This group is for families from DC, MD, VA area, striving to build peacemaking, nonviolent conflict resolution, empathy building and compassionate expression skills for and with our children. You have probably learned from many teachers and approaches and your main intention is to raise children to be peacemakers in the world and starting with ourselves at home. We organize playdates, 'moms and dads cafés', social gathering, classes and workshops that draw on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. …

"Crunchy" is a play on "granola-eating hippies."  This meetup group is for moms and dads who consider themselves on the more 'natural side" of parenting/living or for folks who would like to find out what it's all about.  We engage in play dates, field trips, and discussions.  Topics may include, but are not limited to: natural birth attachment parenting baby wearing cloth diapering co-sleeping breastfeeding extended breastfeeding adoptive breastfeeding cross-nursing child-led weaning on-demand …

In a world divided and dominated by religious lunacy secular parenting can be a lonely endeavor. Basically, this meetup group offers friendship and support to atheist and agnostic parents.  We look forward to chatting with you at future meetings. Thank you. Chad

A Living Family: Your support, Your Family. When I was a child, my parents would tell me stories of their childhoods growing up in India. Living communally, in a compound with extended families, the children grew and played together while the adults shared together in the joys and tasks of daily life. Even as a child, I understood the power of community to enrich the life of the individual. I gather that it was a difficult time, making life happen with the resources available, but I also heard t …

FAHA (Fredericksburg Area Homeschoolers’ Association) began as more than a homeschool support group. It started as an intentional community, secular, close-knit, and like-minded. In 2003, the founders were immersed in attachment parenting, respectful parenting, and natural living. That is still strong in us, and has continued to inform our lives as our children grow. New members have been attracted to some or all of these values and interests and we’re a strong, connected community. We live aro …

They say it takes a village to raise a child and I realized how true that was three months after I had my son. I started looking around and realized my village was scant and my villagers few. For the last few months I have been contemplating starting this meetup and have finally decided to do it. If you live in Lanham, Greenbelt and even Bowie area and want to meet other like minded parents then this is the place for you! I would like this group to foster a community where we can provide a safe …

Families of every kind are making the shift to educate their children at home.  To quote one of our favorite online resources, "The new face of homeschooling does not look anything like it did thirty years ago....[It]is inner city, rural, suburban, hip, trendy, multilingual, simple, crafty, classic, apprenticeship-based, nature walking, take-out eating, conservative, liberal, intentional, frugal, community based and neighborhood connected. In short, it is everything you are." (Simplehomeschool.n …

If you’re interested in organic gardening, holistic health, whole food cooking and mindful parenting-This group is for you!! We are part of a growing community of environmentally conscious families who strive to be more connected to nature and the things that truly matter!  Nurturing our children’s’ physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs is part of our daily routines. We believe that inspiring others to live a low impact, more self reliant lifestyle will aid in the health and longevity …

We are parents who enjoy the time-honored practice of wearing our children in fabric slings and carriers.

We welcome new parents to come and learn how their baby is communicating with them, chat about life as a new parents and learn infant massage techniques.

Cocoa of Montgomery County (MoCo) is a group of inclusive Black homeschool families in Montgomery County, MD. Our members enjoy substantially discounted training, supplemental classes for children, weekly social events and support meetings, and much more! Our high energy group is progressive and fun! We advocate life-long learning and independent wealth-building for families. Mostly, we support accelerated learning and critical thinking, and demand high quality education for our children. We are …

The purpose of this group is to bring light to the natural birthing community here in Baltimore. Maryland currently has no permissions for Certified Professional Midwives to practice in the state. Maryland Families for Safe Birth is a non-profit organization working diligently to rectify this situation. Join us for our first meet-up debuting the film "The Face of Birth" which highlights the similar situation in Australia.

Our Mission Founded in October 2008, The Mindfulness Community of Central PA (MCCP) is dedicated to the practice and cultivation of mindfulness and compassion - for our own well-being and that of the communities around us. At the heart of all MCCP activities is the practice of Mindfulness Meditation. Based on a 2500-year-old Buddhist practice, supported by modern research, and adapted for use in a contemporary non-sectarian community, this practice helps us to see more deeply and clearly into o …

Group will meet for a potluck on Wednesdays plus host other healthy-related events and activities. This group is designed to support new moms, moms to be, or those new to the area seeking conversation and friendship. Discussions will evolve around breastfeeding and lactation support, natural healing methods, whole food nutrition, healing the gut, immune system support.

MommySTRONG All Day Long! We welcome ALL fitness levels! Mommy Bootcamp fitness classes are offered 7 days per week! We have our own Studio, plus locations in Chantilly at the nZone, in Fairfax at the Fairfax Sportsplex and in Vienna at the Vienna Community Center. This meetup group is for members of Mommy Bootcamp and other mommies interested in fitness and family activities.  Here you can find out about class updates,  RSVP to our monthly "Mom's Night OUT" and local races. *If you would like m …

Welcome to New Moms Social! Thanks for joining us! We are an active group of moms, babies & toddlers here to make friendships for ourselves & our little ones. We are a group of women helping women, here for support on all things related to motherhood. We get together for baby playdates and so much more! This group is open to all mommies with babies/toddlers ages. Most of our meetups take place during the week, daytime. Please see our calendar full of events for our moms and infants.  Along with …

We are a collective of families supporting one another along the childbearing journey. Our gatherings are an opportunity to build community and exchange ideas. We hope you will join us!

Are you the baby-wearing mother of an infant or toddler and live in Northern Virginia? Want to meet other like-minded moms over coffee, tea, or maybe even a cocktail or two? Let's get together and share stories, tips, ideas and more!

This group welcomes all single and attached men & women from N. Wilmington and surrounding neighborhoods, who want to get out, have fun and make new friends. This group has no set "agenda," and we welome all ideas! We may schedule a movie, dinner out, picnic, cocktail hours, or a day a the beach etc... Come out an meet the group for an occassional activity and see how we grow and expand....who knows what a bunch of strangers (hopefully, soon to be friends) can come up with. Let's all take a ch …

As of 4/25/2013 our group is closed to new members.  Once we get through the list of pending members we may reopen the group up.  Thanks! We are a very active, fun group of stay at home moms with children of all ages, but most of the children that come to our meet ups are under the age of 5. We try to consistently have 3 or more events a week and only require you to attend one event a month.   Prince William County is rather large and our meetups are centralized in the Dumfries, Woodbridge, Mont …

What Sahaja Meditation Can Do For You Sahaja Meditation is a tool that can be used to counteract the strains and stresses that comes with our day to day living, it is good for heart, mind, body and soul therefore, everyone can benefit from it, young and the elderly.  Sahaja Meditation is a simple technique that allows you to become better balanced and better connected to yourself — emotionally, physically, and spiritually. It's easy. Anyone can do it. And classes are always free. Here are just …