Gentle exploration of the circular movements of cartwheels. Influenced by Capoeira, Tai Chi, Yoga, focused mostly on relaxed movement, connecting to the earth, strength and flexibility, meditative play, and natural awareness. Low impact exercises for any level. Full mobility not required. Bring your tumbling experience to share, and prepare to breathe. This is not just cartwheels.  It is exploration of somatic vortices, mirrored helical kinesthesia, closed eye horizon tracking, breathing, cleans …

Updated: April 16, 2013 About us Welcome trail runners! News Schedule in 2013 Our regular weekly morning group trail runs take place on: Tuesdays 6 AM, Thursdays 6 AM, and easy Sundays 10 AM in Berkeley. Other runs take place in Oakland and other areas of the East Bay. New members of all paces are invited to drop-in and attend meets for a free trial month. Our group is small and limited in size to keep our meets from becoming impersonal, and to maintain an active roster of members. This is …

Have you ever wondered what dragon boating is all about? Now's your chance to find out. The Oakland Renegades Dragon Boat Team invites all Meetup folks to come and try it out. No experience is necessary, all age groups and fitness levels are welcome and we provide all the gear.  It's an outdoor, physical activity with occasional splashing so dress accordingly. The Renegades Dragon Boat Team is a partnership with the Oakland Recreation and Parks Department to provide an opportunity for the co …

The Bicycel Trails cpouncil of the East Bay was formed in 1987, and helped to create the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) in 1988. The work of BTCEB is essential in developing the mountain biking culture and keeping trails open for local mountain biking. The BTCEB Meetup.com group was established by the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (www.btceb.org). and is a tool for bringing us all, veteran and new riders, together for a great time. By joining BTCEB you'll be support …

Hi and welcome to California Weekends. California is among the best places in the world for roads trips and camping. The state is home to millions of people of different backgrounds, molding California into a truly unique place rich with incredible must-see attractions and interesting activities for those who want to discover the state's cultural diversity.  Road trips are a lot of fun and so is camping. These are two of our favorite things to do...so why not start a group to share the experien …

A group of new moms & dads that want to get out of the house and meet others going through the same milestones at the same time. Open to suggestions on activities to do with our loves. Trips to the Park, Hiking, and Coffee are just a few.

Feeling Arranging is a primitive form of Shamanism, which is nature based and very ancient. It’s about finding our original self through arranging our feelings. This group is for the adventurous and the fearless. Feeling Arranging is uniquely different from the shamanism and healing methods we know such as journeying, soul retrieval and meditation. We use darkness as a positive force to heal ourselves and to connect with our ancestors and nature. Like a seed needs a dark place to incubate before …

Wyvern's Spur is the Berkeley chapter of Amtgard, nation wide medieval / fantasy combat game, and has been meeting weekly since 2001. We use safe foam 'weapons' supplemented by a magic system, to chase each other down and joyfully whack each other every week. Open to ages 13 up (though usually people over 60 don't play - usually) So stop playing WOW! Stand up from your table top game, leave behind your MMORPG, and have some good fun! We meet at Codornices Park, Sundays about 12pm and go until we …

Meet others interested in learning more of the practice of Push Hands in an open learning environment. Push Hands is a two-person "slow sparing" or energy awareness exploration practiced by Tai Chi, Qi Gong and other other Asian martial disciplines. Anyone is welcome, though experience with Push Hands or exposure to an "internal" martial art is very helpful. I have several years experience with Push Hands from the perspective of Qi Dao (Tibetan Shamanic Qigong) and I am open to teaching thos …

A group of people 50 and over interested in travel who can share their ideas, enthusiasm, experiences and fun. We'll meet at various locations in East Bay to meet one another, have fun meeting new friends and hopefully find travel partners interested in visiting places both domestic and foreign.

This group is for mid-life women who are new to the area or have found ourselves, through retirement or other life events, looking for more friends and a stronger sense of community. We're active women aged 50s-60s (-ish), living in or near the Oakland/Berkeley/El Cerrito corridor, who want to enjoy life and expand our social horizons with other wonderful women in the area. Activities will be determined by the group but may include: Bay area cultural events, hiking and walking in local parks, ca …

This is an invitation to all English Bulldogs and their parents to join us in some playtime at the Alameda Dog Park every last Sunday of the month from 10-1. Come have some fun with Tankie and lots of other English Bulldogs! This group was inspired by the SF Bulldog meetup, which we love to go to but can very infrequently attend. We thought it might be nice to have a similar gathering in the East Bay- Hope to see you there!

Всем привет! Мы ищем новых друзей живущих в Emeryville, CA или по близости для совместного отдыха в Emeryville Marina Park)

I am a local yoga teacher and I am daily enjoying the Redwoods of the Oakland Hills. I find that the best way to feel my kinship with the Earth is to practice yoga outside. The ALIVENESS that I feel during and after my practice is exponentially greater than when I practice indoors. I am finding that being outdoors is the BEST STRESS BUSTER. If you want to feel alive and deepen your realized connection with the Redwoods you will feel the Redwoods say THANK YOU for your exhale by giving you …

The mission of the Bay Area Bioinformatics Forum is to help scientists collaborate and grow by providing a network for sharing ideas and technical knowledge about bioinformatics. At our monthly meetings, you will find scientists, professionals, students and DIY'ers sharing information on best practices, the latest software, biological concepts, and new ideas. We meet at several locations across the Bay Area with the site rotating each month to San Francisco, Berkeley, Menlo Park, Mountain view, …

Join us on the 1st Friday of every month. We'll learn simple dances from around the world (Turkey, Serbia, Russia, Israel, Scotland, etc) hear beautiful music, eat tasty snacks,& enjoy company of dancing friends of all ages. No prior dance experience necessary. Comfortable clothes, festive or casual. Live Oak Park, 1301 Shattuck St. Berkeley, CA 7:00pm-8:15p.m. For more information contact Mel Mann 510 527 2177 or meldancing@aol.com

A group to help SF Bay Area science educators get together, and share information about other science educator gatherings. Most of us belong to other science teacher organizations (NSTA, CSTA, AAPT, NESTA, etc.), but there are so many of us in the SF Bay Area that we certainly can share and develop ideas here locally. The goal of this group is not to replace our national and state science teacher organizations, but instead to develop opportunities for us to share with each other in more low-dema …

A place to organize meetups for BMWs. Parking lot meetups, dinners, autocross, track days; use this group to organize it all!

Calling all owners of Coton de Tulear, Havanese, Maltese, Bichon and other small dogs living near Berkeley to meet once a week at Cesar Chavez or another park. We will get together and will let our dogs play. We can also talk about ways to host each others dog for a couple of hours from time to time to keep them busy.

Are you interested in Morris dancing? Have you ever heard of Morris dancing? "Morris" is a general term used to label several distinct forms of seasonal folk dance: the springtime dance of the Cotswold with its intricate foot and handwork (that's what we tend to do), the raucous winter stick dances of the Welsh Borderlands, longsword dances with Germanic origins, and the antics of the cross-dressing Molly dancers from East Anglia.  Shakespeare was making fun of Morris dancing before it was the t …