{"id":12162,"date":"2016-08-03T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T10:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=12162"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T10:43:02","slug":"sunflowerfest-aims-to-laugh-its-way-back-into-the-world-record-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/08\/sunflowerfest-aims-to-laugh-its-way-back-into-the-world-record-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflowerfest aims to laugh its way back into the World Record Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland\u2019s leading music and arts festival, Sunflowerfest, which runs from 5th \u2013 7th<\/sup> August 2016 at Tubby\u2019s Farm, Hillsborough, will be teaming up with advocates of Laughter Yoga to co-host another Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Laughter Yoga class!<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>Having won the title in 2014, the festival was moved off the top spot last year by a group in Hong Kong who set a new record.<\/p>\n

While over 400 people participated to break the laughing record in 2014, this year the festival aims to beat the current record of 1030 and needs people to come to Sunflowerfest\u2019s Main Arena and join organisers Kathy Barenskie, Nuala McKeever, and Irish singing duo the Twisted Sisters in a 30 minute laughter yoga class on Sunday 7th<\/sup> August at 11am, to \u2018laugh\u2019 their way back to the title.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the world record attempt, Kathy Barenskie, Bliss co-ordinator said, \u201cThis unusual event was inspired by Jackie Ingram, a laughter yoga teacher, and Siobhan Bogues, founder and director of the Lighthouse Centre, Belfast, who both sadly passed away in recent years after battling cancer and we hope to regain the title in their honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept behind Laughter Yoga is that it is a unique form of exercise that gives us a complete, holistic workout – influencing our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.\u00a0 With this in mind\u00a0 the World Record attempt\u00a0 is also an opportunity \u00a0to raise awareness for Bliss\u00a0 partners Lifeline 0808 808 8000, Northern Ireland\u2019s 24\/7 crisis helpline and counselling service. Lifeline is available for people of all ages and\u00a0 from all walks of life who\u00a0 may experience\u00a0 feelings of distress and despair and need to speak to qualified crisis counsellors to access\u00a0 immediate support.<\/p>\n

Offering a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of the vibrant weekend-long festival, Sunflowerfest Bliss area, will feature complementary therapies, all-inclusive yoga sessions, and a tranquil chill-out zone. This year we will use this attempt to raise the profile of LIFELINE, Northern Ireland\u2019s only free phone crisis helpline and counselling service available 24\/7 on 0808 808 8000. Lifeline is for people of all ages and all walks of life who at times may be in distress and in need of emotional support and often have nowhere to turn.<\/p>\n

Claire O\u2019Prey from Lifeline said: \u201cSunflowerfest attracts a cross section of people from across Northern Ireland and beyond, Lifeline is delighted to be involved with the 2016 festival. Our\u00a0 staff will be present over the weekend\u00a0 and we look forward to meeting new people at our promotional stand, to tell them more about how\u00a0 Lifeline service can help them, their friends and family . The event also offers us an excellent opportunity to promote the 24\/7 free-phone number 0808 808 8000,\u00a0 recommending to all who attend the festival to add\u00a0 the number to their phone before they leave the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland\u2019s leading music and arts festival, Sunflowerfest, which runs from 5th \u2013 7th August 2016 at Tubby\u2019s Farm, Hillsborough, will be teaming up with advocates of Laughter Yoga to co-host another Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Laughter Yoga class! Having won the title in 2014, the festival was moved off the top … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12164,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12162\/revisions\/12164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}