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Swami Beyondananda is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and performer whose specialty is using mind-opening comedy to create heart-opening laughter. He has performed at conferences and conventions, for business groups and spiritual centers, at theaters, community centers and new thought churches. His comedy has been described both as “comedy disguised as wisdom” and “wisdom disguised as comedy.” A unique feature of his comedy is spontaneously answering live questions from the audience. Or, as the Swami puts it, “I will answer your questions, and you will question my answers!”

PROGRAMS

WAKE UP LAUGHING
2005 WORLD-WIN TOUR

Comedy Performance
As part of his ongoing mission to heal the body politic and cure electile dysfunction, the Swami weaves together the spiritual ideal and the political real deal in a hilarious and insightful show. A perfect way to bring together the spiritual, personal growth, progressive political and environmentalist communities in laughter and celebration.

WHEN YOU SEE A SACRED COW ...
MILK IT FOR ALL IT'S WORTH

Comedy Keynote by Swami Beyondananda
Swami’s classic keynote performance, focusing more on universal truth through humor and less on political issues, it can be geared specifically to your audience or group. The Swami’s humor is always hilarious and heart opening, and never mean. Swami’s specialty is taking live questions from the audience, and is not to be missed! Guaranteed to leave you laughing till the sacred cows come home.

COMEDY AS A HEALING ART
Keynote by Steve Bhaerman
(Swami’s Alter Ego)
Steve Bhaerman, the man behind Swami, has been teaching Comedy As a Healing Art for the past 18 years. His focus is not about “being funny,” but about “seeing funny” and learning to use the magic of humor to gain wisdom, perspective and of course, joy. He has offered hundreds of enlightening Sunday morning talks to church groups, conferences and seminars, as well as numerous keynotes for business, educational and medical audiences. You’ll laugh while you learn, and learn while you laugh!

COMEDY AS A HEALING ART
Workshop with Steve Bhaerman
Let Steve Bhaerman help you learn to use the tool of the humorist to make positive changes in your life and world. If you want to improve rapport and communication, reframe problems and situations in a transformational way, tap into greater creativity -- and have a great time doing it -- this workshop is for you! You’ll learn the art of “situational comedy” -- applying healing, heart-opening humor in just about any situation. You’ll learn how to do this without straining and without “trying” and find your own natural sense of humor. Can be done as a full-day event, or as a three-hour mini-workshop.

COSMIC COMEDY COACHING
with Steve Bhaerman
Laughter heals. It's been said so often, it's almost a cliché. Laughter produces endorphins, the body's natural painkillers. Laughter improves immune function. Laughter lowers the blood pressure because when we laugh, it causes our blood vessels to dilate -- and as Swami Beyondananda has said, that's better than having them die early. And comedy not only lightens our burdens, it enlightens us as the same time, offering both wisdom and compassion. For the past eighteen years, Steve Bhaerman a.k.a. Swami Beyondananda has been offering his brand of enlightened comedy to help those on the spiritual path -- and for that matter, everyone else -- to take life less seriously.

Now Steve offers his services as a "cosmic comedy coach"-- helping individuals and organizations develop a healing comic perspective to enhance communication, build rapport, and simply increase enjoyment of daily life. Whether you're an individual who wants to communicate more effectively about your business or service, a health practitioner looking for a helpful healing tool, a manager looking to improve morale in the workplace, Steve will help you choose and use humor wisely. Do you need to incorporate more humor into your writing or presentations? Steve does individual coaching by phone and via email. He can help you bring humor to specific presentations, and find your own humorous “voice.”

SWAMI’S “INVISIBLE” APPEARANCES
Have the Swami Not Appear at Your Next Event!
Swami Beyondananda, master of bi-location is at it again. What with his being in such great demand -- and limited supply -- the Swami can now “appear” at your next event without appearing. Thanks to the magic of modern electronic media, the Swami can throw his voice anywhere and everywhere simultaneously. And his hilarious and inspiring message can enhance your meeting, conference, or living room event.

Here’s how it works. We send you a CD or MP3 file and an introduction to read. Onstage, you have a comfortable chair for the invisible Swami to sit, and a microphone where Swami’s mouth might be. At the appropriate moment, the Swami is introduced and a 5-7 minute CD is played. This audience-tested material is guaranteed to surprise and delight your group.

For just a $100 donation to Swami’s Right-to-Laugh Party, we’ll send Swami’s generic message. For a $250 donation, the Swami will script a message especially for your group. You can cover the costs -- or even raise funds -- by having Swami’s books, tapes and CDs for sale at the event. You keep 40% of the proceeds!