Description: Dr. Sexton is a Medical Staff Professional at the Department of Family Medicine at the Center for Integrative Medicine at University of California San Diego, the first Naturopathic Doctor hired at UCSD. She is formerly Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UCSD. After her Naturopathic medicine degree at Bastyr University in Seattle, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington in the Departments of Pharmacology/Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. There, she studied the endocannabinoid system and its roles in neuro-inflammation and neuro-degeneration. Her NIH-funded pre-doctoral and postdoctoral research investigated cannabis effects on immune parameters in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Sexton has presented her research internationally, published in peer-reviewed journals and is an accomplished public speaker. Dr. Sexton’s clinical practice, research and teaching focus on treating the whole person, using the healing power of nature, treating the cause, prevention and functional medicine across the lifespan. She has worked with chronic pain patients at UCSD since 2016 and implemented a whole health pain curriculum in a group medical visit setting. She is currently inventing a survivorship series for patients with cancer diagnoses. She is the author of "Eat, Sleep, Relax, Protect, Forget: An Endocannabinoid (ECS) Guide to Systems Wholeness for Women."

These meetings provide an excellent opportunity to learn from our guest presenters and from each other and to 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. Remember that our meetings are open to persons with ALL forms of dystonia and are not specific to any one form of dystonia! Please email Martha to RSVP and for the Zoom log-in information. We hope that you can join us!

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Date: Saturday, MARCH 8, 2025

Time: 1:00-3:00 PM (pacific time)

Topic:Laughter is the Best Medicine – Laughter Yoga.

PRESENTER: Rachel Frank, Laughter yoga teacher, breathwork & meditation guide and comedian.her website is the laughter club https://www.thelaughterclub.com/
Here is some information from the Mayo Clinic on the importance of laughter: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044456

These meetings provide an excellent opportunity to learn from our guest presenters and FROM each other and to 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. Remember that our meetings are open to persons with ALL forms of dystonia and are not specific to any one form of dystonia! Please email Martha to RSVP and for the Zoom log-in information. We hope that you can join us!

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Date: SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025 - VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING

Time: 1:00-3:00 PM (Pacific time)

Topic: Sharing Discussion meeting