Discover how your beliefs about love, intimacy and sexuality affect your relationships, sexual satisfaction, marriage, body image and ability to find love. This Meetup Group is sponsored by the Human Awareness Institute of the South Bay. The Human Awareness Institute (HAI) empowers individuals to be potent, loving, contributing human beings. HAI promotes personal growth and social evolution by replacing ignorance and fear with awareness and love.       YOU WILL LEARN TO: *Express yourself i …

Ever wonder where you can meet other men who want to become self-aware and enjoy the discoveries? Do you want to surround yourself with other men who are on a journey of exciting self-awareness? Are you seeking like-spirited men for camaraderie and emotional support? Come participate in this group, bring your curiosity, your life experiences, your questions, your excitement about getting to know yourself. Challenging our belief patterns that hold us stuck, try out new methods of self-discovery o …

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raising awareness and building a community of hope for all of those in need. This is a support group run by NAMI trained facilitators for families and friends of mentally ill people. The g …

One common thing among every living creature is to be HAPPY :-). Our basic expectation from our life is to be happy. In the current pace of daily life, we often are caught in the circle of activities and end up drained. Do you come home from work physically or emotionally drained, with little energy left for your family? Do you find it difficult to get out of bed every day knowing that you face an overwhelming workload? Do you feel like you're always behind schedule or wish you could …

… For more information about the Human Awareness Institute our website address is www.hai.org

For Events visit www.eastbayopencircle.org.  (click on our Meetup "Follow us" links) The East Bay Open Circle is dedicated to supporting the practices of mindful and open-hearted awareness. We draw our inspiration from a variety of spiritual, religious, psychological, and scientific traditions which support the cultivation of direct experience, insight, and compassion. We host a number of local speakers and teachers on a regular basis, as well as other speakers invited from around the world. We …

… To raise awareness among the health care community, policy makers, and the public at large about issues of living with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

… There will be a meditation (silent, guided or Reiki), a dvd/cd/book, and a heartfelt inquiry/satsang in a warm, allowing, meditative atmosphere In this open way, a reorientation naturally heightens perception, openness, awareness and enhances ability to manifest reality if that is what you choose. Teaches that you are already free awareness !! We will see things that we identify with like the false "I" (me) thought and see that who were are in truth has no boundaries!! We will draw from many tea …

… Taiji Yoga is designed to help the practitioners develop self-awareness and improve the circulation of energy in the body. Traditionally, the discipline of Yoga has been used to help people meditate. Taiji Yoga helps practitioners develop healthy balance of relaxation in body and mind. Energy is something we can feel, touch and even see. Energy serves as a bridge between body and mind, and  helping you feel how your mind's condition affects your physical health. By awakening the energy in your b …

Welcome to San Francisco I Liq Chuan practice group. The training is intended for students of all levels interested in learning the art. I Liq Chuan, martial art of awareness, is an art of cultivating consciousness based on Tai Chi and Zen principles, in other words the practice of moving meditation. The philosophy underlying I Liq Chuan involves the very simple concept of making an active choice to be fully aware of the present moment, by being aware of the sounds around you, your breathing, yo …

  Qigong means "cultivating life force energy", and through cultivating your energy you can enhance your well-being and self-awareness to bring joy and balance into your life. Our meetings will combine the practice of Qigong meditation with self-awareness tools to guide you through life's challenges and personal difficulties. Ultimately, my goal is to bring you to a balanced state of mind for fulfillment and happiness. General outline of our meetings: * Philosophy of Qigong and Laws of Life * Qi …

… I have found through the years, that this work is a wonderful way of accessing deep parts within us; release the pressures from daily life; expand our awareness of ourselves, those around us and the cosmos we are part of; as well as have a permissive and nourishing space that can allow the healing intelligence within our psyche to emerge from inside rather than directed by the outside. Holotropic Breathwork is a method of using expanded states of awareness for self exploration, healing and pers …

… Through these experiential sessions, we overcome our doubts and fears about both this ordinary world and the world of inner awareness. These unique meditation sessions will include Pranayama (Breath awareness exercises), Mantras (Chants), Jnana Yoga (Wisdom talks), Chakra and Pranic Healing, and more. These meditations not only bring practical results in our day-to-day lives, but also help in our spiritual evolution, much needed in these stressful times. About us :: Lokesh  with his extensi …

… Creating more space with the breath allowing to deepen our awareness more in vertical direction helps us to touch space where we know who we really are. its powerful tool to live in present moment and cultivate I-AM- awareness. The aim of this Circle is  co-creating support system to re-learn correct breathing and nurture our body, mind and heart. The group is Organized and facilitated by Briksha Mahendra. When we nurture ourselves with correct breathing we will: • Oxygenate your body and …

Kriya Yoga -DanSingOut -Contact OmMovement -Humandalas -Bisensuality -Superconscious Communal Intimacy -Meditation -Mood Monsters -Mantra -Pranayama -Fruit Fun -Rad Raw Rants-Nomadness- Waste Awareness- Live Neotribal Ethereal Gypsy Gothic Music & Dance Tranceformance. Heal for Real. It's YourEvolution. Get High on Our Own Supply. Occupy Within. Become the Best of our Be(am)ing and Bloom to the Effervescence of our Essence. Soar into the Subtleties of our Spirit. Let's Give Sanity A Longer Leash …

-What kind of erotic presence do you hold? -What is the range and depth of you sexual embodiment? -What can you call forth from your lover? -What are your edges and how do they hold you back from expressing and enjoying your full erotic potential? SEX MAGIC SEX MAGIC is a monthly workshop series, in which we will share and play with some conceptual and technical tools designed to deepen awareness, and enhance pleasure & connection during a sexual encounter.  I will be co- facilitating each meeti …