm – Verulam Radio – West Herts Drivetime with Danny Smith
  • 15 July 2011 4:00pm – ONFM London – with Samira Kiyani – radio interview
  • 04 Aug 2011 10:00pm – BBC Radio Leeds – with Dominique Busby – radio interview
  • 14 Sep 2011 8:30am – BBC Radio Sheffield – launch of Oxford Uni research
  • 05 Jan 2012 5:30pm – Verulam Radio – West Herts Drivetime with Danny Smith
  • 25 Jan 2012 8:15pm – Radio Verulam Spiritual Matters with Energy Brown+Liz Kaloczi
  • 25 Oc 2012 8:15pm – Radio Inspired Talk Matters with Energy Brown
  • 08 Nov 2012 3:00pm – ITV Alan Titchmarsh Show – ‘making Britain happy’
  • 21 Jan 2013 12:35pm BBC Radio Leeds about Blue Monday – radio interview
  • 02 July 2013 3:50pm BBC 3Counties Radio – Roberto Perrone live – radio interview
  • 16 Sep 2013 BBC Inside Out South – featuring The Telephone Laughter Club
  • 05 June 2014 BuzzFeed – I joined a Telephone Laughter Club by Ailbhe Malone
  • 10 June 2014 RTE Radio Dublin – featuring The Telephone Laughter Club
  • Jan 2016 Conscious 2 – filming for Let’s Get Spiritual documentary series
  • March 2016 Endemol – filming for online documentary series
  • May 2016 Local FM Radio Sunderland – World Laughter Day and Angel of the North
  • Oct 2017 The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) – Laughter Therapy with the Cast
  • 09 Nov 2016 BBC Radio Leicester – Telephone Laughter interview with Jo Hayward
  • 09 Nov 2016 BBC Radio Nottingham – Telephone Laughter interview
  • 30 Nov 2017  Made TV Birmingham – Laughter Therapy on The Big Daily
  • 15 Jan 2018 BBC Radio Leeds – Laughter Yoga in Halifax for Blue Monday
  • 15 Jan 2018 BBC Look North – Laughter Yoga with Pladis Global McVities
  • 25 March 2018 talkRADIO Steph & Dom Radio Show – IS laughter really the best medicine? Choose time track 11-11:30 and go to 26:25 approx 12 minutes long
  • 11 September 2018 Channel 4 4Music Trending Live with AJ and Jimmy
  • 26 September 2018 Radio Humberside interview for happiness themed week
  • 28 January 2019 London University Radio Project
  • 20 March 2019 MageQuill Interview with Swara Shukla
  • 20 March 2019 talkRADIO Eamonn Holmes
  • 05 May 2019 Chat & Spin Radio – World Laughter Day
  • 02 August 2019 BBC 3Counties Radio Nick Coffer discussing Laughter Yoga
  • 29 August 2019 ITV Lorraine introducing Laughter Yoga with Andi Peters
  • 20 January 2020 talkRADIO with Darryl Morris – Laughter Yoga and Blue Monday
  • 14 April 2020 BBC Radio interviews on 14 stations from 8am to 10pm covering Stoke, Somerset, Wiltshire, Surrey, Cambridge, Tees, Scotland, Leeds, Manchester, Shropshire, Cumbria, Berkshire, Kent and Cornwall
  • 26 April 2020 BBC Three Counties Radio
  • 05 May 2020 TalkRADIO with Darryl Morris
  • 08 May 2020 BBC Three Counties Radio
  • 11 May 2020 ITV News – Sally Weather
  • 23 May 2020 BBC Billboard
  • June 2020 Arts E.X.P.L.A.I.N.E.D Podcast Interview with Rachel and Frances
  • June 2020 The For You YouTube Channel – Resident Laughter Yoga video provider for the channel
  • 27 June 2020 BBC Radio 1 with Alice and Dev re Glastonbury cheer-up
  • 07 November 2020 lululemn interview with Charline Barton
  • December 2021 The Fertility Podcast – Natalie Silverman
  • 20 February 2021 Right Up My Podcast – Gwen and Kate
  • 19 March 2021 Voice of Islam Radio
  • 27 April 2021 Self Card Club Podcast – Lauren and nicole
  • April 2021 Savvy Startup Podcast – irene Moore
  • May 2021 ITV Martin and Roman’s Weekend Best
  • 24 September 2021 Inside Culture – Stewart Houston
  • 17 September 2021 Voice of Islam – Naveeda Amjad
  • 20 October 2021 4TN Wellbeing Podcast – Amanda Peet

Newspapers and Magazines

  • 12 May 2005 – Luton Herald & Post – A LOTTE laughter is the best medicine by Bev Creagh
  • 03 June 2005 – St. Albans Review – Learning to laugh again by Caroline Cook
  • 03 June 2005 – Hendon & Finchley Times – Learning to laugh again by Caroline Cook
  • 03 June 2005 – Edgeware & Mill Hill Times – Learning to laugh again by Caroline Cook
  • 17 June 2005 – BBC 3Counties – Is laughter really the best medicine by Katy Lewis
  • 11 July 2005 – St. Albans Review – Stress can be a laughing matter
  • 11 July 2005 – St. Albans Observer – Stress can be a laughing matter
  • 26 Jan 2006 – WeightWatchers Mind Body Soul – Laughter Therapy by Roz Lewis
  • 08 Feb 2006 – Optima Magazine – We have ways of making you laugh! by P Shields
  • April 2006 – Being Girl – Get fit and have a laugh by Ruth Jamieson
  • May 2006 – HertsNews – World Laughter Day
  • 07 June 2006 – Carers Org – Laughter Yoga Workshop announcement for Carers
  • 28 Sep 2007 – SUR in English – Southern Spain – Your Health by Emma Pomfret
  • August 2008 Cosmopolitan UK
  • 14 August 2008 Urban Junkies about launch of Glaceau Vitamin Water
  • 29 Sep 2008 BBC 3Counties – Laughter is still the best medicine by Katy Lewis
  • 02 October 2008 – Herts Advertiser – by Charlotte Morgan
  • December 2008 – Herts Lifestyle – by Abena Bailey
  • December 2008 – Our St. Albans – Laugh for No Reason by Lotte Mikkelsen
  • January 2009 – Candis Magazine
  • June 2009 – Daily Express – Telephone Laughter Club article
  • July 2009 – The Lady – feature about comedy and laughter
  • 23 February 2010 – Women’s Weekly – well-being pages
  • September 2010 – Elle Magazine – feature about laughter and health
  • February 2011 – Glamour Magazine – Laughter Yoga
  • May 2011 – Saga Magazine – health benefits and laughter
  • January 2012 – Spirit and Destiny – Laughter Yoga
  • January 2012 – Cambridge News – Laughter Yoga
  • August 2012 – OM Magazine – laughter and benefits
  • August 2012 – Shortlist Magazine – health and laughter
  • January 2013 – Life & Living Magazine – Laughter is the best Medicine
  • February 2013 – Looking Good Magazine – Articles for the Blind
  • June 2013 – The Independent – Laughter Inc.
  • July 2013 – The Daily Telegraph – Now there is proof…
  • August 2013 – Top Santé Magazine – Laughter the best Medicine
  • September 2013 – Prima Magazine – Laughter Yoga article
  • April 2014 – Cultivate your Happiness by Emma Letessier
  • 05 June 2014 BuzzFeed – I joined a Telephone Laughter Club by Ailbhe Malone
  • July 2016 – Healthy Magazine – Laughter Therapy article
  • August 2016 Tatler Magazine – featuring The Telephone Laughter Club by Ian Ramsey
  • 04 January 2017 – Boots Health and Beauty Magazine – How I (re)learned to laugh by Robyn Wilder
  • 15 January 2018 Halifax Courier – Lessons in laughter for staff at Halifax Factory will blow those Blue Monday blues away!
  • January 2018 – Federation of Holistic Therapists Magazine Article
  • February 2018 – Bella Magazine
  • April 2018 – Hertfordshire Life
  • April 2018 – Psychologies Magazine ‘Mini Mindfulness’
  • May 2018 – Spirit & Destiny – Laughter Yoga for instant Happiness
  • 2019 – Happiful Magazine
  • June 2019 – Unlikely Positions in Unlikely Places – a Yoga Journey through the UK by Elizabeth Gowing – chapter on Laughter Yoga
  • September 2019 – Waitrose & Partners Health Magazine – article on Laughter yoga
  • 08 October 2019 – Liz Early Wellbeing – by Amy Moore
  • November 2019 – Natural Health – by Liz Frost
  • 22 January 2020 – GoodtoKnow – Laughter Yoga: Everything you need to know by Bess Browning
  • April 2020 – Red Magazine – by Anna Bonet
  • May 2020 – Hertfordshire Life – by Caroline Thain
  • May 2020 – Femina Denmark – by Christina Bølling
  • 18 May 2020 – My News Magazine
  • June 2020 – Health & Wellbeing Magazine – Anna Blewett
  • December 2021 – William Grant Interview – Zoe Gallagher
  • January 2021 Sunday Mirror – Emma Pearson
  • April 2021 – KeiSei Magazine – Eleonora Cerasoli
  • August 2021 – Good Housekeeping – Lynn Cardy
  • 25 October 2021 – The Sun – Amy Jones
  • December 2021 – Psychologies – Eve
  • December 2021 – Stylist – Kerry Law
  • December 2021 – Planet Mindful – Deborah Gray
  • February 2022 – GoodHousekeeping Magazine – Kerry Law
  • February 2022 – Waitrose Magazine Online – Alexandra Causer
  • February 2022 – Optimum nutrition – Catherine Morgan
  • March 2022 Feel Good You Magazine – Deb Waters