Meet other locals to discuss and learn ancient Indian spiritual knowledge and healing techniques. The organizer, Lora, is a native San Mateoan, but has spent ten years living at an ashram in South India. Lora returns to San Mateo and the bay area regularly and is excited to start a healing group in her hometown! We will talk about ways to incorporate spirituality into your daily life which will create peace, inner happiness and clarity. You will learn about powerful healing techniques that wo …

Canadian-Californian's is for those Canadians who live in the mid-Peninsula who wish to connect with other Canadians for entertainment, conversation, holiday celebrations, friendship, networking and just plain good ole Canadian Comradarie. Whether you have been in California for 20 years or two months you are welcome in this group. From Newfoundland to Vancouver Island we all share the same history and culture. Please join us for events to be posted.

This group is offered as an exploration of creativity, sound, voice, and music, as tools to deepen our experience of everyday life. We access the sounds in our environment as well as in our own bodies - our breath, voice, silence, and resonance as human beings. We may explore meditation, yoga, singing, art, food, nature, writing, or any other aspects of human expression. Circles are led by a rotating members from a cohort of sound healing practitioners trained at the California Institute of Inte …

Wondering what "life coaching" is all about? Are you standing at a threshold and asking, "What's next?" for you in your life? Wanting to connect with some clear-minded, sincere, and supportive people? Come into the circle! After years of Ivy-League education and living my life based on Other People's Expectations, I have finally learned some tools that work for bringing me in touch with my own source of inner peace, joy, and freedom, to live life on my own terms. I'm excited to share these with …

All of Pathways' meditation classes are designed to empower you on your spiritual path. Classes cover a range of topics. The teaching method allows the student to integrate mind, body, spirit, and emotion simultaneously. Most people are integrated in two out of the four areas. This system will allow the student to move ahead in balance. Workshops are a great way to introduce your self to my work. I am currently teaching in Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and San Mateo! Please join me for this fun an …

This gathering is an opportunity to be in mindful community with others and connect more deeply with the Great Spirit uniting us all, through the practices of drumming, dance, and silent meditation. The first hour is spent as a drum circle... drumming, dancing, and/or just sitting and listening for those that prefer. After that, we will let the energy settle as we take a steady and comfortable seated position, connect with our breath, and move deeply into the stillness of our Being. We will sit …

The Hamsa Yoga and Meditation Meetup is for those people interested in learning and practicing the techniques developed by Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath, a Himalayan yoga master. "Hamsa" means "swan", which is a symbol of the soul. These techniques are designed to bring about Earth peace through Self peace. Meetups will be held at various locations around the SF Bay Area. They'll be led by Hamsacharya (teacher) Michelle Rosenaur.

A regular meditation practice offers many health benefits, including lowered blood pressure, stronger immune function and better sleep. There are more than 1,000 known meditation practices. Yet with a busy schedule, most people believe they don't have time. This meetup will explore easy ways to work meditation into your daily schedule. Each week we will explore a particular style of meditation including breathing, walking, contemplative, visualization, sound, hypnotic induction and more.

This group is open to all people interesting in learning or extending their martial arts.  Xin Yi Dao is a training system rooted in Che and Dai family Xingyi Quan.  Exercises from Old form Bagua Zhang and Taiji Quan are used to emphasize body mechanics vital for correct technique. Each practice session, one of the group leaders will take the group thru drills for a specific martial skill (ie sticking, bridging, twining). The group leaders are senior students of Grand Master Li Tailiang. More in …

Shingon Mikkyo Kunimiyama Daikokuji America(previously Mikkyo Zen Eimeiji) was established in June 2010 under the Chief Priest Eimei Kawakami’s strong belief: In order to ensure world peace we must purify the U.S., and that we must establish an educational institute where ones could be taught on gratitude and compassion regardless of any specific religious faith. Through the opening of the branch temple in the heart of Silicon Valley where the strong spiritual power of the Monjyu-bosatsu resides …

Compassion Technology is Self-discovery, Self-development, and Service via logical and technological extensions of mindfulness! We welcome developers, designers, tech-evangelists, and all other Good People who are trying to become even better through repeated daily practice, deeply honest self-appraisal, and dedicated inspired study. In particular, folks who practice meditation, prayer, yoga, or other forms of mind+body awareness are especially likely to find a home here amongst like-minded soul …

This group is dedicated to all lightworkers just starting to become aware and others who have been shinning the light their whole lives. We will be doing metaphysical workshops, such as angels, meditating, chakra clearings, vision boards, artist way groups, and talks on a wide range subjects. Come and join the light and illuminate!

We meet on Tuesdays 7:30 to 8:30.  We use a studio at 200 Industrial Road #122 (enter south side of building) in San Carlos.  We follow a simple schedule of silent meditation followed by dharma discussion.  I am a priest in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and try to lead by following his example.  Anyone is welcome, and I'm always happy to give meditation instruction -- just send me a request and I can meet you before the sitting starts.

I'm a big fan of the Bhagavad Gita, translation and commentary by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Seems it would be even more enjoyable with "two or more....". I think this group would be of interest to those that are familiar with the 'Gita and those that would like to see what it's about.

Welcome! We are a group of tai chi (taiji) and chi kung (qigong) enthusiasts who gather together in a beautiful park setting in Belmont to practice the ancient arts of tai chi and chi kung for health, meditation, and martial ability. When practiced with consistency the arts of tai chi and chi kung help to strengthen the body, the internal organs, and the immune system, improve balance and agility, build up the protective qi (energy) field, and bring quietude to the mind, ultimately helping promo …

To be human is to experience suffering.  To be in recovery, is to be aware of suffering and willing to let go of that which causes suffering.  Each of us has our own life experiences which have brought us to this point, and each of us must walk a distinct path.  Buddhism offers a framework to become more aware of the nature of suffering, and how to end suffering.  I hope you'll accept my invitation to try these tools yourself, and find ease in your own life.