A group of designers and artists are planing to start up a multifunctional Architecture/Interior Design_Arts/General Construction Coop which will be owned and operated by its members. Currently we are engaged in initial planing/discussions.   Why a Co-op?   As a collective of different disciplines, we can provide a very broad range of services. We'll provide a professional approach to any project, large or small. We'll bring clients, designers and artists together to integrate great projects …

This is a group for writers who want to master powerful strategies to write better. The organizer, Charles Euchner, is a former teacher and administrator at Yale and Harvard and the author of a number of acclaimed works on politics, sports, civil rights, and more. The approach: Euchner has developed what he called a "brain-based system" for writing well. What's that mean?  It means that if you understand how the brain works -- how the brain gets engaged or confused, what makes it excited or bore …

Welcome to my writing groups.Writers who have studied with me are organizing group writing dates that will meet regularly. These groups are free and open to everyone.Group "writing dates" are not for critiquing. They're an opportunity to write with company. It has been my experience, with my own writing practice and several hundred students, that isolation is the main ingredient of writing blocks. If all you do is meet another writer once a week to write for thirty minutes, your entire practice …

  Welcome fellow Light Clubber,   Welcome to Light Club!* The first rule of Light Club is: you do not talk about Light Club. The second rule of Light Club is: you DO NOT talk about Light Club! Third rule of Light Club: someone yells "stop!", the light is over. Fourth rule: only your lens catches the light. Fifth rule: one light at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: good shoes. Seventh rule: surf the light as long as you have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Light Club, y …

… We all become absorbed in our work and can lose the perspective needed to evaluate our screenplays. This Revision Workshop is designed for you – the writer, who wants to further develop your screenplay. In all of the screenwriting, directing, and producing classes I have taken at Columbia, at the core of each class is the underlying script. Without that, there is no eventual film. Workshop classes, where students bring in early drafts of scripts, can be intimidating, at first. We think to ourse …

Shut Up and Write! Meetup is a venue for writers to work in the company of other writers on a regular basis. Writing, whether approached as a profession or as an avocation, is an isolating activity. We provide this forum, writing resources and meeting times as a method of developing a community of creative people. We welcome people who are serious about ‘writing down the bones’ and are looking for the companionship of other writers. Meetup Format Making the time to write one hour per week is an …

SWW Photo Workshops (established in RI in 2009) provides an educational and practical, low cost venue for aspiring photographers, young or old, to learn basic techniques of approach and application of ideas in a variety of locations and learning situations. It is perfect for photographers that have experience, and knowledge of their Digital SLRs, who want to broaden their base of knowledge with a variety of workshops that include An Introduction to Photography, Alternative Lighting, The Intimate …

Welcome to the Psychedelic and Entheogenic Society of NYC! Our group is a safe place to discuss Entheogens and the expansion of consciousness. We discuss the work of such luminaries as Hofmann, McKenna, Pinchbeck, Abraham, Grey, Sheldrake, Leary, Grof, Lilly, the Shulgins and so much more. **Our group doesn't engage in or promote illegal activities during our Meetups. Don't join this group to get "hooked up" because you'll be removed if that's your sole intention. We are a mature, safe group.** …

ARTISTS SUPPORT NETWORK The purpose of Artist Support Network (ASN) is to create an environment in which committed VISUAL ARTISTS (not filmmakers dancers, performers, musicians -- sorry!) can gather, learn and gain mutual support in promoting their work. We will hash out ideas, share experiences and keep our morale alive though gaining focus on who our target audience is and how to reach them in this most expeditious approach possible. It will all come out of educating ourselves about this proce …

This group is dedicated to having ongoing conversations for all topics related to the mind-body connection. There are two major conversations about the Mind Body Connection 1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-body_intervention Mind–body interventions is the name of a U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) classification that covers a variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms. Many of these techniques are …

       The way of the world is meeting people through other people. The answers and opportunities are available when we communicate and connect.   Effective networking requires a strategic system to aim, attract, and maintain long-term clientele. The 4C’s approach helps you develop a strategy for effective networking. We welcome you the opportunity to be apart of a powerful growing networking team in which you will gain momentum and new insight to connect to your audience (employee, employer, sp …

A group for successful men who want even greater success with women and business. Add more horse power to your career, great car and amazing apartment with tools that work. You already have the beautiful woman, but you wonder about those exotic, sultry and sexy women you encounter during your day. Or you want to know how to reach this level. For the confirmed bachelor, recently divorced man, someone fresh out of a long-term relationship, want to date interracially, date much older, date much you …

Know your life purpose and the meaning of your current situation clearly. Communicate with your Inner Teacher. Heal yourself and others. Open Level Class Taught in English by Yasuko Kasaki We are pleased to announce that we will start a new ongoing A Course in Miracles (ACIM) class. This 90-minute class strongly focuses on mind training designed to help you to experience the lessons and wisdom of ACIM. Each class contains some lecture from the ACIM Textbook and/or Urtext, some discussion and Q …

Feng Shui is a beautiful, creative and dynamic approach to the 9 Most Important Areas of Life: Career, Spirituality, Family, Prosperity, Reputation, Relationships, Future, Travel and Health. The use of Feng Shui can breath new life into any space, whether at work or in your home. Utilizing these techniques in the environment in which you spend the most time will infuse them fresh energy, light (physical and metaphysical) and harmony. The philosophy of Feng Shui proposes that EVERYTHING …

Open to all, no training or facilities in movement or dance are required On our life-journey we often experience moments of fear and paralysis, times when obstacles seem to get in the way of our progress. Self Awareness Through Movement allows us to open ourselves to bring growth into our lives, dissolve creative blocks, and re-connect with our life force. Self-Awareness Through Movement is a unique methodology that uses movement/dance as well as voice as a direct way to reach back to our earlie …

Bill Gates gets up every morning and he is very clear how his day will manifest. Do you? Do you understand what your life purpose is? Do you know what you have to do to make it a reality? Do you know what principles drive success and failure? How to interact with people successfully? How to attract what you need and when you need it? Understanding the hierarchy of power and why you give in to certain people and why you dominate others. Understanding the psychology of purpose, attraction, …