Shoreline at Mountain View is a 750-acre wildlife and recreation area featuring a 50-acre sailing lake; 18-hole golf course; irrigated meadowlands; diverse wildlife and habitat areas, the historic Rengstorff House; and more. Shoreline's Environmental Docent program provides an opportunity to learn more about the area's: maritime history; landfill legacy; unique ecosystems; environmental processes; birds, wildlife; and flood control. Walks occur every Tuesday at 11:00 am and on the 4th Sunday …

Rengstorff House, Mountain View's oldest home, is one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture on the West Coast. Well-known as a wedding venue, Rengstorff House is available for rent for your next wedding ceremony reception, team retreat, employee birthday party, retirement celebration, garden party, fundraiser and/or after-work mixer. Rengstorff House is also open to the public for guided tours Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays from 11:00 am – 5:00 p.m. NEW in 2010 for a …

WELCOME TO “CONNECT AND PROSPER!” NETWORKING …a networking arena created to introduce you to a plethora of resources and carefully implemented to: provide you a series of meetups geared to educate, with a venue to network; provide support to those of you who want to create and improve the quality of your endeavors, what ever personal paths you’ve chosen; bring state of the art, interactive workshops that engage and bring value to all of you Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Individuals …

This group is for people who are seeking to establish deep spiritual friendships both with others, and with themselves. We will commit to co-creating an atmosphere that offers deep listening, unwavering compassion -- and potentially life-altering challenge to the status quo. This ongoing group will explore and practice ways to 1) Access our deepest wisdom, and 2) More completely integrate and embody that wisdom in all aspects of our lives. In this process, we’ll draw respectfully from many s …

Many people want to express their creativity but haven't found the right outlet. Sound familiar?  Then this is the place for you! Fun, supportive environment, this meet-up is held at my studio located at 2231 Winchester Blvd. Campbell, 95008. The studio is crammed with tons of hand-made papers, paints, canvas, glue, fabric, string, found objects...anything you need to express yourself! Work on a specific project (see examples below) or do your own thing after a short tutorial about how to use th …

This group is offered as an exploration of creativity, sound, voice, and music, as tools to deepen our experience of everyday life. We access the sounds in our environment as well as in our own bodies - our breath, voice, silence, and resonance as human beings. We may explore meditation, yoga, singing, art, food, nature, writing, or any other aspects of human expression. Circles are led by a rotating members from a cohort of sound healing practitioners trained at the California Institute of Inte …

Following the theatre improv principles of "Yes, and...", non-judgment, and deep listening/participation, we have FUN with sound and music, made from instruments and our own bodies. This is like an adult PLAY group using music. So what does this have to do with CREATIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, COLLABORATION, and KNOWLEDGE SHARING? Improvisation requires MAKING THINGS UP, MAKING DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, LISTENING, and PARTICIPATING. Give and take. Offer and receive. Lead and fo …

Welcome to the Bhakti Yoga Group In this group we learn and practice the art of Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of love and devotion originally taught by the great sages of the original Indian culture. Bhakti Yoga combines special techniques of meditation, the utterance of sacred mantras to calm and uplift our minds and hearts, and the cultivation of a pure, healthy, and balanced way of life. From the original source, the most authoritative spiritual books available to us today, some of them well o …

Norcal Self Defense is a group open to all who wish to share, learn and practice simple, realistic, practical techniques and mind set for the purpose of self defense and personal safety. Anyone who wishes to join us is welcome. All ages and levels of fitness can participate. No prior martial arts training is needed. All of us have the right to feel safe and to avoid harm from anyone who seeks to control or injure us. Anyone who would like to join us to practice and share is most welcome. I began …

Mission Peak Fitness is a unique health club that offers a variety of group exercise classes including Zumba, Yoga, Pilates, BODYPUMP and CXWORX and our indoor Circuit Training Boot Camp. With our philosophy of bringing the personal touch back to fitness, we cleverly disguise exercise as fun to help you stay on track! When you utilize our state of the art online nutrition program, you have everything you need to reach your goals. You will love our beautiful, intimate health club and the comforta …

Events that focus on Technology, Art, Green and Sustainability (TAGS). Demo's, speakers, tours and other fun events will be put together by this group. Open discussions on these topics, connections to other events related to these topics and film/video of related topics will be part of this groups core.

Have you dreamed of making your own beautiful glass creation?  At a Mosaic Gardens workshop, you learn through simple steps the art of making creative mosaic pieces that you can display in your home/gardem or give as gifts. You will have access to all types of materials, supplies, and an environment that will help nurture your creativity. This is also a great social outlet as you meet others working on their projects. Take some time for you; explore this wonderful form of self-expression …

Welcome to San Jose I Liq Chuan practice group. The training is intended for students of all levels interested in learning the art. I Liq Chuan, martial art of awareness, is an art of cultivating consciousness based on Tai Chi and Zen principles, in other words the practice of moving meditation. "The philosophy underlying I Liq Chuan involves the very simple concept of making an active choice to be fully aware of the present moment, by being aware of the sounds around you, your breathing, your v …

The Peninsula Men’s Mentoring Circle is a weekly practice of awareness and consciousness of our inner landscape, and how we share ourselves in the world around us. What we get from and how we contribute to the society around us in which we define ourselves as masculine. It gives us the opportunity to contribute to the growth and maturity of other men, while we ourselves benefit from our contribution. It is a place where youth, mid-lifers, and elders can come together in an environment of mutual …

Learn and Share how to build kick ass HTML5 Mobile Web Apps A place for Mobile Web Apps developers, end-users, entrepreneurs, local industries and communities stakeholders involved in evaluating, developing and providing web and mobile web applications as well as anyone wishing to learn about the business opportunities and mobile lifestyle experiences the newly created Mozilla marketplace and other mobile web development environments (Participants in the W3C Mobile Web Platform Core Community G …

Founded July, 2007. www.k9tl.com Want to have a fun time, practice dog training and meet other dog training enthusiasts from Santa Clara, San Jose, Los Gatos, Mountain View, South Bay Area, CA? We are an open community for dog training enthusiasts and dog lovers who enjoy the art of dog training. K9 Training Lab hosts training sessions for Obedience, AKC Rally, and CGC in South Bay Area, CA. To maintain a safe and friendly environment, we have a few prerequisites — • Dog is current on vacci …

I Liq Chuan, Internal Martial Arts of Awareness… for the Ladies For you ladies out there who have been curious about learning martial arts - here is your chance to learn among other women in a safe and supportive environment. If you have background in any other form of martial arts and are curious, this class will help you improve in whatever style you have been learning. This is NOT a typical self-defense class where you’ll learn a few moves and techniques. Instead, you will learn secrets of In …

We are a group that seeks Self-Perfection through Self-Preservation. We are a contemporary JKD, FMA group dedicated to training in a friendly environment. We train in: Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do Erik Paulson's Combat Submission Wrestling (no-gi) MMA Navy Seals Rapid Assault Tactics Military Knife Tactics Women's Self Defense Paul Vunak's Progressive Fighting Systems Lameco Astig Combatives Health and Fitness TRX: Suspension Training WWW.NORCALJKD.NET

Graphic Designers, Illustrators, Advertisers, Photographers, Sculptors, Animators and the rest... STEP AWAY FROM THE [Computer, Canvas, Sketchbook, Camera, etc.] and come out for some socializing and networking with like minded creative types. Our intention is to have a friendly environment where we can all share stories of our artistic passion, network for possible collaboration and hopefully make some real friends with similar interests.

Hi, TGIF singles & couples, were Matt & Christyne Pritchard and this group is for those who love the Active, Social, Music, Independant Arts & Geek Culture and who have a busy Monday-Friday schedule. Most of our events will be scheduled on the weekends and as early as FRIDAY...(unless it's something REALLY awesome to do then we can push a meet into a weekday). We do everything fun & interesting there is to do in the South Bay & Bay Area: Movie nights of all genres, karaoke, game nights, open-mic …

Emotions WITHOUT Labels Using The ART OF DIALOGUE Announces: Whole -Hearted Women Seeking a Deeper Connections Are you a woman seeking greater meaning, inner peace and harmony in your life? Are you wondering when will it be my turn? What about me?  Are you tired of playing the game of “perfectionism” and “keeping up with the Jones?” If could take a seat in the living room of your inner dialogue, what would I hear? I feel so alone.    I feel odd or even “crazy”?     Why did I do THAT? What are pe …