The year is 2012. You are in San Francisco. You are ready to awaken. Actually, you've been awakening. You’ve read spiritual books and maybe attended meetings and retreats. You love Awakening Conversations that deepens your Presence. You are ready to give up ego, drama, suffering, mirages, and unconscious relationships. The ego is not as ready to give up sometimes. We can together create this space to return to peace. You want to find inner peace, conscious loving and continue on your next step i …

… He is a longtime Vipassana meditation practitioner and has done several long silent retreats up to 30 days. He is a graduate of the Yoga Teacher Training program at Yoga Research Center, Bangalore (Vivekananda Yoga Research Center), and 100 hrs of teacher training in Bhakti flow and holds a certificate in Integral Yoga from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Briksha has done some moving th biodanza community of Sf (www.biodanzaus.com) and has been dancing and celelebrating life throug …

Facilitated by: Krista Rhinehart When: Every Tuesday at 6:00-7:30 pm Cost: $25 per session and $50 for one day-long retreat Where: 310 3rd ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 This group will be a gathering of women who would like to journey on a path towards healing and reclaiming their true nature. Each of us contains our own individual wounding, but as women, many of us inherited these deep wounds to our divine feminine. Living in a culture that has repressed the feminine has made it difficult for wo …

Mt. Diablo Zen Group is led by Baika Pratt, Zen Priest and Dharma teacher. This group meets Wednesday evenings for Zazen (meditation), study and discussion. Four times a year, one day silent retreats are offered for a nominal fee. These retreats are mostly silent; include zazen, Qi Gong, rest period, a mindful meal, a short service and Dharma talk. All members are encouraged to establish a daily meditation practice, with consideration for their daily life schedule. Practice discussion with the t …

This is a group that will have events like workshops, retreats, support groups and much more. I want to support women who are going through divorce or break-ups.

Gankyil in a term that derives from Tibetan language, the first character “Ga” means Joy - a positive attitude and peace of mind produced by wisdom insights; and “kyil” means to Rotate - fearlessly taking un-harmful actions based on knowledge of interdependence. Gankyil was found by Tersar Tulku Rinpoche in 2007 San Francisco in California U.S.A. Gankyil aims to explore methods for modern people to achieve true freedom and happiness in accordance to the compassion and wisdom of Buddhism. Seeks t …

This group offers an opportunity to bring people together to learn about Qigong and to practice Tai Chi through various Qigong/Taichi regular classes as well as workshops and retreats led by Liping Julia Zhu. Liping Julia Zhu is a certified qigong instructor from China and a disciple of Taoist Master Yu Anren. She was a gold medalist in the 1996 International Martial Arts Tournament. She is the qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist …

What is Lean UX about? Lean UX is about learning more, more quickly. Lean UX is about getting more done better for the same investment. Lean UX is about replacing time spent polishing your design artifacts, with time spent polishing your design. Lean UX is about doing research, testing your hypotheses, and building better hypotheses quickly, based on more information, based on reality. Read 10 Principles for Lean UX on Luxr The intersection between Lean Thinking, Agile Development and UX is a …

You have entered a delicious sanctuary. This temple is devoted to celebrating your magical, feminine essence. You will be cherished! Relax and breathe deep. Goddess Blossom women's circles, playshops and tropical retreats will remind you how to soften into a unique form of feminine strength. Together we will surrender to flow and pleasure as a way of being, knowing and creating. the time is now... 

… He is a longtime Vipassana meditation practitioner and has done several long silent retreats up to 30 days. Briksha's main focus is Yoga of Conscious Breathing and Eating (Spiritual Nutrition). By using various tools and techniques of Integral Yoga and coaching, he creates a powerful environment to explore the journey of this mysterious Human Body, finding everything there, as it is said in an Asian proverb: 'What you can’t find in your Body, you will not find anywhere.' Briksha's main mission i …

The Mystic Sphere provides space, tools, gatherings and community for those seeking to tune in to the deeply intuitive self– the mystic within. To acknowledge the innate mystic is to trust the inborn, instinctive part of the self, which carries the original knowledge, the cosmic memory of creation. It is to cultivate a transformative and healing relationship with one's self, creating a new inner order, deeply attuned to the rhythms of nature and that which is not seen with the eye. With the wake …

We are a sacred order, bringing into being a harmonious and loving world through the practice of meditative, compassionate awareness and mindful stewardship.   This sangha is led by Daju Huihai Suzanne Friedman, a priest in the Hollow Bones Rinzai Zen Order, and a student of Junpo Kando Denis Kelly, Abbot & Founder of Hollow Bones & Mondo Zen.   We hold Zen meditation & services, qigong practice, as well as Mondo Zen, workshops & retreats. Learn more from our website: www.ZenDimSum.com “ Mondo Z …

Facilitated by: Krista Rhinehart When: Every Tuesday at 6:30-8 pm March 6- May 22. Cost: $25 per session and $50 for one day-long retreat Where: 310 3rd ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 This group will be a gathering of women who would like to journey on a path towards healing and reclaiming their true nature. Each of us contain our own individual woundings, but as women many of us inherited the deep wound to the divine feminine. Growing up in a patriarchy where much of the feminine has not been nur …

… Contact us to arrange other sessions, performances or retreats at 415-4243935 Email us to enter our mailing list for future events OK to attend any separate activity from our long program. In fact, we recommend the two most distinct, outstanding, unusual &, well, tranceformational: the Tantric Tools/Alomistical (where we share all these intimate active meditations), & the Neotribal Tranceformance, (in which participants continue to indulge those while we play live Alomusic). The Kriya Yoga & Dan …

… The expectation is that this will be initially facilitated by short, weekend, open retreats run by various interested practitioners under the auspices of the Bay Area Open Sangha. Those interested in participating should join our google groups email list in order to participate in discussions. We are also on twitter as @opensangha and have created a meetup.com group to track events. The group is currently facilitated by Al Jigen Billings but it is hoped that the list of facilitators will expand …

Family Paths is a non-profit agency in Alameda County, with the mission of strengthening family relationships by providing mental health and supportive services with respect, integrity, compassion, and hope. Family Paths has a vision of a safe and secure home for every child, and believes that mental health and supportive services for families move us toward that vision. The Family Paths board is seeking enthusiastic members to help in the board’s objectives of overseeing the agency, providin …