Healing the world one sip at a time. WHERE: Noorish on 109 St. WEBSITE: www.indigodrinks.ca TWITTER: #indigodrinksYEG FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/groups/111175545665588/ COST: Suggested donation of $5 at the door to keep things sustainable. WHAT IS IT? A monthly conscious lounge for a shindig and mixer of folks who work in the holistic field. WHO IS IT FOR? We will have a lively mixture of people from holistic practitioners, workshop leaders, yoga & fitness instructors, college instructors …

Are you looking for an authentic spiritual community to explore your faith? We started Tree of Life out of a desire to live the Great Commision through the Great Commandment. What is this commission and commandment? In the Bible, Matthew 28:18-20 says: Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Hol …

ART FUSE: AN EXPLOSION OF LOCAL WORD, IMAGE AND SOUND! happens every Thursday 7-9pm at the Art Stream Centre, located at 11434-120 Street NW Edmonton. Each week ART FUSE welcomes new authors, artists, artisans, musicians, actors and filmmakers to take the stage and share their work. If you want more information or would like to take the stage as a featured reader, presenter or performer, please phone (780) 425-9303 or email fuse@PageMaster.ca. The fuse is lit and the time is "now!" Get involved …

The NEW Calgary Writers & Bloggers Group, aka CWBG, Co-Hosted by Barbie Thompson & Liz Grotkowski, is a group of laid-back but dedicated or soon-to-be "hackers". Short Story, Novella, Novel or Blog, Fiction or Non...we live to pen the words that change the world, one writer, one reader at a time. Liz and I are not in this for a Power Trip or some kind of Networking Brownie Points. We are in this for the love of the Craft and the desire to meet and socialize with the vibrant writing and blogging …

Love seeing musical theatre (or any theatre for that matter) and can't always find someone to go with? Do you love singing show tunes with other musical theatre buffs? Do you want to know about EVERY musical playing in Calgary this year so you never again have to say, "gee, I wish I'd known that was playing!" - and maybe even get a discount and the occasional opportunity for a free ticket? Then this is the Meetup group for you. We also take in the occasional non-musical play or opera. If there i …

They say writing is a solitary business, but sometimes it's nice to get out of the house and meet new people.  Why not do both?  Come write with a group of like-minded people all suffering through the unique agonies and delights of developing the craft of speculative fiction writing.  Fantasy?  Horror?  Slipstream?  Science Fiction?  Something new and different?  Consider yourself invited. Not a critique group. Not a discussion group. Just bring your laptop or notepad, have a delicious beverage …

Author and Producer Austin Vickers and Exalt films along with Samuel Goldwyn are excited to announce the Calgary premiere of their acclaimed Documentary People v. the State of Illusion. An amazing film that centers around stress, self-awareness and the science and power of our perceptions and imagination. The film and Q&A are important because the film brings to light principles like hope, imagination and creativity, along with self-awareness, responsibility and accountability in a movie format …

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth. —Virginia Satir, family therapist and author. Cuddle Party is a short workshop in non-sexual touch, boundaries and communication, followed by a couple of hours, to put what you have learned into practice, by enjoying and exploring touch in a healthy and agreed upon way. (Think hugs, foot rubs, back rubs, spooning and just general non-sexual snuggling.) A trained facilitator gently leads …

Entrepreneurship Calgary passion is to empower entrepreneurs and business owners to create massive success. To help people to understand specifically what it takes to build successful companies. Members such as Bill Walsh are accomplished authors, speakers, radio personalities and movie celebrities. Members have very successful backgrounds in finance and marketing. We are innovators with a remarkable ability to determine and dictate success strategy to seize global market opportunities. For ever …

With a passion to live every second of every minute of every day in awareness, the Eckhart Tolle (author of "the Power of Now") group is devoted to the realization of the consciousness within, the consciousness that every human being is - when it's not being masked by the ego.  We encourage  the awareness that is the ever present "watcher of the mind".  We are devoted to gathering together, free of ego, to live out our lives "in the now" without the need for the mental stories that are caught up …

Bibliophiles Anonymous is a book club that focuses on the "classics" and other great works of literary genius (as determined by us). The rules are simple: The first rule of book club is don't talk about garbage books at book club (garbage books include mass market, romance, fantasy, chick lit, etc.). Books are chosen by democratic vote from submissions by members in attendance at the general meeting. We always know what we're reading two months ahead of time. We meet the second last Friday of e …

Who created this group and Why? Shannon has a passion for wealth, abundance and prosperity conciousness and helping women to dream and live big incredible lives. She has a passion for coaching women to break through the barriers and mind sets that hold them back from the life of their dreams. Shannon recognized that many of her clients found it a challenge to connect with positive, inspired, passionate, like-minded women and this motivated her to create Find Your Beauty – Edmonton. What can you …

Who: writers of any genre What: short writing exercises eg. writing prompts, flash fiction When: one Wednesday evening a month for 1 hour Where: West End, Callingwood Why: to spark creative ideas. If you want to read your writing after each exercise, you can, but there's no pressure to. We will NOT be editing each other's writing. (It takes too long, and there are other groups that do editing.)

In 2010, local capital networks were named one of BusinessWeek’s big ideas for small business and entrepreneurship. People want to do more than just buy local - now they want to invest local too. Moving money from Wall Street to Main Street and facilitating the flow of capital from regional people to regional businesses meeting regional needs is a critical next step in the evolution toward more sustainable local economies. Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), North America’s f …

Are You New To Cashflow 101? Or have you played Cashflow 202? The cashflow board games, Cashflow 101, Cashflow 202, and Cashflow For Kids, were designed by Robert Kiyosaki, best-selling author of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book series. We play the game to get together with like minded individuals.  People who want to learn make mistakes by playing a game.  When real money is on the like you know what to do. When you play in a group you can learn from yourself as well as others so you can make the …

Worried About How the Economy is Affecting You? Looking for Coaching, Advice and Tools to Stabilize and Succeed? Introducing Creative Capital for Changing the World (Starting with Your Own!) Come Get Support and Network with the Creative Capital Community This group is based upon the popular website www.MyPerfectEconomy.com that introduces the concept of "Creative Capital for Changing the World." After much feedback, its founders decided to create a meetup that would provide a community …