
Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh.
The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles – “oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha” – soon ripples into genuine laughter, and she giddily kicks her feet.
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Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh.
The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles – “oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha” – soon ripples into genuine laughter, and she giddily kicks her feet.
She is practising what she calls Laughaste, a hilarious yoga routine she created that is a descendant of the “laughter clubs” that emerged in India in the 1990s. It feels awkward at first, but you fake it till you make it, she said.
“It’s about allowing yourself to be OK with being awkward,” said Bee, a Los Angeles-based comedian and speaker. “Then you’re going to find some form of silliness within that is going to allow you to laugh involuntarily.”