If you support more freedom and less government on every issue, then you're definitely in the right place. The Austin Libertarian Meetup Group works to organize liberty-minded people separate from and outside of the bureaucracy of any official campaigns or political parties. Ron Paul supporters, liberty-minded D's and R's, and independents, are welcome.

The Austin Ghost Hunters Meetup group is a group of people interested in going to haunted places in Austin and around central Texas, getting together with like-minded people and collecting and sharing evidence of paranormal activity. We will try to hold a planned event at least every 2 months. So come join us, meet new people and have some fun!!!

This group is an open discussion group for those studying A Course in Miracles and the related material. We get together and share our experience of the Course, supporting each other in our removal of the blocks to the awareness of love's presence. Come, meet, and hang out for a couple of hours with other ACIM/DUers. Bring your friends, thoughts, ideas, experiences and anything you'd like to share. And remember to laugh! This group is for those who are grateful and enthusiastic about A Course I …

WHERE CENTRAL TEXAS BIRD OWNERS GO! The Austin Parrot Society is founded on a principle of community, education and support. We are a group of like minded parrot owners in the Central, TX area, who are dedicated to improving the welfare of their companion parrots through education. OUR MISSION: Austin Parrot Society is dedicated to providing a non-judgmental, supportive community for any and all bird lovers in Central Texas.  We are here to share information, resources, ideas, and friendship.   …

Meet to Learn, to Shoot, and to Share our Photography This meetup group, Austin Photography Workshops, has been a valuable resource to me in learning more about “strobist photography”, and also practicing portraits. After noticing that it has fallen dormant for a few months, I decided to take over as organizer, and hopefully, with your help, we can revive it now. I’d like to continue the focus on strobism, but also to develop meetups that deal with many other aspects of photography. Maintain t …

Central Texas offers a great diversity in wild edible plants and food sources that are right in front of us! Foraging wild foods and plants is a lost art that many want to re-connect with.  Medicinal and edible plants grow in abundance in many areas of Texas, regardless of the climate -- its just knowing where to look and what to forage for. Foraging food is an ancient skill - one could say the oldest. Yet not many people today know how to do it. A small number of people have kept this vital ski …

Hi there! You're invited to our brand NEW Singles meetup group. JOIN US. (Click on the JOIN US button above.) It's FREE. Become one of the SINGLES ORGANIZATION's Singles (SOSingles). Then attend an upcoming event you are interested in. You can also become an Assistant Organizer. We're always looking for new Assistant Organizers with new/fresh ideas. If you are willing to host events, please email me with your ideas. I would love to hear from you. Thanks! ----------------------------------------- …

Professional Writers of Austin (PWA) is a free, members-only networking group for professional and aspiring writers. Our Mission Develop a supportive and informative community for Austin’s writers, editors, and interactive content creators. Goals Provide opportunities for Austin’s discrete journalistic, literary, and new media content-creating community to meet, share resources and job tips, improve career skills, and form lifelong bonds with like-minded people. Members We represent individuals …

Artists, Musicians, Makers, Dancers, Crafters, Designers, Reiki Masters, Massage Lovers, Tattoo Lovers, Lovers of the Weird, Tarot Readers, Burners, Hoopers, Fire Dancers, Yogi's, and just interesting folks who love life, love connecting and creating and sharing. It is more of a state of mind than a particular job or hobby that brings us together at "The Weirdery". We are not just "outside the box" thinkers, we have grabbed the box, painted it, added a few feathers and turned it into a cool lam …

Austin, also known as Silicon Hills is headquarters of some major names in tech: Samsung, Freescale, AMD, National Instruments,Dell, Cirrus Logic along with many technology start-ups. It is also home to one of the top Engineering schools in the world - UT Austin. So…Austin attracts many young technology professionals to this wonderful town. If you are single, young and enjoy indulging in technical talk without getting blank stares or if your techie friends are all married and don’t have time to …

The AOMA Mind-Body Meetup group is hosted by AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine. The community classes at AOMA aim to transform lives and communities through a comprehensive informal curriculum in integrative medicine. AOMA's faculty of master teachers offer classes to the public that delve into natural health including healthy cooking, mindfulness, movement therapies, and mind-body practices. You can study taiji (tai chi) and qigong (chi gung) with the masters. Our mind-body classes t …

If you are over 40 and part of a committed relationship and have the time to visit, dine out and travel without the restrictions of kid's school and sports schedules.  If you like to do things as a couple and have free time on weekends to attend events, travel, etc.. with other couples this is the place for you. Join us for dinner, hiking, travel, wine tours, dancing, skydiving, comedy shows, festivals, kayaking, happy hour, watching sports ... we are open to all suggestions! This site is not to …

This meetup group is an outreach effort of the Austin Area Electric Vehicle Association, aka AustinEV.org. You don't have to be a member of AustinEV to come to these meetups; anyone who's interested in electric vehicles (homebrew conversions or commercially produced electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) is welcome to come join us. We typically meet on the second Saturday of the month, in various locations. Most of these meetings will just be dinner at a restaurant and conversation with like-min …

About Mindfulness Exercises: The practice of self regulation of the autonomic nervous system. We teach integrated mind-body mental exercises to trigger a natural parasympathetic response in the autonomic nervous system. This response releases powerful neuro-chemicals that regulate the immune system. Regulation of the immune system transforms the human body at the cellular level. This natural transformation affects our view, how we feel, and ultimately our perception of reality, it affects how we …

Urban Zen is a peer-led group in which we meditate, share, and explore the integration of Zen practice with modern daily life.  No previous experience with meditation or Zen necessary!  We meet Monday nights from 7:30 to 9:00 at Austin Zen Center.  There is also an optional meditation instruction and posture clinic at 7:00. Check out our website and Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/urbanzenpractice http://urban.austinzencenter.org/ 7:30 Introduction 7:40 Zazen (meditation) 7:55 Dharma Talk …

Are you a Dale Carnegie Graduate? Have you read "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? Or are you trying practice the 30 principles of being a positive person and leader? Are you looking to hang out with like-minded people?? This group is for you! Did you know in Austin we have over 1000+ graduates of the Dale Carnegie Program!! Whether you are a graduate, read Dale Carnegie books, looking to learn more or are looking to hang around proactive and positive people come join us. This is casual …

This free, weekly meditation group meets with the intention to be a space for relaxation, mindfulness and awareness. The group is open to new meditators as well as those with an ongoing practice. Each week’s 30 minute guided meditation explores what it’s like to relax the body and surrender all doing so that our natural states of calm abiding awareness can arise. A short discussion follows for the opportunity to connect in community with like-minded people and explore ways to incorporate meditat …

Gay Austin Geeks is a social group for like minded LGBT individuals to get together and have fun.  Focused on board and video gayming, sci-fi/fantasy, and anything else that makes you a geek, we strive to be all inclusive and allow for a fun social outlet for everyone. Our Meetups are primarily self driven, with the exception of a large once a month (details pending) meet up for everyone to enjoy.  If you have something you'd like to try and want a group of like minded people to do it with, plea …

This group is designed for those seeking healthy and sustainable weight loss, increased energy, and improved overall happiness. Learn about simplified nutrition, the fundamentals of a healthy body and mind, and then apply these principles to your own life with guidance and support. The group will occur as a series of five meetings over a period of two months, making forward progress each week. It is recommended to participate in the entire series for your own success. If you learn about the grou …

This is a group that is set up for those that adore ridding around in their cherry red, yellow, mint green, orange, or whatever color vespa. We are lucky to live in such a great city that allows us to easily crisscross this town with a breeze with these sweet machines. In this group you can meet up with like minded vespa fanatics like you. It doesn't matter if you don't know the mechanics of the vehicle itself. Everyone is welcome! This is for those who LOVE their Vespa. Once a week (or perhaps …

Are you an aspiring writer, poet, novelist or other creative wordsmith seeking to find a group of like minded people to come together and encourage and help you feed and keep your muse? Have you been a writer for a long time now, and felt as though you've lost touch with that creative spark? Are you all too familiar with that dreaded literary monster known as "Writer's Block?" Or do you simply feel that you need more true friends, and people who are living the writer's life just as yourself and …

This is a group for like-minded Christian Lesbian Women in Recovery to meet and socialize. The description fits me, and I would like to see if there are others in the Austin area. There are separate Meet Up groups for these various categories, but often some of these characteristics end up being mutually exclusive. I'm looking for like-minded people to do things with. Although this is definitely an opportunity for single women to socialize, I think it should be open for any Christian Lesbian Wom …

I just moved to Austin and fell in love with Austin Stone Church. I personally would love to meet others in the community for some fellowship and fun and I've heard similar things from others. So...how about a meetup group. We will try and get people together once or twice a month. This group will be a place were 20 something's and 30 something's in the community can meet other like minded folks.

This is a Group for anyone that has never been a parent and has never been married. Unmarried couples are welcome to this group.  I am looking for like minded young people in Austin to form a community of positive, Professionals with clear goals, that enjoy Travel, Personal Growth and enjoying life in Austin. I started this group so I can meet others like me. It would be great to be around like minded individuals to exchange ideas on travel, goals and fun around town. I enjoy being around peopl …

Inspire the world and be Inspired We believe we can inspire the world and give while we're at it. We’ll do this through the sharing of extraordinary stories on a blog. Sponsors will help us give to causes. We’ll also learn how to build a website, do Search Engine Optimization, and use Social Media. While these are attractive byproducts, the ultimate fulfillment will come from living with the spirit of generosity. We will build the blog together We'll build a well designed blog appealing to any …

"All experience is preceded by mind, led by mind, made of mind. Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness follows, Like a never-departing shadow." We are a weekly Buddhist study and discussion group to understand what the Buddha actually taught. Led by a Theravada monk, we meet at a Zen Center. We also meditate together and make field trips. All Buddhist traditions are respected and welcome.

UP Collective Yoga is East Austin's truly donation based yoga studio. I teach 2 classes based on quietening the mind and bringing attention to the journey of each breath it in and out of the body. Join me Wednesday nights from 8:00 - 9:30 PM for fluid Vinyasa sequences or Friday mornings 10:00 - 11:30 AM for deeply gentle Hatha flows. Both classes are appropriate for all levels and are intended to relax and assist the body in the processing of emotions and experiences. Help us grow this new dona …

Imagine this...you walk into a fun party and see a room full of smart, attractive people having a great time. As you walk in, you realize you have a superpower. You are able to read everyone else's minds and know instantly which of these beautiful people that caught your eye is interested in you, too. What makes it even better is that everyone else in the room shares this same superpower. Voilà! Instant connections! Gone are the awkward moments of trying to guess whether there's an initial conne …