Please join us for an evening of collective spiritual songs and chanting followed by silent meditation. The music is more western folk style rather than Indian, and we mix English devotional songs and samskrta chanting. Together we can create a powerful loving spiritual atmosphere, and enjoy divine meditation. We also share spiritual stories and ideas from different traditions. The group leader will guide the group in a universal meditation technique, and free individual meditation instruction i …

We mainly explore the San Francisco Bay Area’s many hiking trails, but we also keep our eyes open for other outings such as free summer concerts (Stern Grove anyone?) and the occasional jazz club... and likely more. The hikes are 6-10 miles long and are of an advanced beginner to intermediate level of difficulty. Let’s go out and enjoy the many wonderful outings in the Bay Area!

Concerts in a variety of styles. Musical instruction. Sing-alongs for youth and adults. Seasonal and holiday Music. You'll find notifications here about these opportunities and others hosted by Immanuel Church in Los Altos, CA. Discuss musical ideas online, or come and enjoy a musical event. Check us out!

Join this group if you are interested in exploring new activities and adventures, wine tasting, fine dining, music, happy hours, mixing and mingling, dating, going out and having some fun every once in while! Maybe we'll even do some of those type A extreme type of thrill adventures, like indoor sky-diving or something! We might join up with some other groups once in a while and make some Meetups even more of an event!!! So drop some of that stress at work and join us for a new season of fun! Pl …

This group is for those in the Bay Area that love playing any of the various incarnations of Rock Band and Guitar Hero and are looking for others to rock out with. There's nothing quite like getting together in a room and having a full band playing together, most importantly having fun while rocking out to your favorite songs. We can also go to any public events that have Rock Band/Guitar Hero nights. This is first and foremost meant to be a social group that is purely for the joy of having fun …

Well, let’s just dip our toe shoes into the water, here, and see if there’s any balletomania afoot, for a new meetup now. Amid the epoch of “Black Swan" at the movies, and with the Giants having won the World Series (yes, whipping through 32 fouetté turns is almost as hard as hitting a Lincecum fastball), and now the first book ever published about the entire history of ballet (“Apollo’s Angels,” by Jennifer Homans), and, ta-dah, most important of all, with the world-class San Francisco Ballet …

SV Friends is a social and activity group dedicated to having fun together in the spirit of goodwill, kindness, and togetherness. Let's get together and have a beach party, ski trip, movie night, afternoon hike in the woods, holiday party, social mixer, some laughs at a comedy club, bowling night, mini-golf session, brunch, fun run, evening at the theater, wine tasting party, afternoon at the zoo, indoor sky diving adventure, trivia night, dinner party, bay cruise, blues night, outdoor ice skat …

Blossom Birth is a non-profit education and resource center that provides parents and birth professionals with a holistic, non-judgmental view of pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. Through classes, workshops, support groups, and accessibility to community resources, Blossom strives to support and inform expectant and new parents to raise healthy, secure children- making our community strong now and into the future.

SILICON VALLEY FORUM (SVForum) Web Apps & E-Commerce - Special Interest Group (SIG) WeCommerce Blog - http://wecommercesig.wordpress.com Web Apps & E-Commerce - Special Interest Group provides a forum for web app & e-commerce developers, product, finance, and marketing professionals to interact and discover ways of growing their ventures. The SIG welcomes experienced professionals and new entrants. The agenda features speakers from companies, VCs, financiers, product managers, and marketers. I …

East West Bookstore in Mountain View is a resource for expansive ideas, a retreat from ordinary life, and a gathering place in support of community ideals and spiritual growth. Every week we host several classes, lectures, workshops, and concerts, featuring teachers, healers, and authors from a variety of spiritual backgrounds. Seating at our concerts is limited, and advance reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis. Please visit EastWest.com for a complete calendar and more i …

We are the Bay Area Chapter of the American Singles Golf Association. We're a group of singles who like to golf. We'll get together and golf/socialize around the area. www.bayarea.singlesgolf.com The American Singles Golf Association (www.singlesgolf.com) is a group of chapters throughout the United States composed of real people you meet face-to-face and, of course, play golf with. Chapters hold general membership meetings once each month and play golf as a group as often as they would like. Ma …

Purpose is to embark on exclusive adventures to museum exhibitions, gallery shows, festivals, and artists' studios for direct encounters with, engaging conversation and stimulating education about art. The organizer wishes to keep the group to a small number of true art lovers, in order to facilitate small private parties as well as art events. You must attend at least one event to become and stay a member. There is a strict no flake policy for events, members with 3 flakes/yr (no shows) will be …

Are you missing out on the most important relationship in your life? It’s not the relationship with your significant other, your parents, or your children… it’s the relationship with yourself! Do you ever criticize, judge, or ignore yourself? When you treat yourself with disrespect, all other aspects of your life suffer: Your relationships with others, your career, and your personal life. Join us for practical and engaging workshops and discussions, where you will be able to heal the wounded rel …

I am a licensed Zumba Instructor. Teaching Zumba is my passion. Join me for some real fun and fitness! Men and women...It doesn't matter if you don't know how to dance, if you are not coordinated, if you are shy...you will have FUN and a great workout! First class is FREE! $11.00/class. Punch cards available for 10 classes ($9.00/class).

This Meet-Up is for beginners.  You don't have to read music, sing, or improvise AND you don't need a drum.  There are no prerequisites.  I will teach you your part and I will make you successful! This is a great activity where adults and children (9 and older) can participate as equals and it is just plain FUN! Of course, you don’t have to be members of a family to participate. We will be learning specific ensemble pieces, which I will teach you.  On 2nd Sundays we will work with drums and perc …

This Meet-Up is for beginners.  You don't have to read music, sing, or improvise AND you don't need a drum.  There are no prerequisites.  I will teach you your part and I will make you successful! This is a great activity where adults and children (9 and older) can participate as equals and it is just plain FUN! Of course, you don’t have to be members of a family to participate. We will be learning specific ensemble pieces, which I will teach you.  On 2nd Sundays we will work with drums and perc …

Rainmakers started as a series of miniconferences focusing on entrepreneurial education for startup founders and professionals to share their experiences and grew into the perfect networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to connect with other professionals. Make new business and personal connections, build your network, find new clients, and identify business opportunities. We make our networking events easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they intro …

Professional Bay Area Iranians 35+. This group is about meeting new people and doing fun activities indoors and outdoors.

Please join us on our journey We welcome everyone who seeks a religion guided by love, reason and conscience. Respecting the worth and dignity of each individual, and treasuring what we learn from each person's unique experience, we welcome a diversity of ages, sexual orientations, races, gender identities, classes, abilities, theologies and religious heritages. We are united not by a single creed, but by a covenant of mutual respect. We encourage spiritual curiosity in our children and we eager …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy Palo Alto, San Francisco, Bay Area girlfriends, women's social. Girls just wanna have fun. Join our circle of genuine 20s and 30s females, and let's have a good time! We are fun loving girlfriends. We have big hearts filled with passion and love! We are ladies who enjoy cocktails, girls night out, dancing, music, happy hour, and having fun in life! We are professional women with substance Who are wi …

There are so many groups out there for "women only" - do guys do that sort of thing? Well, we do! This is a group for guys that love live music (or occasional movies) and want to go with a good group of guys, and hit up some food beforehand. I started this group because I do this all the time with individual friends, and would like do this with a handful of friends. I love going up to SF and seeing some interesting band that I've never heard of. They might be great or they might suck, and either …

This is a group for women in their 30s who feel they are going through major transitions in life, i.e., career, family, new home, friendships/relationships, spirituality, etc. As a woman in my 30's, I definitely experienced this transition and I am still going through it now. It seems that the 30's is such an important stage in life when you are redefining yourself, establishing yourself and asserting who you are as an adult in the world. My purpose in creating this group is to create a space fo …

If you love dancing, that's the place for you! Welcome to a fun and outgoing group of friends who can share their passion for dancing, music, and more. Our goal is to have fun on the first place, form new friendships and get together for a night out and follow the rhythm of the music.

audio engineers, musicians, etc meet and play/record/mix/master and have fun

If you want to share stories and opinions on a variety of topics, come to the weekly community event, Lifetree Café, at 3373 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. It's a comfortable place to talk and hang out in a casual, coffeehouse-like atmosphere, where there's something new and interesting every Sunday night, 7-8 pm. During each session, a brief video -- usually a personal story or eyewitness account of a historical event -- is used to launch our own conversation and storytelling at the intersection …

Want to explore technology, science, and music, film? Take free classes from https://www.udacity.com/ and https://www.coursera.org/ and collaborate with a group to discover! These classes are great help whether you are building a startup or just want to keep updated on technology and arts. Feel free to post a discussion event through the "Suggest a New Meetup" feature.

This place endeavors to offer you many yummy soul delectables.  So put on your angelic bathrobe if you so desire, smell the penetrating flower essences, don a divine silk scarf, and feel your inner self light up from within.  That's what this group is all about!  Your choice, healing evening, art evenings, empathy evenings, music evenings... Come take off your weary-ness and walk out shiny and bright and deeply content.  Aaaaaaah.  Soul Spa.

This is a group for anyone interested in Turkish language, culture and food. If you would like to meet new people and improve your Turkish language skills, you are in the right place. It's an opportunity to practice your language with Turkish friends. It doesn't matter what your level of proficiency is, all levels are welcome. Let's get together for trying different tastes of Turkish food, having great conversation while drinking our traditional delicious Turkish coffee. Looking forward to see y …