The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis

"Laughter eliminates feelings such as hopelessness, anger, and anxiety, thereby alleviating stress, depression, and anxiety, raising the pain threshold, reducing stress, accelerating blood circulation, strengthening immunity, improving quality of life, strengthening memory, reducing tension, and relaxing muscles. Based on these positive effects, laughter yoga is a complementary treatment method that combines humor and laughter. Laughter yoga sessions will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams in a quiet and peaceful environment at home.~The first 10-minute section consists of warm-up exercises (warming up and clapping). The second 10-minute section consists of deep breathing exercises that prepare the lungs for laughter. The third 10-minute section consists of childlike games that induce laughter without humor. The fourth and final 15-minute section consists of laughter exercises that enable laughter without any jokes, comedy, or humor."