Virtual training - Fun - Mindful Fitness
About Me
BIO
Ever wonder what professional clowns do after “leaving the big show”? Meet Laura Lou Pape-McCarthy, with 3 ½ years experience traveling with RBBB Circus and 1 year working with the Pickle Family Circus in the late 80’s/early 90’s. She has formal training and experience performing stilt walking, acrobatics, low trapeze, physical theater and clowning!
Before the pandemic Laura Lou was following a passion for movement and fitness by leading group exercise classes for elders in the community and in Retirement facilities in the Greater Portland area. During those years she followed a passion for being joyfully present by including Laughter Yoga© principles and exercises in all programs = mindful breathing, pain free movement and connecting with our inner joy.
Now online, offering virtual exercise classes and wellness programs, Laura Lou is looking forward to helping individuals in their journey through life with a focus on mindful movement and joyful expression. She will bring energy and knowledge to make your experience life-changing.
Clients and Community Partners starting in 2010
Laughter Clubs offered by donation
Cascade Laughter Club – Portland Community College (Manager and Leader of weekly Laughter Yoga sessions)
Sylvania Laughter Club – Portland Community College (Manager and Leader of weekly Laughter Yoga sessions)
Hawthorne Laughter Club (Manager and twice-monthly Leader of weekly Laughter Yoga sessions)
theraLAUGHity Laughter Club (Manager and Leader of weekly seated Laughter Yoga sessions)
Sunnyside Laughter Club (Substitute leader of weekly outdoor Laughter Yoga sessions)
SW Laughter Club (Manager and Leader of weekly Laughter Yoga sessions)
Virtual Laughter Club- Laughter Practice
Clients and Community Partners starting in 2010
Paid Laughter Yoga sessions and/or Seated Exercise classes
Holiday Park Plaza, Portland OR
Summerplace Assisted Living, Portland OR
Creekside Retirement community, Portland OR
Peidmont-Marqui Care assisted living, Portland OR - Porthaven Rehabilitation/Residential, Portland OR Mirabella Retirement living, Portland OR
2 locations for Earthtones Music Therapy Services in adult day care setting for developmentally disabled adults, Portland OR
Cherrywood Village Retirement living, Portland OR
Clark College, Mind/Body Disciplines class, Vancouver WA Assumption Village Retirement Living, Portland OR Windfield Village Retirement Living
the Wilsonville Senior Living
Mennonite Village Senior Living, Albany OR
Capitol Manor, Salem OR
Gift of Time caregiver retreat,
Dallas OR Caitlin Gabel High School Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon Support Group
Red Hat Society Portland chapter
VanMall Senior Living, Vancouver WA
the Springs at Sunnyview, Salem OR
Woodmere SUN, Impact NW, Portland OR – 8 weekly classes titled Laughter Camp
Paradise Mobile Home Park, Salem OR
Sheldon Oaks, Eugene OR
the Quarry Senior Living PD support group, Vancouver WA Jewish Family & Child Service- Café Europa program Canfield Senior Living Community, Beaverton OR
Mt Hood Adult Daycare, Gresham OR
Marquis Centennial, Portland OR
EMTS Caregiver Retreat, Portland OR Rose Ville Retirement Community, Portland OR