Have you ever wondered what dragon boating is all about? Now's your chance to find out. The Oakland Renegades Dragon Boat Team invites all Meetup folks to come and try it out. No experience is necessary, all age groups and fitness levels are welcome and we provide all the gear.  It's an outdoor, physical activity with occasional splashing so dress accordingly. The Renegades Dragon Boat Team is a partnership with the Oakland Recreation and Parks Department to provide an opportunity for the co …

Come sing with East Bay Harmony, an Oakland-based a cappella chorus established in 1999. Men especially encouraged. We rehearse weekly and exist to promote the fun of singing together and building community through music making. THE BASIC INFO - No audition required - all adults welcome! - No music reading skill required! - Super fun, friendly community, low-pressure environment - Eclectic, all a cappella repertoire - We provide easy-to use online tools for helping you learn your part quickly an …

The purpose of this meetup group is to offer a network of free or donation based outdoor yoga in the Oakland area. I will be leading a semi-regular Ashtanga Vinyasa modified primary series through this site and I encourage anyone who is interested in leading a Yoga class to contact me. Let's take advantage of the summer and practice outside. There is a perfect gazebo in Lakeside park just south of Fairy Land. Exact location posted on individual meetup events.

Dance Ambassadors holds monthly partner dance events for the LGBTQ community at Lake Merritt Dance Center in Oakland CA. Dance styles include a mixture of swing, country, salsa, ballroom, tango, and whatever else you request. Our goal is to support and encourage the Bay Area LGBTQ partner dance community. We offer an hour-long beginning dance lesson at the start of each dance taught by a professional and included in the $10 admission. Experienced dancers are on hand to dance with newcomers. No p …

Gentle exploration of the circular movements of cartwheels. Influenced by Capoeira, Tai Chi, Yoga, focused mostly on relaxed movement, connecting to the earth, strength and flexibility, meditative play, and natural awareness. Low impact exercises for any level. Full mobility not required. Bring your tumbling experience to share, and prepare to breathe. This is not just cartwheels.  It is exploration of somatic vortices, mirrored helical kinesthesia, closed eye horizon tracking, breathing, cleans …

Sliding scale yoga in Lake Merritt, North Oakland, and West Oakland: $ 10 drop in $ 5 class card for 25 (must be used in 3 months)

There are several Meetup book clubs in the East Bay, but many of them are specialized (e.g., women-only, we only read such-and-such books, etc.), or their meetings fill to capacity so fast that I never get a chance to rsvp - so I decided to start this one. I previously participated in a fantastic book club in Chicago, which gave me the opportunity to read some great books that I probably wouldn't have found on my own. I hope to continue that trend here! This is a mixed-gender book club for anyon …

We are committed to practicing ways of living that are synchronized to the ways of nature. Our Chinese ancestors have taken the time to develop a whole system based on living in balance with our surroundings. Through meditation, mindful movement (qi gong), healthy eating, and conforming our lifestyles to the seasons, happiness and harmony are the natural product of these practices.

Do you wish you had people to go to happy hours with? Are you ever with people at happy hour and wish it was a group outing? Do you want to do Sunday Fundays by Lake Merritt? Do you want to meet queer womyn in the Oakland area? Then join us!

Do you live in Oakland and realize how baddass it is but yet have very few people to enjoy that with? ME TOO! I'm looking for people in the Oakland area primarily in their late 20's to late 30's, to go out eat, hike, dance, drink, sing, skip and party with! Whether it be the farmer's market on Grand on Saturday mornings, or the art walk on Friday evenings, or Van Kleef's amazing grapefruit goodness, let's get out and explore Oakland! I, myself, am very new to this amazing cultural mecca and coul …