… E verybody Can Take Awe-Inspiring Pictures: From beginner photographers who use their phone as their camera to advanced photographers who have an expensive DSLR, if you have ever wanted to learn the secrets that photographers use to create breath-taking photographs, take WALKING PHOTO TOUR S an Francisco is much more than the known tourist areas: find out the tantalizing deep history of San Francisco and how each neighborhood played a part in molding San Francisco’s wondrous history. Walking the …

Would you like to meditate but don't want to sit still. Did you know you can do both. You can start by a 5 minute meditation exercise. I will guide you. Then go for a 30 minute to 1 hour walk. Afterwords we can talk about your experience. Meditation is great. It improves focus, listening and communication. Improves health, lowers blood pressure, improves digestion, better sleep. There are so many benefits to meditating on a regular basis. Combine meditation with walking enhancing the walking exp …

… As a Communication Coach I teach improved focus, listening and communication skills through combining meditation, mindfulness based stress reduction, positive thoughts, and guided imagery and walking. Mindfulness based stress reduction is practicing living each moment as it happens in a non-reactive, non-judgmental, non-striving state, with a clear mind and then letting it go. Keeping your focus allows you to hear what is being said to you and making the best possible decision when you are de …

Please note that this group is on winter hiatus. We will reconvene in the late spring as the weather warms. Blessings!   Join us for a casual walk and conversation along the trails of the Berkeley Marina area. We will meet each Monday morning at 10:00am at the Cesar Chavez Park turn-around for an hour walk and conversation about spiritual topics. (Look for someone holding a “Walk & Talk” sign) At each meeting we will have a question or topic to suggest for our walking conversation(s). Group memb …

Welcome to WOW! Meet weekdays and weekends to walk or run 3 miles or more at various locations throughout the Bay Area. Our group is social but fitness is our goal. Minimum requirement is that you can move for 60 minutes already. The pace doesn't matter. Some of us walk for fitness. Some of us mix walking/running. Some of us are pretty serious runners and are training to improve our times. Most of us participate in a race once in a while. I encourage women to compete in a few events every year a …

Walking Meditation Class in Nature Meet other people interested in learning how to be more mindful in every day activities. The benefits of meditation, also known as being mindful are widespread. Mindfulness has been found to help in the following areas: - Regulate Mood - Enhance Sleep - Restore and Rejuvenate one's immune system - Decrease perceptions of stress - Cultivate compassion toward oneself and others Being mindful entails sensing what is, even sensing your judgments, …

Are you looking for walking buddies to help keep you motivated? Would you enjoy exploring our beautiful valley’s trails and paths with other friendly folks? Whether you’re new to exercise or a seasoned hiker, join us for walks as well as hikes throughout the Valley of the Moon. Suggest your favorite walk or hike, or volunteer to lead one of your own! Occasionally we‘ll spice things up and travel to other parts of the North Bay. Join Sonoma Valley Walks and stay healthy, get outdoors, and meet gr …

Meet-up, stetch, walk (or run!) and increase your wellness and wellbeing by adding fantastic positive energy and excercise to your day while you enjoy the beautiful and peaceful views of the Sonoma countryside and Shollenberger Park wetlands. What will it give you to make a wellness walk a part of your day?  

Let's enjoy the mornings. This group is for those people that like to or want to walk, get a little exercise and make friends. Each walk will be a minimum of about 2 miles, and depending on everyone's schedule or available time, we may extend it to 3,4,5 miles. We will see how the group feels. Distance and location will change from time to time. Our first walk will be the week of January 17,2011, on a weekday at around 8:00am. Get up and get in shape.

The Alameda Running and Walking Club is for everyone that wants to enjoy the beauty of Alameda while walking, jogging and running. It is often hard to motivate or commit to getting outside and getting some exercise. What can make it easier and more fun is to do it with other people. Let’s all get together to have a good time! All levels are welcome to join. Any member can suggest a Meetup and if three people say they will attend then it will be scheduled and all the members will be notified. Ple …

These mission-to-mission walks are open to all who enjoy nature, art, history. And walking. Though many of the walks are between 16-22 miles, they're set at a reasonable pace and are easy to train for.   Why'd You Start the Group? Long story short: In March 2011 I walked 330 miles of the Camino de Santiago, a 1,200 year-old pilgrimage route in Spain. I lived with very little for 3 weeks. I experienced nature, art, and history. I met people from all around the world on the same simple quest - to …

Sonoma County Outdoors is an adult group for Hiking, Walking, and Social Activities. Want to hike or walk for fitness and fun? Would regularly meeting with a committed group of like minded people help keep you accountable to exercise? Just want to get out of the house and have some fun? If you said yes to any of these questions, then take a look at Sonoma County Outdoors! There are a lot of great hiking Meetup groups out there. I'm a member of many of them and plan to continue to hike with th …

Why I started this group: My name is Aaron Dence and with my co-founders, Julie Price and Ernie Medina, we created an amazing app that makes walking fun (or even more fun), depending on where you are on the spectrum of love for walking. Our goal is to create a community of people creating Adventure Walks across the world! With a lofty goal of creating over 1 Million Walks in one-year! We're going to do this together and create the most exciting game for others to play.    What is Mobile Advent …

… Most, but not all, of our events focus on using poles for hiking, walking, balance & mobility.  We'll feature hikes as well as pole clinics and seminars.  The Bay Area is astounding for it's diversity of terrain and adventures.   Whether it's a last minute idea or a long range plan, please feel free to join us or to submit your own idea! Happy Hiking, Walking, Biking, Sea Kayaking, Star-Gazing, Bird-Watching, Living!

Meet other local people who are interested in walking for fitness and for protecting the beauty of our open spaces. This walking group is unique. We all use our Green Boot iPhone Pedometers (downloaded from iTunes) and put our walking to good use. The steps we accumulate through our pedometers benefit nature preserves, land trusts, wetland restoration projects, and more. Our routes are well planned and each walk varies in distance.

We’re an open running group training for the Arthritis Foundation's 5K Jingle Bell Run/Walk. Join us on our training runs and go from couch potato to 5K running super star! The Jingle Bell Run/Walk will be on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the Marin Fairground and Lagoon Park in San Rafael. Everyone is welcome to join us for a festive holiday themed 5K timed run, a 5K fun run/walk, a Kids' Elf Run, costumes and prizes! For more information please contact Beth Miller at bmiller@arthritis.org or 4 …