… Or you may be a more 'experienced meditator' who is now seeking a deeper questioning into the 'Idea of Self' - and a more de-mystifying, open-minded, caring 'conversation' into Wisdom, Empathy and what is Spiritual 'Reality' in our Western life-style today + poetry, and laughing ! Yet our modern, eclectic practice is well informed by the unembellished, ancient, traditional Theravada Buddha Dharma for clarity of view. Learning 'INNER-STILLNESS' ITSELF ! . . . is really what Awakens Your D …

… When we reconnect with ourselves and with our environment, we find our uniqueness which allows creativity to blossom in song, poetry, dance, drumming, storytelling. Nourishment is also vitally important in the form of plants - real herbs - which are growing all around us. We can learn to use them as natural medicines and as foods for everyday nourishment. The greatest spirituality is achieved when we are operating in alignment with the natural world and use the best possible nutrition for our br …

Lovers, Beloveds, Seekers, Sages and Seers come one, come all! My name is Ellie Zarrabian, a kindred Ruminator inviting you to share and co-create a group for the young and the old, the bold and the meek, the wise and the fool who all have one thing in common...lovers of Rumi and other Sufi poets and mystics. We are going to meet once a month at a local place on the Westside to share our favorite poems and talk about the spark and the fire that mystical wisdom creates in our heart and in our lif …

Your SONG Your MUSIC Your RHYTHM Your RHYME YOUR VOICE... * Singers * Songwriters * Poets * Rappers *Comedians * Magicians * Open MIC Night  To sign up for MIC time, please email the group organizer. Family-friendly venue.  All material must be rated PG-13.    

  Saludos. Los participantes de este grupo nos reunimos para leer y conversar en torno a la obra de autores hispanoamericanos (aunque admitimos que este tipo de definición es difícil de precisar). El grupo se estructura respetando la diversidad de géneros literarios y el origen de autores hispanoamericanos. Sin embargo, debido a limitaciones de espacio y ocupaciones de los miembros, procuraremos que los textos sugeridos de lectura entre sesiones no rebasen las 5 cuartillas.    Este grupo es una …

Got the LA city blues? Want to stretch your cultural boundaries and do something beyond your regular routine? Eclectic Diversions Meetup is for those who want to live "outside the box" and share their passion for creative expression with like-minded, enthusiastic explorers. This group offers an eclectic mix of activities, ranging from the unique to the bizarre, including vaudeville, live music, poetry/spoken word, art events, burlesque, dance performances, and so much more. Sound like fun? Join …

Pasadena Book Chicks is a book club for women (mainly in their 20s and 30s) residing in the San Gabriel Valley area. We will meet once a month to chat and discuss the book that we've chosen to read that month. The club's emphasis will be on fiction (both classic and contemporary), but we may read memoir and poetry as well. Members will be able to suggest books for the group to read. To join, please answer the profile questions, and be sure to have a profile photo uploaded. Thanks!

… Most importantly, we welcome all types of writing: poetry, sci-fi, romance, nonfiction, etc.   We decided to no longer put links to our work on this site. As such, if you are submitting for the first time, please contact me, Elizabeth. I'll send you my email address, you send me your submission, and then I send it back out to the group. If you decide to stay in our group, you will receive the email list. At that point you'll get the notification of the pending meeting a week before (from this si …

If you are a working professional and a beginning writer who has only dabbled in writing but has always wanted to write on a consistent basis, this may be the group for you. The purpose of this small group of 6-8 writers is to encourage you to write through meeting twice a month. We would share our work and provide constructive feedback to help each other improve. Any writing project you have in mind would work, whether it be non-fiction, fiction, or poetry.

The Alameda Writers Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving writers of all stages of development and all genres. Our mission is to educate, inspire and support our members in their writing careers by offering resources, access to industry professionals, networking opportunities and creating signature events such as peer groups and guest lectures.

Craving culture? Tired of attending a cool play or exploring arts at local museum alone in Los Angeles? Can't find someone to go with you? And you want to make new friends and meet cool people as you check out arts? This group is all about to bring together singles and family to visit and enjoy local museums, arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, theatre and plays, visual art and performing art forms, installation, calligraphy, dance, photography, printmaking and cultural ac …

Welcome! This is writing/critique group dedicated strictly to novelists (sorry, other genres are great but our focus is on novels) serious about becoming professional writers. If you have a finished novel or a work in progress and you'd like to engage in constructive feedback in a non-threatening environment, then this is your group. We're open to all genres of fiction, but I personally would love to have more writer's of women's fiction join as this is my main focus. Whatever genre you …

This group is about exploring the riches of Los Angeles while enjoying the company of old and new friends. There's a dizzying diversity of happenings going on in L.A at any given time, and any number of them might be posted here - events that might include screenings, theatre, music (world/ethnic, folk, rock, classical, Christian, Gospel, etc.), dance, sports, art walks, galleries and museums, spoken word/poetry, interesting restaurants, wine-tastings, visits to botanical gardens, English tea, f …

This is a networking group for producers, directors, actors and crew in the Los Angeles area.  Please feel free to communicate with all members ... Thank you, Christy www.ChristySands.com  

Are you looking for a group to vibe with? A community that will stimulate you intellectually and most of all socially? Maybe you're from the East Coast and you miss and yearn for a low-key community of creative individuals that showcase their spoken word and music. We meet all of these needs at our bi-weekly meet ups. We are a group of creative individuals who are eager to form divine connections with like-minded artists. We share our talents and skills and motivate others to do the same. And mo …

This group is dedicated to a meeting of the minds of Hip-Hop connoisseurs, artists, and casual fans alike. Since there doesn't seem to be another official Meetup.com group for this in the L.A. region, this will be the home for all things Hip-Hop-related.  Events will include concerts, open mics, clubs, maybe Lakers/Clippers games(?), writing sessions, networking, laid-back group outings, or just lounging and discussing the most recent developments in the culture. You should join if you're into b …