Mindfulness Meditation is a tool that can enhance and benefit one's life. It has been used to reduce stress in one's life, heal trauma and emotions, as well as contribute to the development of one's spiritual path. This group is meant to offer information and events that relate to the cultivation of Awareness and Mindfulness in one's everyday life through meditation and other contemplative tools. Events listed will be in the southern California area.

The 5Rhythms is a dynamic and invigorating, dancing meditation practice that is a lot of fun, great exercise and good for the soul. An amazing and eclectic soundscape of music is played while you are taken on journey and guided to dance to your own beating pulse as you dive into 5 different qualities of being through movement. Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical & Stillness. Each rhythm offers a different teaching and each class is unique. Your learning of the 5Rhythms unfolds every time you come. …

Are you seeking more inner peace? Would you like to reduce stress and improve your health and well-being? Or would you like to be more deeply grounded in the heart-centered wisdom of your spirit and be able to share that light with others? The purpose of this group is help you experience the joy of meditation in a relaxed and supportive setting with sincere like-minded souls interested in meditating, learning, sharing, and connecting. You'll learn a practical and powerful method of meditation br …

We meet up on a bi-weekly basis to meditate. Robert Jackson, the host of A Quiet Mind podcasts will lead the group in a 30 minute guided meditation.

Hello, my name is Cedar Martyn. I am the founder and lead practioner of Crystalline Healing Center in Los Angels. I specialize in Holistic Massage along with Detox Treatments which also incorporates the use of therapeutic grade essential oils. I love working with essential oils and I have been incorporating them into several diffenent types of Meet-Ups to create a fun learning and interactive experience. We offer a variety of Bio-Energetic serivices and classes in which are posted here. We are …

Ellie Zarrabian, Ph.D. has her degree in Transpersonal Psychology with a focus in Spirituality, Mystical, Meditative and Shamanic Healing Practices. Dr. Zarrabian works with women who want to explore their spirituality as a way to deepen or heal their relationships as well as find a career that is more in alignment with their spiritual calling. http://www.centeronpeace.com/ Mitta Vicki Wise, RN is a Registered Nurse, holistic practitioner and health coach using hypnotherapy, guided meditation, …

This group is dedicated to providing a profound meditation experience while sailing on the ocean (from Marina Del Rey). The guide was a holistic practitioner at Esalen Institute (Big Sur), published author (Wisdommoonpublishing.com, andrewsadock.com) and commercial ship captain (Tall Ship Red Witch, redwitch.com). The group is designed for inexperienced and experienced meditators. Meditation instruction is available (upon request only). We sail in silence for an hour. The entire experience is ap …

A donation based meditation workshop offered on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at a charming private studio in Santa Monica off Colorado near Centinela. Stephanie Nash has been a chief facilitator with Shinzen Young for over a decade and combines his teachings with other methods - for the purpose of creating more Ease, Clarity, Focus and Presence in one's life. Each meeting is a different exploration of our experience of body, mind, external sight & sound - and sometimes movement. Open t …

Welcome to the Santa Monica Buddhist Meditation Meetup Our classes are hosted by Sakya Samten Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist center from the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the four major traditions of Buddhism in Tibet. The meditation technique is simple and very good for both beginners and those with some previous experience of meditation. Each class gives an introduction to two types of Buddhist meditation, a guided calm-abiding meditation to develop a clear and peaceful state of …

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About Mindfulness Exercises: The practice of self regulation of the autonomic nervous system. We teach integrated mind-body mental exercises to trigger a natural parasympathetic response in the autonomic nervous system. This response releases powerful neurochemicals (biochemicals) that regulate the immune system. Regulation of the immune system transforms the human body at the cellular level. This natural transformation affects our view, how we feel, and ultimately our perception of reality, it …

Come join us to benefit from this powerful meditation. The Prosperity Meditation will help us clean our energy fields from negative and poverty thoughts and/or patterns that are obstructing us from being prosperous, it will enable us to download tremendous amounts of energy and that we'll use to bless our projects, job, loved ones etc. The group power will help to double or triple the energy and the effects of the Prosperity Meditation, remember, a small group of seven people or more meditating …

Meditation Sitting Group. A Retreat-level experience every Tuesday evening which includes: 45-minute silent sit recorded dharma talk & discussion closing metta or loving kindness meditation dana for rent only ~ $5 suggested

Prajnaparamita Buddhist Center in Santa Monica is the second Kadampa Buddhist Center in Los Angeles. Opened in 2006, its purpose is to provide a facility where the people of west Los Angeles can train in meditation and other practices of Kadampa Buddhism. The center offers a range of meditation classes, study programs, chanted meditations and weekend events. The classes combine guided meditation with practical advice on how to reduce stress and solve problems in daily life. Taught by Westerners, …

This is an invitation for anyone interested in practicing the powerful Quantum Light Breath active breathing meditation in a group of like-minded individuals... I have extensive experience in facilitating these in countless workshops for accelerated personal transformation... In addition to detailed inspirational verbal and musical guidance you will also experience majestic vibrations from live Paiste planet gongs and if desired hands-on supportive touch for an expansive breathwork experience... …

This is an invitation to those who are attracted to the Healing Power of Sound & Vibration from majestic PAISTE PLANETARY GONGS, sacred TIBETAN SINGING BOWLS and other divine vibrational instruments that will touch our hearts & spirits and help align us on a cellular level... WELCOME to our "SOUND BATH" - a Sound & Vibrational Healing Meditation Journey... An otherworldly sound experience - many describe the feeling of a sound bath as traveling through outer space, deep sea or the womb... It' …

Drumming meditation workshop hosted by Cathy Javier and led by Russell Buddy Helm on Tuesday, Friday night at 7 pm til 8:30 and Sunday at 3 pm til 4:30. Beautiful hand carved African Djembes from Ghana included with charge of $20 per person. All levels welcome. Buddy Helm is author of "Way of the Drum" and "Drumming the Spirit to Life" and best selling drumming CDs including "No Second Chance, martial arts drumming" CD made for Guro Dan Inosanto. We are at Seasons, located at 1021-A Montana Aven …

SCHOOL OF INTUITION AND LIFE - "Awaken to Your Complete Potential." *** No previous experience is necessary*** Welcome to the Blissful Living Series meditation class in downtown Vancouver. This workshop is a great introduction to meditation, as well as for those wanting to rejuvenate their practice. Learn to feel grounded and aligned in your body with clarity in the present, here and now. And discover how to awaken to the cosmic ocean of pure unconditional love. In this workshop, you will …

This is a group interested in the deep, transformational healing experienced through sound and breath meditation...specifically sound from sacred instruments such as gongs, Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls, tingshaws, rainsticks and chimes and a three-part Prana Yama Breathwork practice. The first  event begins the evening of Saturday, June15, 2013. The cost for this four-hour event is $50.00 and includes an evening of non-stop sacred music (featuring one-dozen professional gongs set up in …

This is a sacred context of dance, meditation and inner journeying. Through expressive movement (no dance experience necessary) and subtle, meditative movement your body will become recharged and invigorated. This is special "time out" to listen to the deeper stirrings of of your psyche and to surrender to the  fluid nature of your body. The second part of class is a "dream time "context where significant healing and deep rest can occur while also stimulating the imagination. Through personal sh …

Looking for connection through meditation and movement, while sailing? This group will meet regularly to provide all three: connection, movement meditation and sailing on my 23' trimaran out of Marina Del Rey, California. There's room for about six each three-hour trip for people who want to experience feelings of union with breath, wind, water, sea life, boat and movement. We leave in the early afternoon and return at or before sunset for an experience of feeling in-the-moment with nature and r …

Are You Ready to Make A Positive, Loving Difference in the World? Join other like-minded people in Santa Monica for the Oneness Blessing. Experience the transmission of Divine Energy by Oneness Blessing Givers and receive Blessings (Deeksha) for Awakening each Thursday night in Santa Monica at 8PM. These gatherings are attracting people from all over North America with a desire to connect in Oneness and raise their consciousness and that of the region, their family, and friends. Click to find …

We are an LGBTQ group dedicated to cultivating our spiritual identity while embracing our sexual identity, and developing our connections to ourselves, our families, and our communities. We learn and practice Vipassana meditation, cultivate awareness and mindfulness, develop wisdom and compassion by exploring the teachings of the Buddha. We are an inclusive group that welcomes all in our wonderfully diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual,Transgender, Queer community in Los Angeles. We meet at, and are …

LOS ANGELES: SoCal Oneness, a local, grassroots presence of Oneness University, a spiritual organization founded to alleviate human suffering at its roots by awakening humanity into oneness, announced today that they will be hosting a series of events during a “Week of Grace”, which will take place in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego from Feb 2-9, 2013. The focus of each event is to help people end internal suffering through Awakening or Enlightenment and gain the same level of inner fr …

This Meditation-Breath work is a very simple technique that helps in clearing old, stuck energy and can help you to access other parts of your Self. This easy, rhythmic breath is easy to learn and the benefits will last you for a life time.

Take a day for yourself. This day-long meditation retreat is led by facilitators trained by Shinzen Young (who has developed an innovative contemporary system of mindfulness meditation that is being studied at Harvard, Yale and other prestigious institutions.) Come for any or all of the day. Instructions in the morning with a few guided meditations during the day and an opportunity to meet privately with facilitators to ask about your practice - whatever your practice may be. "Support" is the ke …

Mental Yoga does for your Life Off The Mat what asanas do for your life on the mat. Two Yogi-Hypnotherapists guide you in taking the next step in emotional healing, acceptance, and conscious living. Topics include meditation, guided imagery, grounding exercises, self hypnosis, and much more!

This group is for anyone interested in learning basic meditation and meeting some new friends along the way. Our basic meditation classes are open to people of all faiths, or no faith at all. We do these classes as a service to our community and our friends and neighbors, as we believe that meditation is good for people, and good for the world. The more people meditating, and meditating together, the better our world! The basic meditation we will learn and practice together is very simple and ea …