Meet other people interested in alternative health to talk about holistic healing, homeopathy, herbs, naturopathy, diet, acupuncture, ayurveda, Tai Chi,  yoga, meditation, energy and breath work, bodywork, transpersonal psychology, flower essences,  and complementary and alternative medical care, etc.

This group is for health conscious people everywhere, looking to connect with Vegans, Raw foodists, Vegetarians and others that are in transition to one of these lifestyles.  This is also a good  group if you are looking to add healthy additions to your plate even if you are not a vegan, vegetarian or raw foodist.  It's never to late to green your plate! We will plan a variety of meetups from potlucks to seminars/webinars! If you have any event ideas and great recipes, please post them on the me …

Meet with hypnosis and NLP practitioners to discuss techniques, exchange ideas, etc. Particularly looking at areas of hypnosis, conversational hypnosis, NLP anchoring and other ways of inducing change or trance. We are a fun group of people ranging from beginners to experienced professionals looking to share and explore ideas, techniques. This meetup is a safe place for beginners and experienced professionals to try new techniques, polish up existing skills and learn new ways and new skills. We …

The DC Yoga and Meditation Meetup Group welcomes all who would like to experience yoga, yogic breathing and meditation to calm the mind, refresh, de-stress and live more healthily and happily. We hold yoga, yogic breathing and meditation events regularly for the community at no charge. We also have events that feature culture, ayurveda and health. It's fun! Existence is a Fact... Living is an Art... These events are offered by the Art of Living Foundation, a non-profit United Nations educational …

Share knowledge and discover the joys and benefits of eating whole, nutrient-dense foods made the way nature intended. Learn about the concept of nourishing traditions and methods of nurturing the mind and body through whole, traditional foods. Food is medicine and a healthy diet can improve your overall well being. For a list of local farms and resources and for more information about the group, please see our "About Us" page. If interested in joining, please write a description about yourself …

This group explores “What is wellness”, with the goal of providing individuals an avenue to explore different tools that can help them create wellness in their lives. Starting from the premise that, “Wellness can be defined as purposeful, enjoyable living or, more specifically, a deliberate lifestyle choice characterized by personal responsibility and optimal enhancement of physical, mental, and spiritual health.”, participants of this Meet Up group gather together every month to share a vegan m …

Are you breathing right? Have you ever counted how many times you breathe in a minute? Breathing is the first act of life and it’s the last act of life. In between, the whole life we are breathing in and out, but not attending to the breath Ninety percent of the impurities in the body go out through the breath because we are breathing twenty-four hours a day. The breath is our best friend -- it's always with us. And yet, we hardly know much about it. What's more ... it holds some timeless sec …

Sometimes you need like minded folks to help you go further in your path to health. This group supports one another in achieving that by means of following a nutritarian diet. Long time followers of this way of eating are available to share their successes and reversal of disease. What is a nutritarian diet? It is one that focuses on nutrient density of foods. Another way to put it is Health = Nutrients/Calorie. By greatly increasing the nutrients in your diet, you can lose weight while gaining …

THE BIODANZA WORKSHOP.... Biodanza is a system of human development that fuses music, movement, and emotions building a sense of community for those who practice it regularly. This unique combination of elements expands our creativity, vitality and our ability to love. Biodanza is about feeling the fullness of every moment and awakening our passion for life. It is about loving life and putting life in the center. With carefully selected music that evokes specific experiences and invites movement …

Our purpose is to provide a community forum to increase awareness of all NIA activities in the DC, MD, VA area, including local area JAM sessions, special performances, classes and other events.  All local area practitioners are welcome to list events open to the entire community and to place notices on our message board so that information can be shared to all current students and potential new students. Local area class schedules are shown below the Meetup Description as well as in the "About" …

Tantra and Fitness both create confidence for men and women who want to be better in so many ways. This meetup group is dedicated to collective forward thinking and proper preparation for life spiritually, physically and sexually. Only through exercising each of these areas can people achieve true knowledge of self and the capacity to be better. These boot camps are structured to allow men and women to take the power of progression into their own hands.

Fit Night Out™ is the ultimate evening of fitness, fellowship and FUN, designed especially for women. The evening will feature a myriad of organized fitness classes, ranging from yoga and Zumba®, to belly dancing, ribbon dancing, and pole aerobics. With a paramount focus on physical fitness, classes are designed for women with varying levels of interest in health and fitness – from novice to expert - to encourage exercise in a safe, familiar and fun environment of sisterhood. Fit Night Out™ inco …

We initially started this group to spread the tradition of fermented foods, but we are broadening our scope to include a variety of fun, healthful kitchen adventures.  We will get our hands into all kinds of recipes, from kombucha to kale and from soup to pickles. We think it is much more fun than doing it by yourself, too! You should think about joining if you are into probiotics, eating traditional, minimally processed, healthful, or natural, home-made foods. You should definitely join if you …

The goals of Mental Health Recovery and Wrap are to teach participants recovery and self-management skills and strategies for dealing with mental health difficulties, addictions,relationships, dealing with greif,HIV/ADS, diabetes and other chronic illnesses including food disorders.

Women looking to fit walking into their busy schedules and losing weight in the process. Meet in Springfield area early mornings and week nights.

With every thought and action, you affect yourself, your world, and your future! Happiness and success involves understanding how we can decide on our vision for the future, stick with those decisions, and improve our confidence in actions towards our goals and passions in life.  Our brains constantly change & grow in response to new thoughts.  Exercise, diet, and our habits will affect who we are tomorrow. Join others to participate and develop, confidently controlling your life & your destiny …

If you love to attend seminars, workshops, retreats, teleseminars, webinars, etc., but have been frustrated with a lack of real results in your life or your business, you must attend these meetups! We all have visions of success for ourselves, but figuring out how to actually implement and incorporate the advice we get from all the gurus can leave us feeling stumped and overwhelmed. Let me share a little secret with you: In order to successfully implement the advice from the gurus, you must fi …

This is a professional networking group to help health/wellness and spa professionals in the DC area connect, share their experiences and grow their businesses.  I am Aime, the Organizer of this group and I am a Massage Therapist.  I am also studying to be a Health Coach through Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) as well as studying to be a Yoga Instructor.  I am making plans to open a spa/wellness center in the DC area possibly within a yoga studio in the near future and I am looking for …

This group is for anyone who is interested in the practice of Natural Medicine and Energy Healing. It is intended to offer networking, social interaction, and learning opportunities.

Meditation is not only for quieting and relaxing the mind.  It is for creating what you want in life.  Meditation makes this possible by helping you to have a clearer intention and to use your attention more effectively.  When you have a clear intention this is positively aligned with others' benefit, your energy is strong and focused, your intention will have a greater resonance not only with other people but also with the responsive universe itself.

This group is for people who want to know more about farming and rural life-topics, or simply wish to experience the peace and meditative quality of nature! Let's explore, together, how the agrarian world can be rewarding, centering, and life-changing!

This group is intended as a consortium for students, instructors and those who have never experienced, but are interested in increasing health, wellness, balance, strength and stamina through the internal arts. We wish to help ourselves and others with arts and practices such as Taiji (Tai Chi), various other styles of internal martial arts, Qigong (Chi Kung), Yoga, Reiki, Massage, Meditation, Somatic Therapy, etc. We wish to appreciate, not alienate different styles, forms, and theory for the b …

For healers, practitioners, teachers, therapists, bodyworkers, parents and those wanting to engage with others in a more conscious, intentional way. Replenish and connect in a community that welcomes individuals with a background in energy medicine, shamanic healing, bodywork, practical spirituality, or other healing practices. This meetup group is for those who are looking for a whole-brained approach to health and healing that includes high standards of ethics and integrity, proper boundaries, …

I want to meet anyone interested in the alternative Healing such as Sound healing and other modalities, weather you are a practiciner or someone with health issues in need of Healing for your Body, Mind or Spirit and you are in the Waldorf or surrounding area you are invited to join this group. We can share our healing experience with each other if we are all practitioners and also provide information and services for those looking for alternative methods of healing. It is my intention to help p …

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin As spiritual beings having a physical experience, our well-being depends on attending to all three aspects of the self: mind, body & spirit.   When we open our minds to knowledge, attend to our inner & outer health and set time aside for our spiritual needs, we create a life of abundance.  Positivity flows and fun follows!  A little bit of levity, a mom …

“Creating a Stress Free Violence Free Washington DC through Meditation.” I Meditate DC is a movement across the DC Metro region to revive meditation — a centuries old technique — to help you, today’s Washingtonian, do more of the things you love by recharging yourself. We offer classes, free workshops, and events that promote meditation and bring together meditation groups across the region.

“Let's get together for some outside deck or rooftop dinner parties, backyard BBQs, picnics, garden parties or relaxing around the living room fireplace sharing in organic fare with good people and even better conversation; creating small group Real Food socializing that will spontaneously spread like wildfire to other communities locally.  If you care about the source of our food and wish to learn more; and if you believe A-list music, food and fun bring people together; join the GMO Free DC co …

This group is for those individuals that want to be in an atmosphere that is interested in sharing ideas about mediation, healthy living, positive thinking, living your best life, spiritualism, daily practices that become vital to being are best self.