Dystonia Support & Advocacy Group of San Diego County Meeting

Our next virtual support group meeting promises to be very enlightening and uplifting. Individuals with all forms of dystonia, family and friends are welcome.

Saturday, March 8, 2025
1:00 pm PT – 3:00 pm PT

Guest Speaker:
Rachel Frank
Laughter Yoga teacher, breathwork and meditation guide and comedian

Topic:
Laughter is the best medicine.

Rachel feels that she was put on this planet to raise the vibration of joy and laughter. Through her own transformational journey of overcoming depression, unraveling past traumas, and switching self-destructive behavior and negative thought patterns to living her life and having unconditional love for herself, she’s on a mission to open and fill up the hearts of all the beautiful souls that come into her life and make them laugh. She became a certified Laughter Yoga teacher in 2021 and has been spreading laughter ever since! Website: www.thelaughterclub.com; YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rachelfrank; 21-Day Laughter Challenge: https://bit.ly/21daylaughterchallenge

Click here to read an article on Stress Relief from Laughter – It’s no joke from the Mayo Clinic.

Laughter yoga combines pranayama deep breathing with unconditional laughter exercises and light movement to help promote joy and reduce stress. It starts with a warmup of light stretching and breathing and some laughter warmups and then gets into the laughter exercises for about 15 minutes of hearty laughter and ends with a laughter meditation and then a regular meditation. Dr. Kataria invented it in 1995 when he was studying the health benefits of laughter and realized how beneficial it is for humans. He started a joke club that was shut down but wanted to keep people laughing, so he invented Laughter Yoga!

Some benefits include: improved mood – laughter releases endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin, which can improve your mood; reduced stress – laughter suppresses stress hormones like cortisol; improved sleep – laughter yoga can improve signs of sleep disorders; reduced anxiety and depression; improved social connectedness – laughing with others can increase social connectedness and bonding; improved cardiovascular system – laughter can lower your blood pressure and pulse rates; stronger immune system – better circulation can boost your immune system.

These meetings provide an excellent opportunity to learn from our guest presenters and from each other and offer and receive support in a comfortable and safe setting. Participation in any discussion is always completely voluntary. Some individuals like to listen and that is perfectly fine. You can also choose to not show your image or your name. Our meetings are open to persons with all forms of dystonia and are not specific to any one form of dystonia.

We look forward to seeing you.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Martha Murphy at 619-582-1961 or mm********@gm***.com for meeting details.

Group’s website:  www.dystoniaofsandiego.com
Group’s Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/dystoniaofsandiego