This group offers Yoga meetups, Meditation meetups, and free outdoor Yoga classes. The group often goes hiking or hangs out after class. Persons of all experience levels are welcome. Yoga, an ancient Indian body of knowledge, dates back over 5000 years. Yoga’s purpose is unity and harmony through integrating the body, the mind, and the spirit. For such harmony and unity to grow, emotion, action, and intelligence must be in balance. Ancient Yogis developed a way to achieve and maintain this bala …

Sat Nam Rasayan healing is an ancient modality that works the contemplative state of wareness. We both meditate and heal with partners in a group setting. Some of this includes active meditations: mantras, mudras, breathwork, ect. This is a great tool for those spiritual people who are balancing their sensitivity with fast paced city living and want to feel more connected with themselves and others. We have practice sessions, the basic teachings for beginners as well as advanced Sat Nam Rasayan …

Meditation simply means to think about one thing continuously. We have all done it many times. However, that is the most basic definition. This science and art has been practiced for thousands of years but until the past century was not very well known. Meditation is not a religion though some religions also practice it. It is a spiritual practice - returning to the soul or spirit of the individual and enabling a person to become centered and balanced and thereby more effective in all aspects of …

The DC Yoga and Meditation Meetup Group welcomes all who would like to experience yoga, yogic breathing and meditation to calm the mind, refresh, de-stress and live more healthily and happily. We hold yoga, yogic breathing and meditation events regularly for the community at no charge. We also have events that feature culture, ayurveda and health. It's fun! Existence is a Fact... Living is an Art... These events are offered by the Art of Living Foundation, a non-profit United Nations educational …

This is a group for anyone interested in yoga, meditation, connecting with their inner spirit, self healing,chanting,prayer. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group because to meet other people who are interested in yoga. Looking forward to exploring the outdoors with everybody through your mind,body and spirit.”

Primordial Sound Meditation is a healing practice that allows us to experience inner calm and deep relaxation. For thousands of years, people have used meditation to move beyond the mind's busy activity and emotional turbulence into profound peace and expanded awareness. In the 21st century, the restful awareness we experience during meditation is more valuable than ever. The pace of life has accelerated, and every day we are bombarded with more information and stimulation than our ancestors enc …

New Women's Group Forming! Monthly Meetings on or around Full Moon. First Meeting: The Power of Sankalpa, Friday, April 26, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Sankalpa is a thought in the mind. Sankalpa is a seed, which you create and then sow in the bed of your ind. If you prepare your mind and then sow the seed, the idea, properly, then it will grow in your life and become willpower. Join us in a guided practice to help you uncover the thing that makes your heart sing, how to refine this passion into a daily in …

Kind and Gentle C-OM-MUNITY Yoga Meetup Group is the Karma Yoga Project of kg yoga life practices.  http://www.anandaleeke.com/id6.html Ananda Leeke ((www.anandaleeke.com/id6.html), a certified RYT 200 Yoga Alliance registered instructor and certified Reiki Master practitioner, will lead the kind and gentle yoga classes. The classes are for yoga enthusiasts (all levels, shapes, sizes, and ages) who: 1) believe yoga is a heart-centered practice that helps you develop the energy of the heart: lovi …

Sahaja Yoga is a simple, time-honored technique of Meditation. It helps reduce stress and increase wellness. It brings better focus and helps people become more centered and better balanced. Anyone can do it. It’s also free. Follow us on other networks: www.facebook.com/SahajaYogaDC www.twitter.com/SahajaYogaDC www.soundcloud.com/SahajaYogaDC

Free Community Classes are offered at Bikram Yoga Bethesda every first week of the month: ~ Thursdays from 9:30-11:00AM ~ Fridays from 6:00-7:30AM ~ Select other times, which will be announced when schedule information is available. We started this group to extend the gift of yoga, and Bikram Yoga, to the Bethesda and surrounding communities. Come and Sweat with Us in our hot room and relax and meet our community in our gallery/lounge. Free filtered water available ~ bring your water bottle.  Ma …

Couples Yoga is designed to create a deeper connection with your significant other. The class works through partner asanas that include traditional yoga as well stretching postures aimed at improving your non-verbal communication and connection. Come with an open mind and willingness to try things outside your comfort zone, especially if you have not done yoga before. No experience necessary-you can learn!

Come home to the "Art of Living" Center, which is dedicated to empowering the individual to live life to it's fullest potential through Meditation, Yoga, Spiritual Wisdom and unique Breathing Exercises. Learn these powerful techniques from the members of the Art of Living foundation, the largest volunteer based organization active in over 152 countries. A cornerstone of the Art of Living Course is Sudarshan Kriya, a powerful breathing technique that purifies and rejuvenates the body and mind. In …

“Creating a Stress Free Violence Free Washington DC through Meditation.” I Meditate DC is a movement across the DC Metro region to revive meditation — a centuries old technique — to help you, today’s Washingtonian, do more of the things you love by recharging yourself. We offer classes, free workshops, and events that promote meditation and bring together meditation groups across the region.

“Creating a Stress Free Violence Free Washington DC through Meditation.” I Meditate DC is a movement across the DC Metro region to revive meditation — a centuries old technique — to help you, today’s Washingtonian, do more of the things you love by recharging yourself. We offer classes, free workshops, and events that promote meditation and bring together meditation groups across the region.

“Creating a Stress Free Violence Free Washington DC through Meditation.” I Meditate DC is a movement across the DC Metro region to revive meditation — a centuries old technique — to help you, today’s Washingtonian, do more of the things you love by recharging yourself. We offer classes, free workshops, and events that promote meditation and bring together meditation groups across the region.

Metro DC, VA, MD Meditation Group is transforming and will be open for your suggestions of locations, activities, days to set meditation etc. Become an active member of this group and help coodinate meeting, meditations, adventures etc. If you are interested in Progressive Meditation, please follow us on facebook. Search Ron Mohl or Progressive Meditation and become a friend of Progressive Meditation. Have great days always.

~~~ "The Internal Yoga" ~~~ Ancient tribes have taught us that vocal toning is powerful healing for our bodies and our minds. ..from OM's to other chants from Native American, Hindu, African, Buddhist, Hawaiian, Shaman and many other cultures used for mind clearing and purging toxins from our body's cells ~ we then naturally attune to our centers and the spiritual core of ourselves..       By Law of Attraction and by proactively changing our internal vibrations, we experience an increase in ener …

Meditation is not only for quieting and relaxing the mind.  It is for creating what you want in life.  Meditation makes this possible by helping you to have a clearer intention and to use your attention more effectively.  When you have a clear intention this is positively aligned with others' benefit, your energy is strong and focused, your intention will have a greater resonance not only with other people but also with the responsive universe itself.

The Council of Negro Yogis is a organization in which each participant commits to practicing, learning, and elevating oneself and one's community through the practice of yoga, in addition to enrolling all people to experience the benefits of a regular yoga practice. Our belief is that when we merge those actions with clear intention we will create an environment that will impact all those around us for the better.

Daily and free meditation sessions at the Washington Buddhist Vihara, the first Buddhist temple that was established in the United States. We practice calm and insight meditation from the Theravadan tradition, recognized by scholars as the most first and most ancient Buddhist tradition to transcribe the words of the Buddha. Whether you are Buddhist or not, meditation is a universal practice to find peace and happiness within ourselves. We are a dynamic and diverse community of meditators with …

Cultivating Mindfulness Practices in Alexandria, Virginia.

Visit the Hoop Dance DC! Calendar for a full view of our upcoming classes & events: http://www.meetup.com/hoopdancedc/#calendar Hoop Dance is the return of hula hooping as a fun, fitness, dance and meditation art. Burn 300 - 600 calories an hour with colorful, adult size hoops. Expand your community while toning your entire body! Join us for classes, hoop jams, FUNdraisers for local non-profits, retreats and "get togethers." Share the Hoop Love! Accessible to just about everyone ages five …

Meet other people interested in alternative health to talk about holistic healing, homeopathy, herbs, naturopathy, diet, acupuncture, ayurveda, Tai Chi,  yoga, meditation, energy and breath work, bodywork, transpersonal psychology, flower essences,  and complementary and alternative medical care, etc.

Seeking to experience a variety of mediation practices, grow in community, and develop a regular practice of mediation to relieve stress, grow deeper spiritually, and connect with others.

This is a group for those interested in supporting world peace by taking part in monthly activities at various national monuments and or other prominent venues in the metro DC area. We are committed to send to the universe, love, joy and peace via meditation and or prayerful silence for 30mins as a group each month on the fourth (4th) weekend of each month. This month's meeting is on Sunday October 25th. Many of you joined us on the International Day of Peace, September 21, at the Jefferson Memo …

Have you laughed today? Come join our group for yogic laughter sessions led by a certified instructor. Yogic laughter is called Hasya Yoga in Sanskrit. This tradition goes back thousands of years. Prolonged laughter brings a myriad of scientifically demonstrated health benefits. It's fun too!

Whether you're new to mindfulness meditation or an advanced practitioner looking for like-minded people to sit with, this weekly drop-in meditation group is for you. We meet from 9am - 10:30am at the East Meets West Yoga Center at 8227 Old Courthouse Road in Vienna, Va. (In the Long and Foster Building.) Meetings consist of a 30-minute guided sitting meditation, followed by either a talk, mindful movement, or Q&A with the instructor. Instructors are Jon Waterman, Mary Aubry and Trisha Stotler, a …

Evidence is showing that the connection between mind and body is absolutely crucial for wellness, hitting health goals, making major decisions, balancing our life activities, calming and focusing, and incorporating positive approaches to life. Join us each month to experience and learn a variety of mind/body wellness approaches such as: stress management for on-the-go and for going very deep into relaxation; using at-home biofeedback; finding the best guided imagery; making self-guided belief ch …