Meet, greet, draw, paint and sketch at parks, gardens, museums and cafes. Occasionally we might take a trip to San Francisco, but primarily, this will be centered in the East Bay.

Zentangle is a fun and easy to learn drawing method for creating beautiful images. This group is open to anyone interested in learning more about Zentangle and to those who are already tangling!

We host monthly figure drawing parties- with live music, beautiful models, booze, coffee, and famous naked historical figures to inspire your pencils and pens. Come make art with us and be a part of something sacreligious...

Let's get together on weekends to wander around San Francisco, sketching people and places. You don't have to be the next Paul Madonna, just someone who likes observing city life and making marks on paper.    (Note that we used to be called Urban Sketchers. Same group, just a different name.)  

A monthly meetup to share portfolios, bounce ideas around, and get to know each other as creative individuals. Bring whatever you want to share! Finished work, concepts, sketches... Also feel free to bring your sketchbook -- as this is a meetup for drawing stuff, we intend to do some drawing. xD Bring something that says something interesting about you and what your art is about -- doesn't matter if it's not sequential art. Because there tends to be a revolving door of new and old faces at these …

Dominion is a fun, easy to learn, deck building card game. Each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy, and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end. 2-5 players. The game usually takes 30-45 minutes. No gam …

… Rather than putting pressure on ourselves, we can draw back, relaxing into a posture of invitation, of interested curiosity toward the self and all it contains. We can learn to pay closer attention to our own creative process, noticing what thoughts or feelings or observations move us, intrigue us, delight us, leapfrog us into new places – or shut us down. Wherever we are, whether we’re wandering through the woods, sitting at a desk looking out the window, or on a bench in a public park people …

This group is for people who are seeking to establish deep spiritual friendships both with others, and with themselves. We will commit to co-creating an atmosphere that offers deep listening, unwavering compassion -- and potentially life-altering challenge to the status quo. This ongoing group will explore and practice ways to 1) Access our deepest wisdom, and 2) More completely integrate and embody that wisdom in all aspects of our lives. In this process, we’ll draw respectfully from many …

… By utilizing the WolfPack mentality and drawing determination and motivation with the encouragement of the people around you. This man explains this well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgTssbfJu3Y --- Important Update (12/2011) -All meetups will meet here (the small outdoor stage at the second parking lot, next to the mile track http://g.co/maps/ft4c4 | View the screenshot/Marina Park layout and meetup spot                           If you arrive late: we will always start our runs …

For Events visit www.eastbayopencircle.org.  (click on our Meetup "Follow us" links) The East Bay Open Circle is dedicated to supporting the practices of mindful and open-hearted awareness. We draw our inspiration from a variety of spiritual, religious, psychological, and scientific traditions which support the cultivation of direct experience, insight, and compassion. We host a number of local speakers and teachers on a regular basis, as well as other speakers invited from around the world. We …

To all the painters, and those who wish they could paint, in the Bay Area, join this group and participate in paint sessions and workshops in the spacious and sunny Studio Teobi, San Francisco. Take painting classes with former Artist Fellow of the de Young Museum Todd Thomas Brown (workshop series "The Art of Not Knowing"), and also join the painters club every Tuesday... All in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with good music!

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… Lost Coin also draws heavily on insights from modern science and culture, and never loses sight of the fact that few of us lead monastic lives, but instead are actively engaged in the world: working, raising families, living in variousrelationships and communities, and following different passions. Science, technology, the arts, contemporary events—all are fodder for recognizing our own essential natures and learning and practicing the Dharma.

… We will draw from many teachers and see how easy it is to be "aware" easily and see and be the truth, free from suffering into our natural state of being. We are beingness/awareness. Knowing this, all that arises in life becomes enjoyable. We are present, even to apparant suffering with compassion. www.theopenway.org\   We host teachers from around the world as well as my local onging gathering as shared below...   The Open Way Gathering with Cory Bright   We will do a short meditation.  Then …

… We will draw from many teachers and see how easy it is to be "aware" easily and see and be the truth, free from suffering into our natural state of being. We are beingness/awareness. Knowing this, all that arises in life becomes enjoyable. We are present, even to apparant suffering with compassion. www.theopenway.org\   We host teachers from around the world as well as my local onging gathering as shared below...   The Open Way Gathering with Cory Bright     We will do a short meditation.  Then …

… HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK TM combines breathing, evocative music, focused release bodywork, mandala drawing and group sharing. By activating the unconscious and mobilizing blocked energies, this work gives us access to all levels of human experience and activates the spontaneous healing potential of the psyche. This work is of value to those interested in the journey of inner exploration, self-discovery and spiritual awareness. It is a wonderful adjunct to psychotherapy and other forms of inner w …