Location: San Francisco, CA What it is: The Men’s Circle supports men living their deepest purpose. Fight Club without the raw sexuality of a Brad Pitt. TMC meets every Wednesday at Ocean Beach (8 PM) & Tilden Park (7 PM). It is a closed group, but the first Wednesday of every month is open to any man.
Location: New York, New York What it is: Momentum Education is a New York-based company whose focus is on adult transformational education. Momentum Education is comprised of a collection of workshops: The Basic, The Advanced, and Leadership. The workshops encourage breakthrough learning experiences which support participants in realizing their full potential. The work is presented in an interactive and comfortable environment.
What it is: Another post from the personal development guru, Steve Pavlina. This article puts your “life rating” in context. Would you look at your life and rate it a 7? Well, Steve shows you that you’re not only a 3, but 10 is a myth. Being a 10 is all about movement on the path, not about a destination. If you’re a 7, and stay there, then you’re stuck like a 3. If you’re a 3, all you have to do is start moving. Direction is almost irrelevant, you’ll find it.
What it is: At GrowthPop we think it’s important to try new things and have fun doing it. We found this video of a new therapy technique that we thought was fun…don’t try this at home, it’s for professionals only.
Location: Muir Beach, CA What it is: Green Gulch is the San Francisco Zen Center’s retreat center in Marin County, CA. They have a Sunday sit that’s only $5 donation requested for 45 minutes of really good meditation in a really beautiful setting in a Zendo on their ranch (really), followed by a talk by one of the monks. If you want to go to a longer 1 day, 2 day, weekend, week-long, or even 3 month retreat there, that’s possible, too.
Location: San Francisco, CA and New York, NY What it is: Arete is a weekend workshop course where the 7-16 participants find their truest, deepest self. This community reflects on what is shared and this experience helps reveal areas in your life where you are not being your truest, and are hence not expressing and achieving your fullest. By showing you how to catch these moments and how to practice changing them, Arete shows you how to create whatever you want in your life.
What it is: The autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda, one of the first Yogi’s to bring self-realization through yoga (much more than just poses) to America. It is a tale of personal growth like many of us are really striving for…a global best seller and inspiration to literally millions. The book outlines the life of Yogananda and his spiritual quest of self realization as he meets Sadhus, monks, holy people, and every day saints. His retelling of his life’s path is done so in a way that is easily digestible by all, not just those curious about Yoga.