The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire      Ferdinand Foch                     Life is the soul's nursery    William Makepeace Thackeray                   The heart may be broken, but the soul remains unshaken    Napoleon Bonaparte                   Life is just a chance to grow a soul    A. Powell Davies                   You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body    C.S. Lewis                   Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul    Henry David Thoreau                   The soul of man is immortal and imperishable    Plato                   The soul was never put in the body to stand still    John Webster                   Through our soul is our contact with heaven    Sholem Asch                   The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life..    Oscar Wilde                   .. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy    Oscar Wilde                   Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul    Wayne Dyer                   There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win    Elie Wiesel                    The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little    William R. Alger                    Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body    Cicero                    Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul, the second is soul, and the third is soul    Edwin P. Whipple                    Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul    Oscar Wilde 
 





MEDIA COVERAGE

Vishwa’s talks and presentations are highly media friendly, whether as laughter workshops, book discussions or outright interactive speeches. Listed below are some highlights of the media coverage Vishwa has enjoyed.

TV, RADIO & WEBCAST COVERAGE AS MAIN FEATURE ITEM

May 2011 – featured in laughter documentary segment by Almudena Toral Martinez as per the link http://vimeo.com/23622174
February 2011 – featured in the NTV Russian TV network, as per the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwuCu1RLIbc . Originally it was aired with soundbites translated into Russian in Europe.
January 2011-  featured in the NATE BERKUS show on WNBC as per the link; http://www.thenateshow.com/videos/detail/1703/denim-by-design/ – Nate has worked for 8 years with OPRAH WINFREY as designer and now has his own show.  To be aired shortly.

December 2010 -  featured on Spanish TV Telemundo per the link http://www.telemundo47.com/video/26003066/index.html

November 2010 – featured on the Long Island News Channel   

November 2010 – featured on NTV Broadcasting – a foreign language Russo-European station with a large European popularity.

October 2010 - featured in CBS New York per Click here: Seen At 11: Cure What Ails You With ‘Laughter Yoga’ « CBS New York- News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of  and CBS Local per  http://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/laughter-yoga/

September 2010 -  featured in the MARTHA STEWART SHOW in the program “Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer” per http://www.marthastewart.com/show/the-martha-stewart-show/season-premiere

August 2010 featured in the NEW YORK TIMES, both print and online version per http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/08/20/nyregion/1247468644525/in-the-city-serious-laughter.html

August 2010 featured in FORBES Magazine, both print and online version per http://video.forbes.com/fvn/forbeslife/laughter-yoga

07/21/10 -  featured on INTERVIEW WITH SPIRIT with Ken McLean and Amanda Goldston, radio show  at the link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/interviewwithspirit/2010/07/21/interview-with-spirit-show

06/15/10 -  featured on CT1 FOX TV CONNECTICUT for book discussion of WHO STOLE MY SOUL and laughteryoga demonstration, on http://www.ctnow.com/videobeta/6984204b-d2bf-4913-be84-5ca8defd2bd1/News/6-15-Laughter-Yoga

05/26/2010 – featured on BETTER BODY AND SOUL, a Mandarin/Chinese TV segment aired in Eastern U.S.A. and in Asia. A documentary of the segment was also created and is available on demand.
                                                                                                            06/02/10 featured on GETTING ON TOP WITH PAUL MORRIS, radio show on book discussion at the link  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/getting-on-top

04/13/10 featured on POSITIVELY INCORRECT WITH SCOTT CLUTHE, radio show on book discussion at the link  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/positively-incorrect/2010/04/14/in-the-mood-again-who-stole-my-soul-on-scott-cluthes-positively-incorrect

03/26/10 featured on CHANNEL 8 News of CT TV station for a book discussion of WHO STOLE MY SOUL, hard copy of DVD recording available.

03/04/10 featured on EVERYTHING MIND, BODY & SPIRIT, radio show as a book discussion.                                                               

03/03/10 featured on DRESSER AFTER DARK, radio show for book discussion.

02/22/10 in CHANNEL 8 News of CT TV station as a morning laughter show, full feature.
                                                                                                                             
10/20/2009 in New York  - Radio interview  with SWEET REMEDY RADIO posted on  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/healthandharmonynetwork/2009/10/21/Sweet-Remedy-Is-Laughter-The-Best-Medicine for book discussion.

31st August 2009 in New York  -  Radio Studio interview at SIRIUS XM/ Satellite Radio Posted on the link http://www.bustedhalo.com/videoandaudio/interview-laughter-yogi-vishwa-prakash/ or accessible on www.bustedhalo.com and inserting VISHWA PRAKASH in the search, benefits of laughter discussion.

August 2009 in New York  - On-site laughter event coverage through live video recording,  by SIRIUS XM/ Satellite Radio as posted on the  link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj_H6gyQoNs

July 2009 in New York - On-site laughter event coverage and interview for full-feature documentary film "LAUGHTER" directed by Courtney Dipaola of Wombat Productions.

June 2009 in New York  - On-site laughter event coverage by REDIFF of India through their New York subsidiary INDIA ABROAD - by Paresh Gandhi and posted on the link
http://ishare.rediff.com/video/health-and-fitness/laughter-yoga-session/638430

March 2009 in New York  -  Columbia University Journalism on-site laughter event coverage by Jacky Kasuya and posted on the link
http://www.nycinteractive.org/2009/issue3/

12/26/2008 in New York  - Radio interview with Voice America's show LIVE, LOVE, THRIVE! held with Marla Mervis

October 2007 in New York  -  TV On-site laughter event coverage by CNBC as part of the Happiness Show

August 2007 in New York  -  TV On-site laughter event coverage by LUGAR INCOMUM PGM 05 held by Brazilian TV

05/17/2007 in New York -  TV On-site laughter event coverage by YES NEWS NETWORK Season 3 Episode 6

12/20/2006 in New York - TV Studio interview at ITV with Rene Lobo as full feature covering laughter and its health benefits

November 2002  in HongKong - TV  On-site laughter event coverage by Chinese Channel HK TV
                                                                                                                              
September 2002 in HongKong  -  TV On-site laughter event coverage by BIZ ASIA

July 2002 in HongKong -  TV Studio interview at STAR NEWS with Susan Yu

June 2002 in HongKong -  Radio Studio interview at RTV Headquarters

 

PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE (as main feature)
(below is exclusive coverage, amongst dozens of  lead stories in leading magazines and newspapers in Asia and U.S.A.)

September 13 featured in TIME MAGAZINE

August 2010 featured in the NEW YORK TIMES, both print and online version per http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/08/20/nyregion/1247468644525/in-the-city-serious-laughter.html

August 2010 featured in FORBES Magazine, both print and online version per http://video.forbes.com/fvn/forbeslife/laughter-yoga

January 2010 featured in PRIME TIMES New Jersey of Bergen & Passaic County

November 2009 featured in NATURAL AWAKENINGS magazine in New York

October 2009 featured in PRIME TIMES NEW JERSEY

May 2009 featured in Japanese magazine

March 2008 featured in NATURAL AWAKENINGS magazine New York

July 2007 featured in Israeli magazine

02/24/2003 featured in Chinese newspaper SUN DAILY in HongKong

October 2002 featured in the KCC Magazine in HongKong

10/18/2002 featured in Chinese newspaper SOLAR NEWS in HongKong

11/03/2002 featured in the SUNDAY YOUNG POST in HongKong

07/16/2002 featured in the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST in HongKong