This is a place for Parents/Caregivers and their children to come together, connect, learn to relate, and meditate! This group is ideal for families with children 10 and up. Learning the basics of being still in the body, how to focus, check in with feelings, and learn to relax. This process sets up a powerful avenue for families to learn to grow together. Though the group is not therapy, it is facilitated by a professional with 19 years of counseling experience. Andrea J. Schrage, LCPC, CMT is …

This is a group designed for Couples to help them to improve their relationships through the combination of Mindfulness and Psychology. Mindfulness/meditation is a remarkable tool that impacts all areas of your life. When it is combined with psychology, it vastly deepens the way that we can know ourselves and our partners. The group will give tools and allow for plenty of experiential practice. Though this is not couples counseling though the group is facilitated by a licensed professional with …

Under Construction (but join!) (Note that this page as well as some outgoing links are NSFW.) This group is for people who have an intuition of something better, and who are pursuing it in every direction simultaneously. You have a sense of rightness and wrongness that cuts to the bone, and it doesn't line up with traditional religion or the zeitgeist. You're an information sponge, but you hold it all provisionally and pragmatically. You know that all truths are partial perspectives, i.e. wron …

The Chicago Taoism Study Group seeks to explore the ironic, absurb and penetratingly insightful gentle "way" of wisdom - and hopefully in the process reach the end of logic and enjoy a really good laugh. In the ancient Far East, Taoism traditionally was the pursuit of older citizens, who - having fulfilled their civic and worldly duties - abandoned society retreating to mountain hermitages to sit by streams and observe the changing seasons divining skillfull and elegant means of aligning one's …

… When you became aware of the construct of your mind and can see how Ego, Personal ‘I’ is creating your reality, you can then dissolve your unconscious and subconscious States of mind/Beliefs. Dissolving your States of mind is Life Changing...It is what Enlightenment is. The fact is that you cannot be in your mind and your Heart at the same time.Feelings are experienced in your mind, and not in your Heart....True/Higher self can only express itself through open heart. Mind doesn't know what is tr …

This Active and Lucid Dreaming group is a circle in which we explore the lessons and adventures of dreams.  Dreams are fascinating when you pull back the layers.  Let us familiarize ourselves with the furniture of the mind, uncover personal symbols, and find the great freedom that comes from truly knowing the lifeworld of our inner selves.  You should join this group if you are actively involved with your dreams or are interested in exploring lucid dreaming!

Group members are taught the essentials of mindfulness and how the process relates to their feelings. The technique teaches them to be aware of what they are feeling in the moment, which allows for a deepening of the way they relate to their thoughts and patterns. Unwanted patterns of relating and behaving discovered during the sessions can then be shifted. Using both avenues of psychology and mindfulness allows patterns to shift more rapidly as cognitive work helps people to understand the issu …

Why is Chicago, a city with a population around 2.8 million, impoverished when it comes to the field of landscape architecture? Are we just a city saturated in lawn chemicals? Does anyone know what landscape architecture is? This meetup group is open to anyone curious about the field of landscape architecture and how it relates to the Chicago cityscape.   You don’t have to know anything about this design field to engage in our meetups. Great diversity is preferred in order to explore these …

What makes a person different than a rock (and different from every other inanimate object)? Or are we so different after all? Isn't the human body nothing more than a machine which is ultimately comprised of mere molecules and atoms? In what sense, if any, does a person consist of more than his or her physical body? Does a person have a soul? If so, then what do we mean by “soul” and what might the nature of a soul be? In short, what is the phenomena that we call “consciousness?” Moreover, how …

Our Group's purpose is to help you discover the power of being in charge of your life. What we do in our Meetup Group: - We are exploring the Universal Laws that govern our lives. In the process of our discovery - or I should say re-discovery- and application of the Laws, we are employ all available modalities, such as meditation, strengthening one's intuition, developing psychic abilities, learning and practicing Law of Attraction, just to name a few... Who is a good fit for the group: - An …

Our Group's purpose is to help you discover the power of being in charge of your life.  

Stone Soup & Lemonade is a multigenerational community of women whose purpose is to use the collaborative philosophy of the “Stone Soup” tale plus the overcoming attitude of, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” to make life better for ourselves & our world. Stone Soup & Lemonade – provides places & environments to collaborate, connect, share & celebrate – using live gatherings, social media, mobile alerts & one-on-one get-togethers. Imagine a safe place to assess and learn to upgrade you …

METAPHYSICAL AND SPIRITUALITY MEETUP GROUP is a safe and loving place for spiritual development and personal growth. We invite those who are ready for the next step on their own path to join us in the journey we are all on. Metaphysical and Spirituality's mission is to provide a safe and sacred environment to explore new areas that challenge us and to meet others of like mind. We provide access to new and ancient ideas of human thought and the opportunity to learn from those that hav …

… . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Float Your Boats Mission Statement : We are a non-profit group that works together to promote networking in the paddling community not only within our group but locally, regionally,  across the country by listing other paddle related events on our website.  We believe in partnership, networking, stewardship, and offering opportunities for people of all ages, all abilities …

The Goal: A community of people dedicated to consciousness elevation in all aspects of life, individual, communal, social, political, scientific, and beyond. We each have the potential to each a unique level of "Human Optimization".  Attention, communication, intelligence, thoughtfulness, balanced emotion and speech and action, empathetic, beautiful, kind. To achieve this peak potential and manifest it into "life as we know it" including the status quo, we effectively change the whole system in …

This is about people getting together to discuss sex. We will come together in an informal manner, in fact BYOB if you feel like it, to discuss a topic which has the power to make us squirm. The group is open to anyone, and everyone, but it is not intended as an opportunity too Hook-up (sorry guys!). Each of us has had our own specific set of experiences which forms a unique foundation for our perceptions and philosophies about sex and sexuality. Whats suits one may not suit another, but this de …