This group is for those who want to create more authentic, intimate relationships in all areas of their lives and have fun doing it. Several of us have taken workshops and classes in the San Francisco Bay area through a group of coaches who created Authentic World. We were all amazed by and grateful for their work teaching people to be more present and more true to themselves while staying connected to others. We are excited to share this with the beautiful people of Portland. We will start with …

Developing community, skills and resilience for an unknown future.

Every Tuesday, Local talent hides at the Sandy Toastmasters meeting. There are people in your town right now who need Toastmasters – but they may not even know it. Salesmen, businessmen, marketers, Youtubers, realtors, writers, and teachers. In fact, this is also for anyone that wants to promote themselves through effective communication, wants to tell a really good campfire story, or even just have a decent conversation with your spouse. We are committed to helping you change your life. We ha …

… We will be hiking, backpacking, animal tracking, and working on skills like plant identification and wilderness survival. Some of us may also participate in more mindful events intended to clear the mind and open our eyes. What does having a Wild Mind mean? Gary Snyder, an American poet, Zen Buddhist, mountaineer, environmental activist, deep ecology philosopher, and founding member of the Beat Generation, says: "It means self-organizing. It means elegantly self-disciplined, self-r …

… We learn how to say what we do, what skills we have to offer, and what we are looking for. This is not inherently negative; a degree of self-interest and preservation is necessary and healthy.  However, in order to really serve and be served in community, we need to shift our mindset from that of needing to that of offering. Imagine interacting with a group that is literally trying to “out-nice” one another. Imagine a community where everyone’s desire to give more than makes up for your time, yo …

I love NVC and feel so grateful to have learned how to get in touch with my feelings. NVC is a process for developing empathy for your self as well and the world around you.

… Demonstrations of communication skills.   Your insurance may reimburse for this group. Call for more information.

  Meeting strangers and turning them into relationships is easy, its just takes a few skills. Those skills are simple enough, you just have to see them demonstrated, be willing to try and endure the discomfort of using them for the first time.  It ain't rocket science.   Body Language Skills Socially Open Gestures Flirting (courtship with a twist)   Conversation skills   Thinking Skills

City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists.

This group is a network of Portlanders that support the permaculture lifestyle. We connect in real life for farming and permaculture events to share knowledge, experiences, and resources. We meet weekly to discuss the many projects we have going on in Portland. People meet other amazing people with survival and thrival skills galore at Bright Neighbor events. We discuss and move projects forward that help relocalize all aspects of life. We even have a worm farm CSA! On February 6th, 2010, Por …

This is a group to make peace with others and develop our peacemaking skills through reading and dialoguing about 1) our various worldviews, and 2) peacemaking and nonviolence. This group is not about convincing others or coercing them into your (or my) worldview, but it is about learning to dialogue empathically with people who don't share all the specifics of your worldview. It is also about having a chance to share your own worldview with others who are listening empathically. One must not fi …

Mindful Mediums PDX is an instructor-led mediumship development circle for people who want to develop their mediumship skills in a warm, supportive environment. Benefits of Membership. Mindful Mediums PDX gives you the opportunity to: Explore your intuitive and mediumistic abilities. Learn the "how to" of mediumship. Practice mediumship with your peers. Receive feedback (validation) from others. Enjoy the company of other like-minded people. Who can join. People of all skill levels and backg …

… For all practitioners who want to develop their skills and be of service. Others can attended for the purpose of holding sacred space for practitioners to do soul retrieval healing or other shamanic healing that may come through for them. This is not a teaching circle, however I will be offering my own personal experiences when asked or needed. Everyone is welcome, you do not have to know anything about shamanism to attend, you will learn about shamanism by witnessing, receiving in the circle an …

… Here is a perfect opportunity to not only share your skills with other professionals, but learn from others as well.   Our meetings will usually be the first Sunday of the month at 11 am.

Want to improve your pronunciation and your accent? Interested in meeting new friends from diverse international backgrounds? Want to do fun things in Portland while improving your English conversation skills? Our group is a fun, safe, and free way to get tips from a professional accent reduction instructor, meet and make friends, and practice and improve your accent. At every event members get tips on reducing their accents, meet new friends, and find time to practice and have fun. All …

The PDX Selenium Meetup is a group for Selenium Test Automation users of all skill levels to come together to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. Our focus is in Selenium ( http://seleniumhq.org/ ) and topics extend through related areas of interest, such as Agile testing, Test-Driven Development, Mobile Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, building maintainable automated test scripts and much more.