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 …

This is a group for anyone interested in opportunities to come together as a multi-ethnic community through pan-African spirituality and performance arts. We'll get together to experience everything from bead-craft to live music and dance performances and Earth Wisdom ceremonies.

This group was created to join together sound healers and musicians who play freely from an intent of peace, joy, love and healing. If you're a sound artist, musician, sound healer, and spiritual creative type, then join. Together we will create and share songs, improvised performances, and exchange our services and resources.

Did you know that meetup.com was named after the Pulp lyric, "Let's all meet up in the year 2000"? We're lying. Join us in our tune-filled deceit. For lovers of British pop, indie pop, mod, soul, new wave, shoegazing, twee-pop, C86, and bands from the '60s to the present, including Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Elastica, Oasis, New Order, Joy Division, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, The Verve, Lush, Radiohead, Libertines, Babyshambles, Garbage, Jesus & Mary Chain, …

Looking for more peace in your life? Seeking a healthy way to feel better and experience more happiness? Meet other local people who practice meditation. Discuss techniques, philosophies and schools of thought. We explore and practice all forms of meditation and mindfulness without any ties to a specific religion or dogma. We meet for one hour. The first fifteen minutes is a group discussion about meditation, followed by a 30 minute guided meditation with the rest of the time for wrap-up and dis …

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 …

Serendipity Choir is a 20-year old  choral group that sings 4/5-part harmonies at traditional and non-traditional churches (Unity, Religious Science) and other spiritual centers, as well as retirement homes, between Marin and Monterey,CA. We also perform every Christmas season at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. We perform songs from Broadway, Movies, popular hits and old and new favorites , usually twice a month. We Practice almost every Tuesday from 7:30-9:30PM at Unity Community Church-2686 Un …

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 …

Join liked-minded souls on a drum journey all about unity, spirituality, and community. No experience necessary! Drums provided.  Ages 16 & up only. A brief lesson and guided meditation will be included. This group is about using drumming to transform our awareness to deeper states, and most of all, to have fun! We are all drummers. We hold drum circles at various venues around the Bay Area For more information, see: http://www.globaldrumcircles.com NEW VIDEO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v …

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 …

Creating and sharing is transformative. Artists, healers and anyone interested in spiritual development is welcome. Our workshops feature artists, writers, spiritual teachers, life coaches, psychotherapists, and wellness professionals who come together to support personal empowerment and healing.

Find greater peace, focus and energy in the ancient practice of meditation. Meditation sharpens the mind, adding greater consciousness and power to everything else in your life. Various ancient and modern meditation techniques will be taught by Buddhist monks with an American style. Literature, music and movie recommendations will be provided for a well-rounded and entertaining education and as a basis for exposition and discussion.

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.

If you are seeking a church that is guided by the teachings of Jesus in an open-minded and progressive way, a way to work for justice and peace, both locally and globally, a beautiful, inspiring, natural setting, a diverse, inclusive, multi-racial, open and affirming community, inspiring preaching and music, a community where God’s love knows no bounds, where all are welcome, young, old, rich, poor, different colors and sexual orientation a nurturing faith community that supports families, one w …

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 …

This group is for people who love kirtan, or for anyone who is curious about it. If you enjoy the music of Krishna Das, Snatam Kaur, Jai Uttal, Deva Premal, Karnamrita Dasi, Ragani, Mukti, Sean Johnson & the Wild Lotus Band,  Dave Stringer and other kirtan artists, then this group is for you! Those who haven't yet experienced kirtan, but are interested in spirituality, yoga, meditation, music, etc. are also welcome to join the group and check it out. We just ask that you read the "Group Guidelin …

SoundSpace! is a beautiful new space in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission district where we combine sound and music with other art and wellness practices to experience insight, discussion, community, and fun! Our workshops and creative laboratories uniquely integrate sound practices and explorations with the voice, songwriting, creative writing, guided improvisations deep listening, yoga, meditation, acupuncture, psychology, movement, and much more. Sound and music play a large role in the he …

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 …

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 …

We love life and seek supportive friendships. We believe in the mind-body connection and learn holistic health practices that empower individuals to manage their own health and even rejuvenate themselves. We hold events where you will meet health practioners that will teach you a wide variety of practices including detoxification, nutrition, healthy cooking, stress balancing, energy medicine, sound healing, natural remedies and effective fitness routines. Since this is a lifestyle improvement su …

1st & 3rd Mondays each month, I open my studio to share painting, collaging, and creating with fellow creatives. The wisdom of Julia Cameron's Artist Way material and other creative spiritual practices will be folded into our time together in an unstructured way.  The studio is small and only 3 tables for creating (plus one for me, the organizer) are available. I will provide a still life, music, 3 tables and water for aqua media, a sink for cleaning brushes plus work station set up and tear dow …