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06 · For teams and events

Sixty Minutes Your Team Will Talk About on Friday.

A nervous-system reset for the whole room. Laughter as exercise for workplaces, conferences, and community events, run by the woman who has done it for city crews who swore they could not laugh on command.

from $750single sessions, monthly series, full workshop days
Heidi Barkwell, Wake The Fun Up at Work

Your Team Has Had the Pizza Lunch and the Wellness Webinar. They Have Not Had Sixty Minutes That Changed the Room.

No slides, no jokes, no icebreaker where everyone says their name and a fun fact. Everyone breathes, everyone laughs, and the meeting after it goes differently.

The nervous-system reset protocol

A Nervous-System Reset for the Whole Room.

Your people are not short on wellness content. They are short on sixty minutes that change the state of the room. The D.O.S.E. Method does that in real time: everyone breathes, everyone laughs on purpose, and the meeting after it goes differently. No slides, no jokes, no fun facts.

DDopamine, the motivation chemical
OOxytocin, the connection chemical
SSerotonin, the steady-mood chemical
EEndorphins, the body’s own relief

Heidi has run it for a sports bar, a seniors’ home, a school in Belize, and city crews who swore they could not laugh on command. Skeptical rooms are her favourite kind.

Educational wellness experience, not medical care. Anyone with a condition that affects breathing or movement is invited to take part at their own pace or sit it out with a smile.

How it works
  1. 01Book a call

    Fifteen minutes with Heidi: who is in the room, what the room is like, what you need it to do.

  2. 02She builds the hour

    Warm-up, the breath, laughter exercises done together, and a long slow exhale to finish. Adapted for the room, from twelve people to two hundred and fifty.

  3. 03In person or online

    She travels within Alberta and laughs in any time zone. Alberta in person; anywhere on a screen.

18years teaching laughter as exercise
160+people laughing with her every night
18studies in the meta-analysis she cites
15minutes a day, no equipment
Inside Wake The Fun Up at Work

What You Get.

  • A 60-minute live session, in person in Alberta or online anywhere
  • Sizing for the room: from a team of twelve to a conference of 250
  • Options: one session, a monthly series, or a full workshop day
  • A short pre-call so it fits your people, not a template
  • From $750 for a single session; series and workshop days quoted after the call
Book a Call

from $750, single sessions, monthly series, full workshop days. No countdown timers, ever.

Heidi in session
This is for you if
  • HR, people, and culture leads who need a wellness hour that is not a webinar
  • Conference and event organisers who want the room awake after lunch
  • Managers who have a stressed team and a Friday
It is not for you if
  • Anyone who wants a keynote with slides and no participation
  • Rooms where nobody can move or breathe deeply (talk to her; she adapts, but she will tell you honestly)

City crews who swore they could not laugh on command. They could.

From the rooms she has led

What people in her rooms say

It works, I get more energy.

Student, Ocean Academy, Belize

I started laughing in the middle of my meeting. This could not have come at a better time.

Laughing Wellness community member

At first it seemed stupid, but after a few classes, it is awesome.

Student, Ocean Academy, Belize
Before you decide

Fair Questions.

Anything else, ask Heidi directly.

How much does it cost?

Single sessions start at $750. A monthly series and full workshop days are quoted after a short call, because the room and the count change the price.

Does it work with a skeptical team?

Skeptical teams are her favourite. The Good Samaritan Society staff and a room of city crews were her proof. Nobody is asked to be funny. Everyone is asked to breathe.

Can it be online?

Yes. She facilitates a nightly online club with 160 or more people, so a screen full of your team is a small room to her.

Is there anything to prepare?

Chairs people can stand up from, a bit of space, and the pre-call. That is all.

Not ready?

Come to the free Laughing Wellness Club first. Feel it once, then decide.

Join the Free Club
Heidi laughing outdoors
Wake The Fun Up at Work

Bring Heidi In.

Use the form, tell her about the room, and she will call you back. She reads everything, and she laughs first.

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