{"id":1080,"date":"2016-02-11T13:21:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2016-02-12T12:52:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:52:19","slug":"humor-hope-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/humor-hope-and-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor, Hope and Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1081\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10.jpg\" alt=\"Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10\" width=\"311\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Laughing-Cat-Wallpaper-10-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laughter relaxes the whole body.<\/strong> A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/owl-meme-7463-7799-hd-wallpapers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/owl-meme-7463-7799-hd-wallpapers.jpg\" alt=\"owl-meme-7463-7799-hd-wallpapers\" width=\"289\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/owl-meme-7463-7799-hd-wallpapers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/owl-meme-7463-7799-hd-wallpapers-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laughter boosts the immune system.<\/strong> Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Funny-Animal-Meme-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1083\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1083\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Funny-Animal-Meme-6.jpg\" alt=\"Funny-Animal-Meme-6\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Funny-Animal-Meme-6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Funny-Animal-Meme-6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laughter triggers the release of endorphins,<\/strong> the body\u2019s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/32866c73aca7ae18d9290c4a14ec7563.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1084\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1084\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/32866c73aca7ae18d9290c4a14ec7563.jpg\" alt=\"32866c73aca7ae18d9290c4a14ec7563\" width=\"177\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laughter protects the heart.<\/strong> Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So come laugh with us at our Comedy Night 2016!<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Featuring comedians Tony Deyo and Averell Carter<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Saturday April 9th, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> Doors open at 7pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> C\u2019ville Coffee<br \/>\n1301 Harris Street<\/p>\n<p>Charlottesville, VA 22903<\/p>\n<p>$15 cover charge. ($13 will go directly to The BridgeLine to fund our services.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited Seating! Reserve Early.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP with Amber Rexrode at: amber@thebridgeline.org<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/save-the-date.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1049\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/save-the-date.jpg\" alt=\"save the date\" width=\"303\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/save-the-date.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/save-the-date-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/save-the-date-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/save-the-date-1024x662.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know? Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after. Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease. Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebridgeline.org\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}