Hello and welcome! Are you looking for the present for your friend or the loved one, or perhaps for a unique design item to decorate your home, or discuss new art trends? Or may be you are interested to learn new techniques and create something special all by yourself? Or you want to be surrounded by creative people like yourself? We will be more than happy to meet you ! This group is open for all people who wants to develop his/her own talents and get inspired by new projects. Weekly arts & cra …

This is a group for anyone interested in areas where creative work, design, and technology intersect. We started this group as a way to discuss topics of interest and find ways to collaborate.

The Journal Workshop offers classes in the art of personal journaling, as well as on-going women's journal circles. Journal writing is one of the most powerful and accessible tools we have to heal, expand, and transform our lives.  Each class includes a presentation of carefully-crafted prompts, questions, guided imagery and other explorations designed to help even the most reluctant journal writer to express herself and experience the benefits of personal journaling. You will learn dozens of cr …

Welcome to Align the Self (ATS)! Would you like to be part of a powerful, creative, inspiring group of women? This is a collaborative group about creating incredible lives, living our dreams, being empowered and encouraging one another. It's also about feeling good (mentally, physically and spiritually). Learn more about Rebecca (the facilitator) and some of her work here: http://aligntheself.com/

If you've always wanted to get a book published and didn't know how, this meetup group will teach you the steps. · Learn how to pitch your book at a conference · Demystify the query letter and get steps on how to write one · Develop your author platform before you are even published We'll explore traditional publishing and self-publishing, and everything in between, and break down the right publishing steps for you into manageable chunks so you can integrate writing and publishing into your dail …

The Silicon Valley Innovation Institute is a 503(c) non-profit. It's purpose is to support innovators - those who have insight, and actually APPLY it. If you're someone who's gotten into trouble for having a great idea before, or you are the kind of person who likes to support the people who get into trouble for having great idea's, then this is a group for you!

Let's form a group of individuals who love words and playing competitive, stimulating board games! It's sure to be an capital rendezvous- learning new words, stumping fellow participants with bogus, grandiose or terse definitions! Get the creative juices flowing, meet new friends and enjoy the benefits of living more creatively! A bit more about the game... Balderdash contains several cards with real words nobody has heard of. After one of those words has been read aloud, players try to come up …

Ubiquitous Media is the messy collision of ubiquitous computing, augmented reality, physical computing, personal sensing, transmedia and urban systems. It's like that old parable of the blind monks trying to describe an elephant; the parts all feel very weird and different, and we're trying to catch a glimpse of the future in its entirety. We are an open network of geeks, artists, experience designers, social scientists and other fellow travelers interested in answering the question "If the worl …

Founded in 2002, Velo Girls is the premier women's cycling club in the San Francisco bay area. We offer rides, clinics, and events for women (and men) throughout the year. Our members include recreational and competitive road cyclists, mountain bikers, and cyclocrossers, ranging in age from teens to 60s, spanning from Morgan Hill to Mendocino, Half Moon Bay to the east bay. Velo Girls has been recognized by USA Cycling as Club of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2008. We've also been voted Best …

Passionate about wellness? Join us to share knowledge about wellness, develop communication and leadership skills, and connect with people from a diverse range of wellness fields. You're welcome to visit our sister clubs in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/FlyingToasters/ http://www.meetup.com/Mandarin-English-Toastmasters/ http://www.meetup.com/SF-MET/ We look forward to seeing you!

We welcome all people from all religious backgrounds, cultures, LGBTQQA, races, and of all ages. If you consider yourself spiritual and are interested in living the life of your dreams by changing the way you think about life, you are welcome here! We don't ask you to park your brain at the door. We are looking for inquisitive, inspiring, and fun people to help us create a community on the Peninsula. Center for Spiritual Living, Peninsula is a reflection of a global thriving spiritual movement d …

Hi, Welcome to Aerial Silks group of Palo Alto and neighboring communities. Aerial Silk is one of many aerial disciplines. It is a workout in all respects, but considered art, like ballet, with a touch of breathtaking tricks that requires body strength. Individuals perform aerial silks on a long fabric, made of polyester or synthetic nylon; the rope is mostly made of tick cotton fibers. These elements are rigged 20, 50, or more feet high. Aerial silks and rope are mostly performed at circuses, b …

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.

About Kannon Do Bay Area Zen Meditation Group: We aim to bring the spiritual practice of mindfulness to the San Francisco Peninsula and the South Bay, emphasizing its relevance in the modern world. Our purpose is to bring balance to busy lives faced with constant distractions, work and family pressures, and demanding deadlines. Our practice goes beyond relief of stress or health concerns to benefit the whole person. It emphasizes living an authentic life and expressing our inherent true nature …

Want to know where to meet new people? Successful but want more balance and a fulfilling social life? Want to know how to correct what you've been doing wrong in your dating life? You want to ABSOLUTELY have fun while meeting the right person, right? Here, not only will you learn the tasty advantage in the dating world but will have fun at our social meetups to make new spicy friends and potential connection. We'll have: *FUN WORKSHOPS- Building confidence, How to have a fulfilling social lif …

This is a group for anyone interested in image and text recognition algorithms and their applications in real life problems. Join us and lets create world's most creative discussion group on image and text recognition technology.

Sahaja Meditation is good for heart, mind, body and soul. It's all about energy — Inner Energy — and everyone has it. Sahaja Meditation is a simple technique that lets you tap into that energy and harness its power to become better balanced and better connected to yourself — emotionally, physically, and spiritually. It's easy. Anyone can do it. And classes are always free. Here are just a few specific benefits Sahaja Meditation offers… • Immediate stress relief and long-term stress management • …

Entrepreneurial moms meet and network with each other. Anyone who owns a business, wants to own one, is working on a creative venture, or wants to be around other business women in the Peninsula and surrounding neighborhoods can be a part of this Exchange. You do not have to be a business owner yet. This Exchange is about networking, helping each other through trials and tribulations, questions, problems, educating, and empowering each other. We will invite special speakers and some of our own m …

We work closely with smart, creative and insanely hardworking startup founders to help them focus their product’s value proposition, refine their product and pitch to investors and ultimately make personal introductions to help get their companies the resources and funding they need to scale. More info at: www.founderbase.net This is a monthly meet that brings together promising entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and around the world.  Join us for founder’s brunch, interactive panel discussion, o …

Join award winning UX designer Phil Dupré and team for a small, informal discussion at Maprehend about managing and collaborating on projects visually. Often times managing projects is too complex to depend on just words for communicating. We learn visually very easily so why can't we have a way to visually communicate easily? Especially when it comes to some of the most difficult things to manage? Like projects involving several complex facets with several complex people. Even if you’re sitting …

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This is a network for educators, designers, critical thinkers, makers and educational reform junkies starting up make spaces and design thinking curriculum at schools in the Bay Area. This group will meet to gain much needed collaboration and real face time with like-minded people working hard to reform education. Never underestimate the creative power of a beer, a napkin, a pen and a good conversation!

Want to stay healthy? If you have tried hard on your own for a long time, why not collaborate with a group? "Three shoemakers working together will achieve more than the smartest person in the country," the Chinese said. Being fit is easy: eat healthy and have physical activities at least 3 times per week. Let's collaborate!

This is a space for smart, creative folks who have left the academic track and are trying to find community and networking opportunities in the lively Bay Area innovation community. This is not a space to complain about academia, but rather where we can talk about how to translate skill sets developed for academia into tangible and fulfilling opportunities outside of the Ivory Tower. All are welcome, with a special invitation to those folks coming from the Humanities and "softer" social sciences …

Golden Gate American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) uses Palo Alto as our home base with occasional "field trips" to plays, research locations or something else we know would be great. We have attendees from all over the broader Bay Area (Santa Cruz to Antioch!). Our regular meetings are bimonthly on the 3rd Saturday (subject to change so check to make sure). Our website is http://goldengateacfw.wordpress.com/ We have speakers on craft, industry and professional development topics. All direct …

We learn breathing techniques and Yoga for Effortless Meditation that infuses the mind with peace, clarity and creativity.

Make movies mainly in Indian languages with like minded movie makers. To start a platform where people can share ideas and collaborate to create movies/shorts of good quality .

I started this group to bring together folks that love to create. The group is a place to learn about mosaics, create mosaics, and have a community to work alongside. This meetup is held in my indoor-outdoor studio space under a grove of palm trees. I have lots of supplies left over from projects and collected, but never used. Just come as you are and start to create a lasting piece of art! It is really fun to see a pile of broken pieces come together into a unique piece of art!