What is the Shadow? The shadow contains all the parts of ourselves that we try to hide, deny or suppress. It is the keeper of all the aspects of ourselves that we dislike and the qualities that we judge as unacceptable. The shadow wears many faces: angry, critical, fearful, lazy, controlling, selfish, weak, pathetic… These are the faces we don ’t want to show the world and the faces we don ’t want to show ourselves. Most of us expend huge amounts of energy trying to get rid of or control these …

The Open Way Gathering Spiritual Heart & Inquiry with Cory Bright We will do a short meditation.  Then sit, share and dialogue on the true nature of who we are as Open Awareness.  A nondual oriented sharing that you can find similarities in Buddhism, Zen, A Course in Miracles, Advaita, Eckhart Tolle,  Adyashanti, Bryon Katie, Deepak, Wayne Dyer, Candice O'Denver Marriane Williamson, Landmark Education, Mooji, Tony Parsons, Rupert Spira .... J. Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, Nissargadatta etc. …

This group is for people between 30s to 44 years old to try new things, make new friends and have a few laughs.  I took over from the last person who stepped down a month ago.  So, lets start fresh and get together. If you want to organize an event, feel free to post on the main page. Please support the cost of this group by liking my Facebook Page called "Free Case Friday". Free Case Friday offers iPhone iPad iPod Macbook accessory news, reviews and giveaways! LIKE US to get news of upcoming dr …

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 …

Moving Laughing and Dancing Circle for Meditation -awakening in ``Spirit`` as ``Spirit`` This Circle was created with the aim to support our awakening and healing process and spiritual practices . This Circle is a community of loving, caring people who love truth, beauty and goodness. The Circle provides a safe, loving and empowering space for awakening to unfold in all types of people; in their body, mind and spirit through various tools of movement, dance and meditation. Our practices comes …

This group is an experiment to create a free exchange of modeling and drawing for artists, like myself, who love drawing from life. Group members take turns doing some of the modeling (lightly-clothed or nude) and will have plenty of time to draw. I have drawn from life on and off for the last 15 years or so and also have experience modeling for life drawing classes in the University setting. I think the experience of being on both sides of the coin is valuable and interesting. Details: - All m …

Network After Work - Networking Events for Professionals is a national business and social networking event company that launched in June 2009. We currently host events in 19 cities across the country.  Events are created for professionals who want to expand their network and create new business opportunities, events range in size from 150-600 professionals and take place in each city's top nightlife destinations. Events draw a diverse mix of professionals from all industries and career levels a …

Explore your true potential through harnessing the forces of nature and releasing your body's true potential for self healing. Master Healer, Alan Waugh incorporates Shamanic Healing Techniques, Universal Life Force Energy and Depth Hypnosis to assist your etheric mental, emotional, spiritual and physical bodies to achieve equalibrium and harmony. This meetup group is an opportunity to draw from his many years of study and practice, to develop your own skill set for mental, emotional and spiritu …

Hoping to discuss and support one another in getting in touch with our creativity once again. Creativity in various forms that was left behind at some point in our lives. I have been writing poetry as of late, and I have been amazed at the process of images and words coming to me-through me, and feeling like a "witness" to the "creative process," for the first time in my life. I am interested in this process and to others that have experienced or would like to experience this more in their lives …

This group is for those who love to draw, doodle, illustrate or generally be creative! There is no level of drawing expertise that you specifically need to have to participate. Stick figures are most welcome, and in fact, can be quite hilarious and awesome! Its challenging to find time to do art when you are busy living life, and if you love art and wish you did more then these meetups will be a solution for you. There will be time for free drawing at each meetup, but mostly there are themes fo …

Tuesday Evenings, 7:00 - 10:00pm. We love drawing and we love listening to music while we draw! We are a loose collection of professionals and amateurs who have been meeting every Tuesday to draw the figure for over 15 years. Comfort and good humor are important aspects of our group and we enjoy talking about important - or not important - issues of the day. This is not a quiet or hushed group! But no question, our dedication and devotion is to our love of drawing the figure. We work with a spec …

NOTE:  This circle is no longer active......... After 30 consecutive successful Meetups, I have ended this meditation circle in favor of devoting my time and energy to a weekly radio show helping awakening women feel more inspired and empowered as they bring their gifts to the world. There will be interviews with experts in the fields of healing, overcoming sexual abuse, empowerment, and raising your vibration.  There will be interviews with everyday women who have inspiring and empowering sto …

Let's get together on weekends to wander around San Francisco, sketching people and places. You don't have to be the next Paul Madonna, just someone who likes observing city life and making marks on paper. (Note that we used to be called Urban Sketchers. Same group, just a different name.)

Meet, greet, draw, paint and sketch at parks, gardens, museums and cafes. Occasionally we might take a trip to San Francisco, but primarily, this will be centered in the East Bay.

The intent of this group is to connect people with their deepest passion and life's purpose. We look for what lights you up, what drives you, what you love to do, and use what we discover to help you achieve your dreams. Drawing on knowledge and tools from NVC, NLP, learning styles, and theories of human development, we seek to empower individuals in our community to live with passion and purpose.

Come out for a lesson in figure drawing. All levels are welcome. This group is inspiring and challenging to every individual. Bring art into the complicated spectrum of your life and find out what you have been missing. We train you in technique but also we train your eyes to see the beautiful in everyday life.

We are a weekly life drawing group at Faultline Artspace in Oakland. We have a giant space in the corner of a warehouse with beautiful natural light. Thew windows are 10 feet tall and are north and east facing. We have a parking lot and are 7 blocks from Fruitvale Bart. We are located above a furniture outlet on the second floor of the newly named 'High Street Lofts' on High Street. We are right next to the train tracks and high street, so we are the first driveway on your left if you are coming …

Let's feel, enjoy and discuss about what is visual communication here! We are crazy to find better way of communication which is visual based for fun. Welcome everybody who has interested in visual communication!

Every Sunday evening, a small group of us get together to indulge in glasses of wine, delicious cookies, and drawing beautiful naked women. This all takes place in the chapel of an old convent turned artist collective. The acoustics and lighting in this room are amazing and we take full advantage of it with well selected tunes, and occasionally a live musician to tantalize your ear drums. Bring your own materials. We do not provide easels, but we have cushions, backjacks, and chairs. $10! wine a …

Interested in painting or drawing portraits but too shy to ask random strangers? Tired of drawing your loved ones over and over again? This group is for you. Let's get together and take turns sitting for each other. Just to be clear this is NOT a nude figure drawing session (not that I have anything against nude figure drawing). My interest is in faces specifically. I work in mixed media so it's easy for me to bring low maintenance supplies with me like colored pencils, water colors, pastels. Ho …

Let's meet in one of San Francisco's parks, pair up, and draw each other. This is a casual, fun activity and all are welcome - not just "artists." We'll rotate through the parks, so it's also a way to get to know the city better.

Create art from that wild place within, free from worry and perfection! Enjoy the company of like-minded people, who love arts & crafts with some self-exploration thrown in to keep things interesting! Projects include batiks and felt-making, book-making and paper play, intuitive painting, dream boxes, multi-media vision collages, life journey time lines, and many more brilliant ideas. This group is perfect for the beginning artist and experienced pro. Some instruction will be given with plenty o …

Calling all Alameda Artists! Have you ever wanted to head over to the ferry to sketch the boats, cranes and bright colored shipping containers? Or simply sit in the coffee shop and make quick studies of the patrons? The Alameda Artist Group is for artists in all creative media and practicing at all skill levels. (And you don't have to live in Alameda! we usually meet in Alameda but anyone who wants to sketch and draw and make art is welcome) Inspire others or be inspired, learn new techniques to …

Calling Soulful Women into a Circle of Grace. Wanting to grow your life and realize dreams? Ready to deeply connect with other women while learning about yourself and your talents? Come embrace your abundance in a divine feminine way. We support self care and leadership. We connect through sharing, music, dinner and coached discussions. The world needs all women to be fully expressed. Do you want to embrace being the leader in your life for a positive impact on the world? We meet in a sacred and …

Take Your Meditation from a Solo Affair to Something More Adventurous with Embodied Inquiry Facilitated by Valerie Sher Redwood City Embodied: Lived Experience, Sensing, Movement, Impulses, Thoughts, and Feelings Inquiry: Self-Awareness, Curiosity, Listening with Mindfulness A group for singles and couples cultivating the truth and intimacy of the present moment through authentic movement, self-inquiry practices, and mindfulness-based present-moment focused group process. This group takes a mind …

Feeling Arranging is a primitive form of Shamanism, which is nature based and very ancient. It’s about finding our original self through arranging our feelings. This group is for the adventurous and the fearless. Feeling Arranging is uniquely different from the shamanism and healing methods we know such as journeying, soul retrieval and meditation. We use darkness as a positive force to heal ourselves and to connect with our ancestors and nature. Like a seed needs a dark place to incubate before …

For young adults 18 to 25 who would like to meet at local libraries to share work and ideas for animation projects, short film ideas, colabrative work, voice acting ,and just hang out.

This is a group for artists interested in drawing from live models. We alternate weekly between clothed or costumed models and nude models at locations in Brentwood and Oakley. Our clothed sessions are called Figure Sketch and the nude sessions Figure Eight. Our models range from amateur to professional - We started the sessions in February of 2012 and would welcome some fresh artists to the group. We've had some repeat models, but over the course of one year have drawn more than 20 different mo …