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A little tickle therapy courtesy of the BBC

Michigan Public | By Mark Brush
Published July 13, 2011 at 3:15 PM EDT
Tickle therapy.
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Tickle therapy.

With the news of the world's first "Tickle Spa" opening in Madrid last week, the BBC's James Coomarasamy spoke with Carrie Graham, a Laughter and Happiness Coach based in London.

Graham conducts laughter workshops in which participants are "pretend tickled" if they're not familiar with each other, and full-on tickled if they are.

Naturally, Graham had to try out a little tickle therapy on her BBC interviewer.

Have a listen:

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-977436.mp3

Feel better? You can listen to the full interview from the BBC Newshour (click on chapter 10).
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Mark Brush
Mark Brush was the station's Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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