This is a club for anyone interested in improving their health and wellness by walking regularly. It is for all fitness levels-beginners to advanced. There is strength in numbers! Come walk with us, get inspired and connect with other Walking Warriors! Tips on fitness, health and wellness will be shared.

Hello.  Free membership to Southington Hiking Group is currently closed.  If you would like to put your name on a waiting list, please message me via my profile on your left.  Thank you. Tavonne Please note:  This is a leisure hiking, walking, and bicycling group. All my meetups are on weekday mornings.  If you are looking for weekend or weekday evening meetups, this is not the right group for you. Hello.  My name is Tavonne.  I love to hike, bicycle, walk, garden and go to the beach.  I find …

The Blue-Blazed hiking trails and other trail systems listed in the Connecticut Walk Books by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association are also known as the 'Connecticut 400' for their total length in miles in the early 1970s. There are now over 825 miles of CFPA Blue-Blazed Trails that pass through 88 towns traversing both public and private lands. This includes all official main and side trails. This group will traverse and explore this beautiful trail system by scheduling weekend dayhike m …

The Hash House Harriers (H3) is a “drinking club with a running problem” — or, more specifically, an international group of noncompetitive running clubs that enjoy socialization and drinking before, during and after their runs. A hash is modeled after an old-fashioned British paper chase. One hasher, designated as a “hare,” marks out a trail using chalk or flour, usually setting false trails and obstacles along the way. Fellow hashers, known as the “pack,” follow the hare’s trail, which traditio …

PAWS is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1962 by Westport, Connecticut resident Betty Long to rescue homeless dogs and place them in permanent homes. In the early 1980s, our rescue efforts were expanded to include cats. PAWS rescues & rehomes approximately 115 dogs and 435 cats annually. Many of the dogs faced euthanasia at local pounds and most of the cats that we help are strays and abandoned cats that roam our streets. A portion of the pets that come to PAWS have been relinquished by …

If you ever wanted to know more about Nature, but don't know how to begin, or want to be paid for your outdoor skills, you've come to the right place. This Meetup Group is about offering a standardized Master Naturalist training program to benefit Long Island. It's flexible, fully customizable, and affordable too.  Read more at: www.qualityparks.org

THERE IS NOTHING more natural than hiking through nature barefoot. The soles of your feet and toes are wonderful sensory organs and the myriad of feelings from earth, grass, moss, pine-needles, and mud are wonderful. Many could not see hiking any other way. HIKING BAREFOOT causes virtually no trail erosion since a bare foot makes much less of an imprint than a booted foot. Bare feet are therefore the environmentally sound choice for hiking. THE BAREFOOT HIKERS are groups of people who enjoy hiki …

Active Singles is a 22 year old, non-profit Connecticut organization that brings together singles (30s-60s) that enjoy participating in a variety of outdoor activities. We welcome new members & suggestions for activities!

This is a group for women from 40 up married or single looking to make some new friends, laugh, have fun and enjoy life. If you enjoy books like the Secret, authors Esther and Jerry Hicks then this group is for you! We will try and arrange gatherings in the New Haven County area and surrounding areas. We could meet for dinner, take day trips or even over nite trips, go to events, concerts, plays and going shopping anywhere. We can meet at local parks, beaches , and member's homes. Suggestions an …

This group is open to new members by referral only. As of June 14, 2012 I have changed the name of this group to better reflect its membership and hiking venues.  For the first few years the name Central Fairfield County Hikers Meetup Group served well to indicate where the membership was from and where the hiking venues were located. Since then the group has expanded to include members from several states and we hike all over New York and New England. We welcome nature enthusiasts and hikers …

Don't want to go to the movies alone? Can't convince your significant other to check out the latest sci-fi flick or action-thriller? Looking for a last minute movie partner to catch the new raunchy comedy? Then this is group for you. There is someone out there that wants to see the same movies that you do and you can find them here. I hope to keep it casual and comfortable.  I will post movies that I am planning to see in case someone wants to join me and you can post suggestions of the movies y …

Click Here to See "Why Meditate?" Free Meditation and Yoga with an Ocean View and No Mumbo-Jumbo. Reduce stress, improve focus and mood, get control of your life and understand yourself better with meditation techniques proven in clinical settings... or Just come and do your own thing in good company! This is a time and space to do your own meditation and/or yoga practice without having to deal with any religions, lineages, foreign languages, weird people in robes, bowing, chanting or Medieval ( …

Following the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, join other like minded people who are interested in accessing their inner calm and peace, developing a mindful practice, or supporting the one they already have. Delving into the silence with others I find to be quite a powerful experience. Chanting, dharma sharing,crystal bowl playing might be used at any given evening as well as sitting and walking mindful meditation.

This is a group for anyone interested in hiking (most of our members are 50 years old and older). All skills levels are welcome. We started this group to meet other outdoor enthusiasts. Looking forward to exploring the outdoors with everybody. Every weekend we offer hikes of varying degrees of difficulty. Hike are free for members (membership only $10) and $2 for non-members. Sometimes we stop at a restaurant for supper after the hike. "C" hikes are the easiest with minimal elevation and duratio …

“The aim of insight meditation is to eradicate defilements and to put an end to all suffering, so it deserves the attention of everyone who seeks happiness.” ~Mahasi Sayadaw The Western Connecticut Insight Meditation Society is a community of Insight Meditators at all stages of practice that gather together on a regular basis to learn, to practice and to provide support, inspiration and fellowship to one another. The group gatherings consist of sitting and walking meditation, listening to and di …

This is a a group for people who live and work on LI, temporarily or long-term, but who recognize we are in one of the greatest metropolitan areas in the world. It's for people who are creatures of the city, with all its diversity, possibilities, opportunities, and excitement. To be sure, we will make excursions into the city--and that includes Queens and Brooklyn as well as Manhattan...and let's not forget the Bronx and Staten Island as well. However, we will get together here on Long Island to …

Buddhism is a life long education to learn how to realize our human potential by transforming suffering into peace, joy and liberation. Looking for a community? Come and Join at the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies 343 Washington Terrace Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut Most Sundays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Buddhist Faith Fellowship (BFF) is a visionary and deeply spiritual lay Buddhist community in Central Connecticut, established in the spring of 2001. We are …

This is a group for any fun and easy going mom who likes to be active with their child.  Let's get together for affordable activities in our neighborhood. Going to the local library for story time, going for walks around the neighborhood, play dates in our homes. And of course let's have mommy time. Once a month let's get together and enjoy our time, dinners, shopping, movies, bowling and anything else that looks like fun.

Meet other Beagle Owners in your town to trade tips and stories and get your little pal out for some fun!

WELCOME TO ALL SINGLE PARENTS and THEIR CHILDREN Our meetup was created to reach more single parents looking to connect with other single parents in Fairfield County, CT.  Our families have many children in all age groups. We strive to support single parents and their children in a two parent world through events to enhance personal growth, self-confidence, offering a supportive place for friendship and the exchange of parenting, divorce/separation/legal information between our members.  We al …

The name of this central Connecticut group is “Beyond the Photo with HDR” because the group is focused on what can be done beyond the single digital photograph, specifically High Dynamic Range Imaging (“HDR”), as a path to greater photography skill and enjoyment. This group provides opportunities to shoot high dynamic range scenes, help with HDR capture and processing, facilitates group critiques and discussions of member’s work and organizes HDR-related workshops and other learning opportunitie …

Welcome to Rookie Moms of Suffolk.  As a result of our successful group this past fall, our group continues to bring moms and babies together for a great time!  We are energetic, fun loving 1st time moms who like to share experiences of motherhood and watch our babies grow together.  We love to have playdates, trips to the aquarium, ice cream socials, walks at the park or beach, go shopping, and having lunch.  If you would like to host an event please feel free but, don't stress, hosting is not …

If you live in NYC or in Fairfield County, we're neighbors. One of my most enjoyable things to do is too take the train into NYC for a day of Coffee/Tea Shop shopping, good theater, a day or evening of music (I like classical, folk, gospel and contemporary sounds and more). From Bridgeport to NYC (We've even found great shops in New Haven), you'll find some of the best tea/coffee shops and restaurants anywhere in the world. You won't easily get bored by joining us, every now and then, for coffee …

Valley Tracks is a family friendly hiking club where groups of people will meet on a regular basis to enjoy the outdoors together. Our mission is to share our family’s love of nature and to teach kids a fun way to be active! - ALL hikes will be kid friendly - We can hike all year as long as weather allows - Details on each hike will be e-mailed ahead of time - Club is FREE – no membership fees required

The crew at Denali Cheshire invites you to join us on an outdoor excursion! Activities will include hikes, small group runs, trail runs, yoga/pilates instruction, expedition presentations, clinics, outdoor photography hikes, trail maintenance and so much more. Anyone interested in getting outdoors, engaging in an outdoor sport or activity, and appreciating and caring for our environment is welcome!

This meetup group will be for Photographers who want to become better in their Post Production Workflow. From Novice to Professional, everyone will be able to learn something new. Join us, and take your photography to the next level. Our main goal is to bring a solid foundation in the training of Adobe Photoshop. We will walk you through everything from starting as a beginner, and guide you through becoming a paid professional. Everything you need to learn, you can find it with The Art of Retouc …

A group to see local residents get active for hiking, movies, eating out, and any other great event to get out and get to know others!

This group is designed to share and enhance our quest for wellness. For people that need a place to talk, walk with friends, and share goals and ideas. Intuitive Counseling is available!