What are Mindfulness Practices and what are they based on? As some of you may know, I have been toying with the idea of holding an eight-week Mindfulness Practices for Stress Reduction (MPSR) training for some time. Normally, you’ll find these classes being held under the name of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in about 200+ of the leading hospitals in the country. The price tag for this training is between $300 and $600 not including the text book, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the W …

The need for critical thinking skills and a humanistic outlook in our world is great. This is no less true in the black community than in others. Many African Americans have been engulfed by religious irrationality, conned by self-serving "faith healers", and swayed by dogmatic revisionist historians. Many others, however, have escaped the oppression of such delusions, and live happy and upstanding lives free of superstition. African Americans for Humanism (AAH) exists to bring these secular hum …

A group for people who love to create visual art-journals at any level- beginners or longtime journaling 'pros'! All are welcome, Men & Women(18 or older)!! No art experience necessary! Art Journaling is a great catalyst for self-expression and reflection and a way to give shape and form to the words, symbols and images that are part of one’s thoughts, dreams, history, and experiences. Nurture yourself and free your creative spirit.  Guidance can be provided in getting started, emphasis will be …

This group intends to discuss not only feminism and all its components, but politics, religion, literature (including poetry), and music. I would like to extend this meetup, at some point, to spoken word and musical performances, too. But we'll start small. I am a very open person, and I love having challenging discussions, so don't be afraid to speak your mind!