The Delhi Laughter Club, which includes National Captial Region (NCR) towns like Gurgaon and Noida has 27 clubs and over 1,000 members.
Laughter therapy involves laughing for about 20 minutes without any specific reason while laughter yoga therapy combines gentle breathing exercise and stimulated laughter at regular intervals.
According to Delhi Laughter Club, the therapy has gained more steam in recent years.
"I started the laughter clubs in the national capital in 2001 with just 10 members. But now there are over 1,000 members," Umesh Sahgal, a dentist and president of the Delhi Laughter Club, told IANS.
