Transforming lives through laughter & happiness habits!
The Award Winning Sunshine Project has been featured in The Daily Mirror, Destination Wellbeing, RTE2, BBC Radio Ulster, Downtown Radio, Q Radio, and Cool FM
About Us
The Sunshine Project was founded by Michelle Major in 2012 and was Northern Ireland’s very first dedicated Laughter Wellness business. We have grown organically over the years supporting a wide range of organisations and clients. We won the prestigious ‘Business of the Year’ award in November 2016 from the Local Women Business Awards!
Sunshine Services
We have developed a range of positive programmes specifically designed to empower adults and children with the positive tools to manage the stress in their lives, understand their emotions, whilst promoting confidence, self-esteem, peace & calmness.
Our positive programmes explore a wide range of Mindfulness Based Practises, Laughter Yoga & Creative Play, Positive Thinking, Emotional IQ, and Happiness Habits. All our programmes integrate the Mind & Body Connection and are based on scientific research.
Our clients include community organisations, public & private sector, corporate organisations, schools, conferences & events. If you are interested in one of our programmes, please contact us here.
We also lead a number of Certified Professional Courses and workshops on a regular basis.
The Sunshine Team
Our Sunshine team of laughter & happiness experts offer a unique combination of experience, qualifications and creative talent, together with a high energy, passion & enthusiasm for helping others become more joyful, confident and emotionally intelligent individuals.
Michelle A. Major
Michelle A. Major, founder of The Sunshine Project & pioneer of Laughter Yoga NI, was Northern Ireland’s first Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher and has been highly instrumental in bringing Laughter Yoga to a diverse range of organisations.
“It is my vision to spread joy, happiness and laughter habits to every corner of Ireland. I have dedicated over a decade of my life to discovering what makes people happy. It is my mission to empower others with the positive tools that have transformed my life so that they too can lead a happier, more joyful life.”
Our Sunshine Services
Be Happy Now Programme
“The most important thing is to enjoy your lifeto be happy—it's all that matters.”Audrey Hepburn
Be Happy Kids Programme
This nurturing programme is delivered by our one of our Sunshine Leaders
Laughter Yoga
This mindfulness programme explores practices and exercises that help quieten the 'chatterbox' in the mind bringing us back into ‘the now.’
Corporate Happy Hour
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training
Train with Ireland’s Number One Happiness & Laughter Ambassador, Michelle A. Major.
How we have helped others…
The BE HAPPY NOW course really gave me a lift and awakened interests. I found it really helpful. The course tutor was fantastic, enthusiastic and inspirational.
I had the pleasure of participating in Laughter Yoga with Michelle recently. Michelle brought a smile, a giggle, a hearty laugh not only to my face but to my soul. I have no doubt this has changed my outlook in everyday life. I now use the simple exercises every day and use Laughter yoga as my free vacation from the busy busy world
Michelle delivered the ‘Be Happy Now’ course to clients within our service, AMH New Horizons, a wide range of people of all ages, both males & females participated. It was an excellent course which included: Affirmations, forgiveness, gratitude, peak positive state & laughter therapy myself & clients really enjoyed all the sessions. The course offered lots of different positive ideas & tips for good personal well being, stress reduction, & relaxation techniques. The feedback & evaluations were excellent with clients involved very enthusiastic & said they could use information gained in the future.
Michelle has facilitated Laughter Yoga sessions for some of East Belfast Community Development Agency’s health events and the response from participants has been great. We find that people of all ages really engage with the session and thoroughly enjoy it. On one occasion we closed a day-long event with a session of Laughter Yoga and found it a really nice way to round off a busy programme. Michelle is very good at getting people to open their mind and get involved and it’s a great way to break the ice and build camaraderie among a group.
The BE HAPPY NOW course was a lovely programme with excellent relaxation techniques
Definitely feel my mood has changed to move positive & feel much less stressed mentally – I’ve laughed it all out!
Feel more energised, calmer & relaxed…had been having chest problems & feel this has helped
Absolutely brilliant. Learning to be free to be able to laugh, without self-consciousness is freeing
Good therapy as well as team building
Laughing – something I need to do more of, as I work in a very serious environment. Thoroughly enjoyed this totally unique experience. So interesting. So contagious. Thank you
I would love to see a lot more of these classes. I work in mental health & feel these therapies are invaluable
This is a completely new concept to me and I am very glad to have attended, as it has made me aware of the state of my mental health/emotions and has given a me a way to improve