This group is a place where you can find information about meeting different spiritual teachers whose teaching is connected to the East (India, Tibet, Nepal, Japan, etc - Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, etc) and are visiting Boston / New England. We include anyone who can expand our mind and hearts, and help us to question our deepest reactions and strongly held beliefs. Feel free to suggest meetups by sending me an email at shunyamprem@yahoo.com with an event you are organizing, attending or want to s …

The India Point Ashwinders are a community quidditch team from the East Side of Providence, RI and a member of the Southern New England Quidditch Conference (SNEQC) and the International Quidditch Association. We are made up of Harry Potter and sports fanatics from Brown University and the community that banded together for great times and competition. As SNEQC members, we have a regular season schedule each semester and a conference tournament in the spring. Anyone of any experience level who w …

Team Asha NYC/NJ is a well reputed marathon training program in the New York City metro area. Team Asha is also one of the largest fundraisers for Asha for Education, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports educational initiatives across India for underprivileged children. The Team Asha marathon training program brings to each participant a custom training plan with a focus on individual goals. Whether you are a first time marathon runner or a seasoned runner, our coaches provide a tra …

This meetup group is for expatriate Indians and all others who are interested in India and Indian culture. We watch Indian movies, go to see Indian music and dance performances, and participate in all manner of Indian cultural events. We also go as a group to many different kinds of American cultural activities -- to see movies and plays, hear music, and attend dance performances and concerts. We also love to attend parties and go dancing, whether the party theme is Indian or American.

Meet other Pakistani professionals (and friends of) all over the tri-state area in a social and informal setting to discuss career, culture and tradition, make new friends and contacts in both professional and social arenas. You are at the right place if you are looking for Advisory - coming from professionals of different functional backgrounds to help Pakistani professionals to excel in their fields. Mentorship - New to Tristate, new in school or new in work force? Our seasoned professionals …

Welcome to Long Island's most reputed and trusted meditation community. If you are looking for a place to start your practice or to nurture your healing self, you have come to the right place. We are proud to host our meditations in various parts of the globe including Sweden, Switzerland, Hong Kong, India, Canada, Los Angeles, and ofcourse our very beloved Long Island. Our meditations are adopted from various ancient eastern methods that involve mantra, breathing exercises, visualization, and u …

Please join our growing group of people of all ages in the Ridgewood NJ area who are interested in developing inner peace and contentment through meditation. Classes are held once a week on a variety of topics such as anger, deepening relationships, developing contentment, and developing a meditation practice. Although the classes are based on the teachings of Buddhism, you don’t have to be Buddhist to benefit from the teachings. Classes are offered through the Dharmachakra Buddhist Center, whi …

Welcome! We started this walk (back in 2003-and we joined Meetup in 2005) because we saw so many pugs in the Bronxville village and surrounding areas. Come and meet some really great people & join the coolest-weekly pug walk around! *Remember, "It's all about the pug"!. Just a note: Once owned by Tibetan monks, pugs made their way to Europe with the Dutch East India Company in the 1700s?the rest is history. Today, pugs are one of the most recognizable and popular breeds in the world. The pug is …

During weekly meetings on Friday evenings in East Meadow, Long Island, Atma-Nivedana dasa ("Atma") and Subhangada devi dasi ("Subhie") teach how to hear and chant sanskrit names for God in kirtan and a systematic study of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Kirtan meditation consists of hearing and chanting sanksrit names for God to the accompaniment of melodious and rhythmic music in order to invoke God's divine mercy and presence. Bhagavad Gita As It Is is studied according to the ancient, yet unbroke …

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THOSE WISHING TO JOIN THE LIVING DHARMA CENTER'S MEETUP SITE: While we are open to all those genuinely interested in authentic, meditation-based Zen practice, membership in this Meetup site requires personal instruction in zazen by our teachers before approval. We are not an educational, philosophical or social-networking group and we use Meetup specifically for communications and scheduling notification. For additional information about our group, please see our websit …

Yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli: योग yóga) is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India.[1][2] The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul.[3] The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.[4][5][6] Within Hindu philosophy, the word yoga is used to refer to one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy.[7][8] Yog …

This is the perfect meeting place for we all indians,be it for social networking or for somebody who wants to enjoy a weekend beyond just plain dining out as most of our meetups are laced with live music or karaoke singing and members just enjoy the vibrant and charged up atphosphere during the meetups.Most of the times the meetups are organized at the places where our members can chill out by having a drink or two or just take to dance floor to enjoy a completely satisfying evening.For the memb …

When you realize you want to spend rest of your life with someone, you want rest of your life  to start soon. But let's face there are times when you enjoy doing things with other couples as well and sometimes that can be difficult. Whether your friends are single, married but can't get out, always working or it seems you can't just settle on a date with others. We have started this group to meet Indian couples in New York and New Jersey to interact and to build great friendships with. The goal …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning or improving yoga and meditation techniques and practices. A world renowned yoga teacher from India, Swami Mukundananda is on USA tour and coming to NYC/Long Island area. This is an unique opportunity. At each session, you will practice different poses, breathing exercises, meditation techniques and all sessions are FREE. Swamiji's techniques work at body, mind and soul level enriching your experience and nourishing and healing you at different l …

We enjoy reading and discussing Indian books... classics as well as newer books.  Emphasis on fiction, but we do read some nonfiction.  We meet for lunch at an Indian restaurant, thereby combining good conversation about interesting books with a good (and relatively inexpensive) meal. Bring your suggestions for additional books!

Life Explorers introduces a different self-discovery, spiritual, or relaxation practice each meeting. The goal is to introduce explorers, seekers, curious minds & hearts to the wide variety of life enhancing practices and exercises out there. Whether you come to expand your spirit, the joy and ease in your life, your knowledge of cultures, your inspiration and creativity, your self-understanding or your level of relaxation, you are welcome. Come and learn something new with us! For starters, top …

People are often surprised at how different a Laughter Club is from what they expect. Generally, people feel happy after a laughing session, and some report reduced pain or feel clearer in their minds. Laughter offers a multitude of benefits to the body and mind-- and it works even if the laughter isn't genuine. Dr. Madan Kataria, an Indian doctor and student of Yoga, began research on the health benefits of laughter in 1995. Dr. Kataria was impressed by Norman Cousins' book Anatomy of an Ill …

Join us for Israeli Dancing ! It's a fun way to meet new friends and start a new hobby. It's a great way to be challenged mentally and physically. You don't have to be Jewish to do it. Move to beautiful middle eastern music! Israeli dancing is no longer the traditional Israeli folk dancing.  It has now become modernized where every popular song is grabbed and a new dance is created.  Israeli dance now has hip hop, salsa moves.  We even dance to music from India and Ireland.  It has evolved to be …

Greetings Beautiful Sisters, Every woman has her own unique Goddess living inside her and every woman needs to connect and open up to her higher and wiser self. We are all truly unique spirits living in bodies who are here to honor & accept all aspects of ourselves in a circle of love and light with our beautiful sisters! This Ancient Knowledge and Wisdom has existed for more than 8 thousand years in Ancient India, Egypt and other Civilizations. For many years it was a Secret Art until now. In …

Namaskar! This group is for people who are from a Marathi background, speak Marathi and are familiar with Marathi culture - would love to hang out and be able to converse in our mother-tongue, enjoy some 'guppa goshti' and some good old Maharashtrian food! Tumhala marathi yete ka? Ho, mag join kara ki!

A group To re-enforce its objective to provide assistance and support wherever possible in settling in NY(westchester area) by creating new initiatives to reach out to the newcomers of Indian origin.To facilitate communication within the community and with other organizations.To facilitate a platform for empowering women, by motivating them through education, informational workshops, events and activities that promote women’s well being, talents and enterprise.To get our families together , espe …

This is a group for Pakistani who are in their 20's or 30's to make new friends and be engaged in various events. Events would vary from movies, dinners/lunches/brunches, coffee get together, parties, .... so basically anything and everything.ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!! The objective of this group is to have fun!! and to provide a platform for young Pakistani community to socialize.

Vedanta Society of New York (VSNY) is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, VSNY is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was an historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago.

The purpose of this group is to raise the consciousness with a routine practice of sacred meditations. The founder of this group, Chandresh Bhardwaj, hails from the land of holy India & is a specialized in more than 100 meditations to rejuvenate the soul. We are successfully conducting meditations & talks in West Hollywood, LA, Beverly Hills, NY, & now proud to launch ourselves in Southampton! We will be conducting public talks and sacred meditations to help raise the awareness. Join this group: …

Our group is initiative of Long Island Meditation Community, run by Break The Norms Movement. This group is aimed to teach Yoga and Ayurveda to make our lives healthier and happier. Our unique approach is to offer Yoga in Ayurvedic foundation of healing. Ayurveda is the “Sister Science of Yoga” and the traditional medicine of India. Ayurveda, the knowledge of life, teaches that each of us has a unique mind-body-spirit constitution. Join this group to learn and build up your yoga practice. This g …

Hi, Happy Science will have multiple dates for showing 7 of our films (6 anime, 1 live action) that usually are rare and difficult to see anywhere else. Our films have all been shown in nationwide theatres in Japan and were all top 5 films at the box office. Also they were shown on national television in China, Africa, and India to several millions of viewers. They are very unique, interesting, exciting and heartwarming films that will move you and inspire you. Admission is free and there will b …

There's no Kabaddi group in NYC. There should be. Let's play in Corona Park. Sincerely, Kunal

Connect with the Indian Community in the greater Boston Area! Expatriates from India, those with Indian background or anyone interested in attending Indian activities is welcome. This group will be a launch pad for people interested in meeting other Indians to explore town and have a regular bunch to hang out with!!! Everybody is welcome...we will do meetups which will span through the State indoor/outdoor/city and suburbia...