B1 & A1, Good luck with your exams!

Hi there! How are you doing? It´s been a long time since the last time I wrote in the blog. I´m sorry about that, I was in hospital for a while but now I´m getting recovered. I will see you after Christmas for sure, we´ll go on with our lessons and I hope I can end up this course with you. Anyway I would like to wish you good luck with your exams!
A1 students, por si no habeis entendido todo(aunque ya se que lo habeis intentado,les comentaba a vuestros compañeros de Intermedio que no había podido escribir antes porque he estado en el hospital pero ya me encuentro mucho mejor y despues de Navidades seguiremos con las clases. Y nada mas, desearos muchísima suerte con vuestros examenes, no os desanimeis si los resultados no sean tan buenos como esperais que ya sabeis que esto es una carrera de fondo y los principios nunca fueron fáciles.Os veo a todos despues de Navidad. See you soon.

B1 key "laughter yoga"

Say if these statements are true or false according to the text; correct the false ones.
1. Marja Pirie was always a cheerful child. FALSE
2. Her parents were from Denmark and Finland. FALSE, they were from Holland and Finland.
3. She was a teacher for a short time because she was devoted to her family. FALSE, she was a math teacher for more than 30 years
4. She had a very hard time in 1999. TRUE
5. She left out math teaching to look for new ways of healing herself and the others. TRUE
6. After doing some laughter exercises in Toronto she decided to prepare herself to run a laughter club. TRUE
7. What she likes the least is to teach others to become certified Laughter Yoga leaders. FALSE, she loves teaching others to become certified Laughter Yoga leaders.
8. She has learnt how to improve her quality life and relationships as well as to balance her emotions. TRUE
9. Laughter Yoga has helped her to be more rational. FALSE, Yoga has helped her to be more in her heart and less in her head.
10. Now Marja is a more self-confident person than she used to be as a teenager and early maturity. TRUE
Find synonyms for these words in the text, the paragraph number is between brackets.
1. Humorous (1)- WITTY
2. Inhabitant (2)- CITIZEN
3. Died (3)-PASSED AWAY
4. Curative (3)- HEALING
5. By chance(4)- BY COINCIDENCE
6. To guide(5)- TO LEAD
7. Deep (6)- PROFOUND
8. Pain (7)-TROUBLE
9. Shine (8)-GLOW
Write an essay about this topic, answer these questions:
What do you think about this kind of therapies?
Do you think they are more effective than traditional ones? Why or why not?
Would you try them to improve your lifestyle?