The Noble School of Taichi and Qigong Training is dedicated to offering the highest quality training available to each and every student who desires to improve the quality of their health, life and internal peace/happiness. All ages (from children to seniors) races, religions, and cultures are welcome. Some Benefits available from Yi Ren® Qigong: Improved Health, Vitality, and Longevity Strengthen Healing (Reiki) Abilities/ (Safety & Protection) Deepen Ones connection to Heaven, Earth, and Huma …

To find out about the benefits of becoming an AES member, click here: http://www.aes.org/join/ The Audio Engineering Society — now in its sixth decade — is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists, academics and other authorities has grown dramatically throughout the world, boosting the stature of the society and that of its members. The AES serves its members, the audio industry and the public by stimulating and fa …

We are women who do arts and crafts. Some of us are professionals, some have Etsy stores or market online, and some of us just want to get together, make things and have a good time. We talk, do show and tell, and sometimes lead each other in closed workshops. Oct. 2011 marks our one year anniversary, and our group has evolved and grown into an amazing entity, an even better community than I had originally hoped for. Our mini workshops  have been varied, abundant, and well attended. Our group is …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Meetup with other local professionals who are interested in the Online News Association (ONA) and the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Gather with writers, editors, photographers, producers, and all with an interest in the production of news for digital presentation. For more information or to become an ONA member, check out http://www.journalists.org. For more information or to join SPJ, visit http://www.spj.org or http://www.spjwash.org.

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

This group is meant to fill the gap of wanting to be spiritual without being religious. We will explore spirituality in a practical way as part of the human journey of self-discovery and actualization. Come with your coffee/tea, journal and pen, as we have some discussion on various topics and then move on to do some exercises and practices that can be added to our own spiritual tool kits for nurturing our souls. The philosophy advocated here is for everyone to be empowered to be their own guru, …

We facilitate meaningful media making by partnering with local and international NGOs and non-profits. Sometimes called advocacy journalism, citizen journalism, humanitarian media, or just simply documentary film and photography. Our members create stories to help cause positive social change by helping the small orgs who are solving the world's biggest problems and injustices. These meetups serve the purpose of collaborating, educating, socializing, networking, awareness building and team build …

This support group for veterans and others will help you with your symptoms of PTSD and other effects of deployment. We will journal and talk about your issues when you are ready. You can get better. Confidential - not related to military or VA. I'm a non-combat Navy Viet Nam veteran, but I care.

The Noble School of Taichi and Qigong Training is dedicated to offering the highest quality training available to each and every student who desires to improve the quality of their health, life and internal peace/happiness. All ages (from children to seniors) races, religions, and cultures are welcome. Some Benefits available from Yi Ren® Qigong: Improved Health, Vitality, and Longevity Strengthen Healing (Reiki) Abilities/ (Safety & Protection) Deepen Ones connection to Heaven, Earth, and Huma …

Discover the writer within you! Join a journaling and writing community that is finding joy, personal transformation, and creative expression through journaling. Learn different ways to write in your journal, adding color, perspective, and dimension to your reflective writing. With the help of these journal tools, you can gently but powerfully explore the various aspects of yourself, your life, and your relationships with others. Organizer Solanna Anderson is a certified instructor for the Journ …

Cuddle Party is a fun, playful workshop about connection and communication that allows for consensual non-sexual touch (think spooning, foot or hand massage, sharing hugs or snuggling). It is a great venue to practise asking for what you want, to touch and be touched, and to meet other cuddle-minded people. Some cuddlers come to practise saying ‘no’ while others watch or journal. There are no cuddle expectations other than a curious nature and a willingness to explore touch. Curious? There's mor …

A study in the American Journal of Health and Behavior reports that socializing with friends can have as positive an impact on health as quitting smoking, working out or eating right. And it's a heck of a lot of fun. This is a neighbourhood-based group, which is to meant to serve as a kind of South Slope virtual Main Street, where we can gather and plan activities that matter to us. Most of us, have children attending the local elementary schools in the area. (Please note that the "South Slope" …

This is a fun and creative facilitated writing group for women where the only rule is that there are no rules! In each group I will present a variety of powerful and inspiring writing techniques for creativity, self care and personal growth. Using various prompts (such as guided visualization, music, and sentence stems) I will lead you through 3 – 4 writing processes followed by OPTIONAL sharing. This is NOT a critiquing group. The focus is on mutual support, personal empowerment, validation and …

This is a Meetup for people interested in the arts, especially Bookbinding, Book Arts, Altered Books, Collage, Assemblage Art, Community/Mail Art, Artist Trading Cards, Paper Crafts, Art Journaling, Mixed Media Art, Photo Workshops, Printmaking, Rubber Stamping, Poetry, Creative Writing, Typography. We are printmakers, photographers, graphic designers and paper crafters brought together by our passion for bookbinding. We find books the ultimate medium for presenting our work. With book making, y …

Are you looking for a writersthINK group, where writers want to eagerly struggle to reason and interpret more than to publish? Are you looking for a writing group that presents and requires thought-provoking questions to inspire writing, tolerates and celebrates creative behaviors and thoughts, and that requires and builds relationships within their writing community? If so, then join us for the first of 8 evenings of writersthINK, where we will read, listen, discuss, reflectively pause, and …

This meetup is dedicated to exploring our 'Deeper Cravings' and the emotional and spiritual hungers that lead to disconnecting with our bodies. We look at how the 'practice of presence' (becoming more awake in the present moment) through mindfulness, meditation, mindful & intuitive eating, practicing gratitude/compassion for the body & personal reflection through journalling and art can lead to happier, healthier and more connected lives which in turn can lead you closer to your own body's optim …

This is a Vancouver Urban Sketchers group going based on urbansketchers.org which is an international nonprofit organization to bring urban sketchers from all over the world together in real life and online. Please note: All levels of experience (yes, that includes none!) are welcome. No judgment, no criticism. We only give positive feedback, tips and encouragement. Every drawing is unique. This is not a class, but we can learn from one another. The concept for this group is simple: We get tog …

This Meetup is for persons who want to know themselves better and who want to learn ways to enhance their communication with others. We continually seek knowledge and exercises from several sources. For example, we learn and apply several personality assessment tools, like The Enneagram, Meyer Briggs, Dr. Fisher’s Four Biological Elements, and The Buddhist Five Energies. We also learn and practice several techniques for improving our Inner Peace, like: Breathing, Meditation, Visualization, Journ …