Join fellow Reiki practitioners and animal lovers for group healing sessions for animals in need. Together we will create a warm, sensitive, powerful and supportive environment to offer on-site and distant healing to rescued animals and causes that alleviate animal suffering. This group is for emotionally healthy healers to come together in a quiet and safe environment to offer love and healing to animals in need. Many of the animals have been neglected, traumatized or are grieving, and they d …

WHERE Are you stuck In Your Life?????? Clients usually do a constellation for a major block or issue that seems immune to all their efforts to change it.So, to explain a constellation just a little, all people carry with them an energetic field or blueprint of their biological families--this field has been called by some a family soul, or family conscience. That field has an enormous unconscious effect on each family members life and all the people they interact with. Long standing problems wi …

Welcome! PACER, the Post Adoption Center for Education and Research, is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization established in 1978. It serves the adoption community in the greater San Francisco Bay and Sacramento areas by offering monthly support groups, peer counseling, workshops and seminars, and referrals to related services. PACER’S MISSION... is to foster understanding of adoption as a lifelong process and intergenerational journey, and to serve members of the adoption triad (adoptees, …

This is a group for people passionate about helping support dog rescue groups in the Bay Area, our feature rescue group is Doggie Protective Services. We want to help place dogs in foster homes, work adoption days, find ways to educate the general public on the importance of spay and neuter. If you love dogs, have always been aware of the problems but didn't know how to help, join us and together we can make a difference. We don't have all the answers so we look for members to contribute ideas.. …

Welcome rational, evidence-based thinkers!  This is our public page. Contra Costa Atheists and Freethinkers (CCAF) values critical thinking. If you recognize that there is no supernatural power behind natural events, then this may be the group for you! CCAF exists for the benefit of its members. Its purpose is to provide informative and enjoyable activities that promote opportunities for faith-free discourse.  We support the efforts of atheists, freethinkers and skeptics in gaining recognition, …

Are you a foster/adoptive parent in Contra Costa County, California? Thinking about becoming one? Welcome to our Meetup Group where we get together in-person to offer support and friendship to one another and our families. Benefits of this Group: -Regular Events/Get-Togethers in Contra Costa County, CA -Small Group where we truly get to know one another -Our foster/adopted kids get to meet other kids in their shoes and get to make friends, knowing they aren't alone and are normal, too! -Our par …

The purpose of the SF Chapter of the Passive House Alliance is to Share information and provide continuing Passive House (Passivhaus) technical education amongst Bay Area and SF Passive House Consultants and interested professionals; Support the adoption of the Passive House standard in the United States both publicly and municipally through high quality research, education and implementation; Serve as a resource for building owners, developers and building professionals investigating the use o …

We are a support group that meets monthly in Pleasant Hill. This group is sponsored by Sweet Beginnings Adoptions, an East Bay Adoption Facilitator but is run by birth moms themselves. Group is open to anyone who has experienced a relinquishment - voluntarily or not, anyone who is involved in an active adoption plan or anyone who is thinking about the option. The purpose of this group is for women to be able to speak openly about their losses, to share with women who have been there and about to …

As a woman trying to conceive or going through the adoption process, you have probably felt any or all of these: impatient, frustrated, stressed, "am I doing this right?", scarcity and lack, afraid, worried, doubtful, alone, jealous, scattered, unsure of yourself. The purpose of this group is to cultivate inner stillness, peace and calm surrounding you and the choices you make on your fertility journey. By doing this, we teem the soil and create rich, fertile ground in ourselves so that we can g …

East Bay Adoption is a group that meets monthly. We are a group of pre-adoptive and adoptive parents who want to get together for support. Each meeting is facilitated by a professional involved with adoption and starts out with an informative topic that leads to discussion.

This group is to get older mothers together for support and companionship and to discuss issues that arise from being a mother and an older mother. Right now it is mostly adoptive mothers who adopted in their 40's and 50's. All mothers are welcome.

WANNA GET YOUR BODY SLIMMED, HEALTHY & FEEL FABULOUS?! Hello my name is Stephanie Stone & have a group for those who are committed to getting their bodies the way the truly desire them to be! (I am creating a Women's Weight Loss & Empowerment Group beginning in June, bi-monthly on weds eve. Give me a call at 707 364 3178 if you are interested! Also I will announce a Men's & Women's (Co-ed) group in July!) DIETS ALONE DON’T WORK! (That's for Sure!) The 5 Keys to Creating the Bodies & Life Style …

Are you part of a transracial family by adoption? Are you interested in learning more about being part of a transracial family? Then this group is for you. Let's get together for some playdates, family-friendly activities, and some much needed support. After adopting our son in 2011, I've been struggling to find families who can relate to the joys and challenges of being part of a transracial family.

This is a group for local members of the community to come together and have a pragmatic discussion about how we can solve local problems. This is not a debate club. We want to create a serious place for people to have a meaningful discussion, while also being respectful of each other and our differences in opinion. Together, we can build our community. Managed by Civinomics About Civinomics: Our mission is to improve social decision making the collective creativity of communities. We enable an …

The Bay Area meetup group of the Mormon Transhumanist Association gets together about once a month to talk about Mormonism, Transhumanism, technology, spirituality, science, religion, and just about anything else you can imagine. Most of us are Mormons or have a Mormon background or interests, and similarly most of us identify to some extent or another as Transhumanists, but you don't have to be a Mormon or a Transhumanist to participate. The Mormon Transhumanist Association is an international …

Foster Hub is dedicated to community building, transformation and empowering former foster youth. ​ We believe in the importance of supportive social networks, as they can serve as potential safety nets, sources of information, guidance and strength. ​ ​We strive to connect former foster youth with each other to ease their transition after aging out of the foster care system. While our backgrounds and stories are varied, we believe that former foster youth deserve the opportunity to have meanin …

This group meets to discuss what makes your family strong. The whole family is welcome to come and learn skills to communicate better with one another and how to solve problems together as a family. Parents will deal with making rules and consequences and knowing what to expect from youth at this age. The youth and children will learn to resist peer pressure, handle frustration, and how to appreciate parents/caregivers, Families with children ages 6-16 come and enjoy a free dinner, with childcar …

Mixed Roots Meetups are casual social gatherings that are local and global depending on the location individuals decide to meet which can include colleges campuses, local restaurants, private homes and/or any other public venue where people collectively come together as a united group. The goal of a Mixed Roots Meetup is to allow individuals from all different backgrounds who have been touched by adoption, who have a mixed roots experience, and/or for those who just want to support the cause to …