GUGOOS are a laid back fun bunch of folks who like to spend time enjoying the outdoors! Join us on our adventures - hiking, kayaking, surfing, backpacking, bungee jumping, food, skydiving, sailing, white water rafting, urban hikes etc. We do encourage networking and going on side trips and spur of the moment trips. Feel free to post a trip and/or a RFI on the message board. The organizers are great people who want to explore the environment outdoors. Please respect them and their decisions. Ke …

This group is for women who are highly sensitive (as coined by Elaine Aron), love to be outdoors, and want to meet some new people. All ages are welcome, except children. We may occasionally have a hike with children, but it'll be designated as so. Friendly dogs are welcome if the trail allows them. Most hikes will be during the weekday while my children are in school. We usually meet once a week. We will occasional have weekend hikes. If you want a hike on a certain day or time, please feel fre …

Seattle Sahaja Meditation Center, located in Seattle’s Northgate area, provides a variety of free meditation classes, from beginner to advanced level, following the relaxing and renewing Sahaja Meditation method. Practitioners of Sahaja Meditation learn to reach a state of mental silence known as “thoughtless awareness”, which calms the mind to gradually empty it of distractions, excessive thoughts, negative feelings and destructive emotions. With Sahaja Meditation you can access the subtle inne …

Afraid of public speaking? Wanting to improve your communication and leadership skills? Like meeting interesting, friendly people in a structured environment? Toastmasters International is here to help; and if you're local and like to laugh, Northeast Seattle is the club for you! We meet once a week upstairs at Fairview Church for impromptu speaking and formalized speeches, helping each other hone our communication and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment.

Are you a new mom who is looking to regain your prepregnancy shape? Are you looking to meet other moms in the area just like you? Are you interested in fun, FREE playgroups for your little one and great Moms events too? Then Stroller Strides and the Plum Mom's Club are for you! Stroller Strides® is the country's largest and fastest growing fitness program for new moms. The stroller workout combines a fitness walk with the stroller and body toning intervals where we use the stroller, the environm …

"Play Dates in Seattle" is a venue for making new friends with a similiar interest: live theatre . Through meetup, we plan "play dates" -- pick a show, pick a date and announce it to the group. We like to add a social component (dinner, drinks, dessert, etc) before or after the show to create social opportunity for friendship to grow. Some of us also have season tickets to certain theaters, but that's not required to join this group. We're a new group, and we're open to other ideas as well. If t …

Free Zumba Fitness Classes is a new group that sponsors free Zumba classes around the city. We will have various guest Zumba professionals leading the free events in parks, fitness studios and just about anywhere you want to have one. Come play with us as we Zumba for FREE! PLEASE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/freezumba Our concept is simple. We hand pick highly skilled instructors to teach large Free Zumba classes for fun. Our instructors in turn have the exclusive opportunity to …

R is a free software environment for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphics. Although R is primarily used in academia, it is rapidly growing in use by major companies as well and is becoming increasingly more visible. One of the major strengths of R is the community-based nature of the project. From the original development to current maintenance and development, R is maintained by a growing community of members. This community is what we seek to foster with this group. The Seatt …

Check out the herbal meetups at http://www.meetup.com/The-Hermits-Grove/ The Rowan Tree Church, legally incorporated as a Church with full recognition from the U.S. Government, is an extended family throughout North America. Our primary community is centered at The Hermit’s Grove, serving the Puget Sound area. We meet for Full Moons, Sabbats and Sunday Circles and work together on projects. Our legal bylaws state that: I.A. "Membership is open to any person age twelve or older who wishes to shar …

Better Speaker. Better Leader. Shape your words & your future. Do you want to...Communicate with confidence?  Listen effectively?  Improve impromptu speaking?  Strengthen leadership skills?  Provide constructive feedback?  Become a better speaker & presenter?  Make new friends? Join Wordwise Toastmasters! We meet every Saturday at Panera Bread in Redmond  5:00pm - 6:30pm. Meetings are FREE, and guests are always welcome! Membership is only $8/month!! Why Wordwise? Wordwise is the only Saturday e …

Meet people practicing Earth Skills, which includes the study of nature, survival, wildlife tracking and birding, herbal medicine and wild edible foods, natural arts and music, traditional technologies and permaculture. This site is maintained to post our classes, camps and workshops taking place in your area. Regular programs in your area include our homeschool family classes which run monthly during the academic year from 1-3 pm, afterschool-classes-by-request from 3:30-5:30 pm, and our adult …

Welcome to Redmond Roaring Writers! We're a writing/critique group that meets every other Wednesday at the Redmond, WA Panera Bread. This is a drop-in group, meaning that all you need to do is to print out up to 6 pages (double-spaced) of your current work-in-progress. Be sure to check attendance so you know how many to print out (up to 8, we split into groups beyond 8). We critique each piece in turn, aiming for delivering helpful feedback in a supportive environment. Thank you for your interes …

Meet local Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Bards, and all others of an Earth-friendly spirituality and/or practice. Come to a Pagan Meetup to make friends, share lore, exchange ideas and knowledge. WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. We are an Earth centric Pagan discussion forum. We hold conversational meetups once per month on the first Friday of each month unless otherwise noted. These are relaxed and easy going. We often have potluck goodies and drink. Each meetup lasts about two hrs although some …

Welcome to Leading Ladies Toastmasters! Please note:  This is a Group for Women. Do you want to...Control nervousness, and increase confidence?  Better communicate in an effective manner?  Speak comfortably in front of an audience?  Impress everyone at your next presentation?  Gain leadership skills, and get the next promotion?  Make new friends? Check out Leading Ladies Toastmasters. We meet every Tuesday from 6:30pm - 7:45pm Meetings are FREE, and guests are always welcome! Membership is only …

Open to the public. Spend your lunch hour in downtown Bellevue improving your communication skills and developing your ability to speak publicly in a safe and fun environment! Looking to associate with other leaders, dynamic presenters and first time speakers? This is where you can grow! Feel free to bring your lunch in and parking in the lot is free. Bring your parking pass in for validation. See you here!

Want to learn Linux but don't know where to start? Come join us for a casual atmosphere where we'll help you through the tough stuff. This meetup is perfect for novices looking to start a career or just want to try it at home. If you're more experienced and want to pay-to-forward and help others looking to advance themselves, please join in. This will be open source learning environment- learn, and pass it on to others in need free of charge.

Purpose: The purpose of this meetup is to help you achieve your health, wealth and relationship goals using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT/”tapping”) & other strategies. We will cover a different topic each week, chosen by you! Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Dealing with stress & feeling overwhelmed, recovering from loss, overcoming rejection, overcoming the fear of change, conquering phobias, recovering from pain, and weight loss. What will we do? Most of this meetup is abou …

The Eastside Business Association promotes a healthy business environment by providing strategic leadership, support, tools, resources and community involvement for business success. Our members receive experience in networking, promoting their business more efficiently and becoming more in touch with the Eastside community market. Keeping the Eastside Business Community a good place to do business is a top priority for the EBA and its members. The Eastside Business Association prides itself in …

Meet other local Ballroom Dancers! Looking to get out and dance on the Eastside and Seattle? Perhaps you have taken a class or two way back when, or maybe last week. Maybe, you have always wanted to learn how to dance. Now is the time to put on your dancing shoes! Dancing is a great opportunity to meet other dancers who have a passion for dancing or desire to learn. Attending a dance meet-up gives you a good chance to find a dance partner, instructor or great dance friends. Benefits of joining t …

This group is organized for Russian speaking parents to introduce or to raise children in Russian speaking environment; for parents to socialize; for every one to be able to express them self and to find an audience. My child is 2 and majority of the events I organize are for the children in this age group or for parents of any age. There are lot parents in this group with older children and not enough activities, if you are interested in organizing just let me know. This group will be as en …

This group began in response to the surprising lack of such a support group in the Seattle area. Anyone directly experiencing generalized anxiety, panic, fear or excessive worry is welcome to join and attend Meetups. The purpose of this group is to provide a supportive, encouraging environment in which to share your experiences with anxiety and panic among other individuals who share similar symptoms. None of us should feel alone in our efforts to manage anxiety and make the best of life. Meeti …

Our mission: To provide a positive arena to help people interact and grow their businesses through: * Referrals * Marketing Development * Accountability * Encouragement and Support The Professional Networking Association (PNA) is a local business and professional networking organization that provides its members the opportunity to share referrals, contacts, and marketing ideas in a positive environment. When you join the Professional Networking Association, you join people with a …

Having begun work as an herbal educator back in 1977, I would like to share casual information about herbalism, including growing herbs. We have an on-site research library and a 45,000 square foot botanical garden. My book The Master Book of Herbalism has been selling strong since it came into print in 1984. I have an excellent Master Herbalist Program which attracts top students (including Registered Nurses). I represent a wealth of resources. When teaching at Seattle Central I'm able to show …

The purpose of this group is to inspire people to learn, network and expose themselves to a group of Conscious Entrepreneurs. Conscious Entrepreneurs are defined as individuals and organizations who recognize a social problem and use entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. Whereas a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a Conscious entrepreneur assesses success in terms of the impact on society as well as in …

Want liked mind individuals or souls to gather and share your experiences of energy healing, especially ThetaHealing®. We welcome anyone with an open mind, developing your natural intuition or interested in instant healing, clearing negative energies and learning more then please join us and know that you would be in a safe environment. Free will is important to us. We will be having regular mini classes at various locations. You will learn things like - how to muscle test, learn about clearing …

The American Fashion Guild is an organization comprised of professionals in the American, commercial fashion industry. The AFG is the premier outlet for honoring achievements in the fashion industry and supporting the American fashion community. The AFG Fashion Award is a peer-presented award to honor artistic and professional achievements, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the fashion industry. The AFG is expanding its goals from the important work of recognizing the best through …

Confidence! Self-esteem! Fun! Growth! Welcome, friends! Come to speak in a warm and supportive atmosphere. We are not rock star communicators, but we enjoy practicing public speaking in a relaxed and supportive environment.  Come to learn how toastmasters' proven method can change your speech and your life. Just walk right in! Guests are always welcome!

We are laid back parents, wanting to hang out. Collectively we are working parents, stay at home parents, we have teens, toddlers, babies, dogs, some work in computer science field, we like to craft, we dont like to craft, we knit, we sew, we paint, we run, we walk, we play video games, we like pinball a-lot, we think being in your 30s is young, we like Harlan Ellison, we hate Harlan Ellison, we are atheist, we are religious, we are democrats, liberals, we are nerdy but not in a hipster or trend …