Come join us as we grow eating plant strong! Meet with us and learn more about disease reversal, vegetarian diet, vegan diet, raw food we are open to potlucks, hikes, lectures, cooking classes and creative health inspiring programs. The purpose of our MeetUp group is to facilitate building unforgettable relationships and sharing remarkable experiences. We're a unique and dynamic group of Auburn Vegans that value powerful topics like health and wellness, animal rights, environmentalism and beyond …

Welcome! This is a regular group meditation dedicated to people who have drunk ayahuasca in the past in ceremony and who would like to further their practice and attain new insights while away from it. The backbone of our practice is Vipassana Buddhism, accompanied by yogic insights, shamanism, and certain other modalities. The wisdom of plant medicines has taught us that the easiest path to a state of inner peace and parasympathetic nervous system activation may involve a minor amount of moveme …

We are a group of mothers, daughters, healers and artists who treasure wellness as the most precious gift and believe that healing comes from many different places: from the sun, rain, wind; from beauty and love; from art and poetry; from plants and kind hands; from knowledge and intuition; from indigenous culture and scientific minds; we are beautiful women who gather to share, to learn, to rest and to inspire. please watch our video from the 2012 conference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHim …

"Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there" - Gary Snyder Don't let the weeds take over our mountain! Not only are they ugly and prickly, but they're also changing our mountain: more weeds = less wildflower + more fires. The vast majority of the mountain is in good shape but the nasties are starting to take hold and move around. Let's stop them before they really get going. Say it with me, pulling broom is fun oh so fun oh so fun, I wanna do this all day long... M …

The Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education group’s mission is to provide a forum for the furtherance of three areas in the entheogenic dialogue: 1) discussing contemporary research and scholarship involving sacred medicine and proposing new horizons and directions for it; 2) creating and holding a safe space in which to share and integrate transpersonal experiences; and 3) envisioning a new educational paradigm in which the ancient wisdom of plant teachers, long held by indigenous cult …

Let's connect our community together and create herbal medicine remedies based from combined folk recipes and modern botanical medicine. We can empower ourselves, our kids and our community by creating healthful products in our own kitchens using local organic ingredients that will support our body, mind and spirit making ourselves, our homes and our world a better place. All who are inspired to use the healthful benefits of plants and natural based products just like our ancestors before us hav …

Urban homesteading can be a fun and fulfilling way to decrease your carbon footprint while learning useful methods for producing your own wholesome home staples. We will be exploring canning & preserving, animal husbandry and beekeeping, gardening and mycology, foraging and gleaning, home crafting and sewing, permaculture practices, and the use of native plants for both culinary and medicinal uses.

Hi! I am starting this group in the hopes of finding some fellow foragers and urban gleaners to go on some outings with out here in Contra Costa and in the East Bay. We will forage for wild edibles fruits and vegetables, fungi, and wild herbs and greens.  We will research and plan outings for foraging in public lands and parks, untended residential lots, and whatever other fruit we can gain access to without violating good etiquette and ethics. Note: Due to the logistics and such of organizing …

Shamanic journeying is amazingly simple to learn and do, yet it’s a practice with the potential to bring great healing, depth, wisdom and clarity to your life. If you’re at a transition point in your life, needing to make a next step forward and not sure how… or if you're looking to heal old wounds (or problematic patterns, habits, compulsions, addictions) that you've worked on before, but that just haven't gone away... or, if you have ever felt like there is "part of you missing," or like you'v …

What if there was way to produce an abundance of organic food using up to 90% less water, while producing up to ten times more food in the same amount of area and time? What if you could achieve this using 1/4 the amount of energy, in a system that is totally scaleable, does not require fertile soil, saves you time and labor, makes you a good living and is incredibly sustainable? Well the exciting news is that such a system of farming exists... it’s called Aquaponics. WHAT IS AQUAPONICS? Aquapo …

This group is for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge and use of therapeutic grade essential oils (plant medicine) and on raw living plant foods.   It is for all seeking a lifestyle of vibrant & healthy living! We will learn about the powerful healing properties of therapeutic grade essential oils, natures most powerful healing substances for body, mind & spirit!  We will also learn how to use therapeutic essential oils for health & dynamic flavor enhancement in raw living foods.  We …