Are you procrastinating, or feeling tired and frustrated in your work? Are the usual productivity techniques -- color-coding your folders, reorganizing your e-mail inbox, and so on -- not doing the trick for you? In this group, we take getting things done to a deeper level. This group's classes are about using mindfulness practices, like meditation and yoga, to find focus and motivation while you work -- without even leaving your desk. The classes are led by Chris Edgar, author of Inner Produc …

Shut Up and Write! Meetup is a venue for writers to work in the company of other writers on a regular basis. Writing, whether approached as a profession or as an avocation, is an isolating activity. We provide this forum, writing resources and meeting times as a method of developing a community of creative people. We welcome people who are serious about ‘writing down the bones’ and are looking for the companionship of other writers. Meetup Format Making the time to write one hour per week is an …

iPad Warriors seek to LEARN-GIVE-have FUN. We will have meetups on learning more about our iPad and how it can help us be more productive, learn tips, tricks, and more. I'm not an engineer or developer but personally I would like to learn how to build apps. How about you? Let's come up with creative ways to help the community, or charity organizations with our awesome iPad. Of course, we will have fun, too! The first 100 members who join the group will be free. Afterwards, a membership fee (abo …

Sole-2-Soul Vitality Group exists to provide fun, creative, and enlightening events where you can expand your inner and outer vitality with like-minded individuals. Examples of some of our upcoming events include: -Vision Boarding Playshops -Meditation Hikes -Creative Writing Gatherings (both writing and sharing our work) -Dance and Movement events (in conjunction with another group) -Qi gong Clinics -Personal Development Workshops/Speakers -Much, MUCH More! Information will be posted here as I …

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 …

Do you like to meditate but have trouble practicing on your own? Or are you new to meditation and would like to know the basics? Or would you just like to take some time out and practice relaxing yet invigorating yoga and meditation techniques in a group environment? Then join our weekly yoga/meditation class in Palo Alto on Monday nights from 7:30 pm - 9 pm. The techniques we practice are "Hamsa asanas" (postures) and meditation techniques developed by Himalayan Kundalini Kriya Yoga master Yogi …

Rainmakers started as a series of miniconferences focusing on entrepreneurial education for startup founders and professionals to share their experiences and grew into the perfect networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to connect with other professionals. Make new business and personal connections, build your network, find new clients, and identify business opportunities. We make our networking events easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they intro …

We started as a group of women gathering to take charge and “lift the fog” on our personal finances. We have now developed into a community of women who are shifting our relationship with money from a consumption-driven paradigm to one of giving, caring and ‘enough’ to co-create an economic future for humanity that sustains life on earth.  We do this by exploring our stories and beliefs around money, by continuing to educate and develop ourselves and by building community.  If you are interested …

Have you ever felt, like it's too much and thought "I can't take it anymore, it's ok I am going to leave this behind and start over, that wasn't for me anyways". Have you ever thought, "I just don't know what I want?". Have you ever tried learning a skill, getting in shape or changing your life radically and after trying hard for a very long time you felt like you are not getting anywhere and all that effort was a waste? Struggling with Fitness? Love? Money? Work? Social life? Do you want to g …

We meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Plug and Play Tech Center to provide networking opportunities for developer, entrepreneurs and large organizations with interest in Health 2.0, mobile health, patient-centered innovation, personal medicine and emerging opportunities in the healthcare industry to come together. SVHealth Meetup is a hub for enterprises, organizations and investors to present opportunities, provide mentorship and engage in conversation with Silicon Valley's developer the ent …

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

Mastery for Women is a call to action, a movement, a safe place where women can support each other to reach the goals and desires that tug at their hearts and souls. MFW is more than just networking - it is a development of self and others; providing a blueprint for making the lives of others better and in the process enriching our own. We have just begun. Mastery for Women is a division of Successful Thinkers Network, where building relationships is the key. Our groups are designed to foster a …

Transform every aspect of your life. “The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human." John Naisbitt, Author - Megatrends Too often, we attempt to compartmentalize our lives into the roles we play: boss, mother, co-worker, sister, accountant, caretaker, or husband. There are so many hats to wear and only so many hours in which to get everything done. At the end of the day we're left wonderi …

A Fun and friendly place for people to support each other to grow, to improve communication and leadership skills! Join our fun meetings in downtown Mountain View! After a Toastmasters meeting, we have a study group session. The study group is based on free classes from top universities : https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.udacity.com/ You're welcome to visit our sister clubs in Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/Mandarin-English-Toastmasters/ http://www.meet …

Are you a hacker, coder, or engineer who actually wants to SELL the cool stuff you build? Then Marketing Nerds is for you! We're a growing network of technology startup entrepreneurs who have actually sold many millions of dollars worth of our technology and software products in the real world. Here are some of the topics we love to talk about: What Should I Build, and Who Will Buy It? - A specific technique you can use so you know exactly what to build, before you build it, that guarantees the …

NovaNation is a committed community of incredible people that believes that we have the power to co-create a new reality, which supports a healthier, more joy-filled world. Our members represent all ages, races, and faiths, come from all walks of life, and bring their unique strengths and identities to form our community’s heart. We believe that life is generative and inclusive: that when we are on-purpose – in harmony with the Universe and taking proactive, positive action to fulfill our destin …

This is a project to develop a virtual museum documenting the early use of computers to promote learning and education (approximately 1970 to 1990). I have a huge collection of documents and artifacts housed in an office in Milpitas, CA. There are old computers and computer controlled toys, hundreds of programs developed to teach you-name-it, newsletters from early computer clubs, research reports, books and magazines, personal correspondence and much more. Most of this material is not currently …

Insight Meditation South Bay- A center for mindfulness peace and awakening. imsb.org Insight Meditation South Bay (IMSB) offers mindfulness-based meditation practices to awaken heart and mind, and to support the development of ethical living, meditation, and wisdom. We teach skills for developing mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion, concentration, practical daily life wisdom, and the deep meditative absorptions called jhanas. IMSB and our teachers are dedicated to the Buddhist practice …

We all can be better at pitching our ideas to others. How do I know what style I should use? Is my audience into it? How do I adjust on-the-fly? What should I say what should I not say? Does my pitch suck? How can I make it better? We meet up weekly to practice our pitch on others and receive feedback on how to make it better. We practice several different formats: one sentence, elevator, 3 min. and 5 min. with or without a deck. Body language, communication, nonverbal's, context and style are j …

This is a group for anyone interested in practicing mindfulness, guided meditations and/or self hypnosis. Welcome all folks who are practicing to reduce stress, gain inner peace/clarity or to improve health, relationships and focus. Whether you are seasoned and just looking for a place to help maintain your practice, or if you are a total beginner curious to learn what this is all about, I look forward to meeting you and sharing the practice together.

Asha Silicon Valley is a chapter of Asha for Education, a not-for-profit, volunteer driven organization dedicated to bring socio-economic change in India. Mission: To catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children While most of our efforts are focused around the education of underprivileged children, we also work on holistic solutions for communities we work with. We currently work with 35 projects in 12 states of India in a wide range of areas of education …

How mindful are you? Do you remember people's names when you meet them? Do you remember where you parked your car, your house keys? Are you able to learn, listen, read, think quickly? Do you know the law of attraction? Are you your own life's master? Are you someone who gathers insight directly from the universe? Let me introduce myself, I am Aditya Mittal, and I am the author of 'Let Your Mind See'. I have studied at Stanford, worked at NASA and as Business Intelligence Data team lead at a mobi …

You are a Rock Star at your everyday life. You can be a busy mom, executive, artist or an entrepreneur, and be great at what you do, yet struggle with organization, focus, time management and/or clutter. If you’re ready to make some small shifts to create life on your terms, this is the group for you. We have some rock solid new habits and strategies to take your life and business to the next level. You’ll save time by connecting the habits you want, to the Rock Star success you know you are cap …

I want to start a small group of women between the ages of 35 and 45. We all have busy lives and time gets away from us. Things happen to us personally whether it is dealing with our own sickness, kids, marriage, in laws, parents getting older, friends passing away, so many things happen as we get older. There are times when we lose pieces of ourselves along the way. Sometimes we have those "Aha!" moments but don't quite know how to put it all in place. I think with each new pending decade and p …