I know it is a struggle to always find the time and commitment in our busy lifestyle, but we all need to take a minute and realize just how important it is to find balance and peace within ourselves.
I have found the older you get, it is harder to meet people who share common interests and my friend Eric encouraged me to join his kayaking club on meetup.com. I just started kayaking a few years ago and I’ve discovered that it takes certain people to help motivate peoples behavior especially into trying new things. I know my love of nature was captivated by the beauty and serenity of the nature that surround us in the Lowcountry! I love to explore especially in the outdoors whether it is moonlight kayaking or sunset walks on the beach you can find it all on the meetup groups I’ve identified below.
To join meetup.com just go to www.meetup.com and you can click on “find” (there are currently almost 66,000 groups around the world with 19, 425 types of interests! You can search by “topic or interest” or search within certain parameters of your zip code. (I personally find it easier to search by zip code).
There are 55 meetup groups in the 29910 area. What I would recommend for Health and Wellness would be: The Savannah Meditation of Energy Flow, The Savannah Personal Growth Meetup Group, Savannah Walking Group and Sea Island Kayaking Meetup Group. These groups all help promote health and wellness and I highly encourage you to join if you want to expand your mind, body and soul.
The secret to motivation is inspiration and in order to balance our busy schedule is to find the time to exercise your mind, body and spirit. So, put on your walking shoes or grab a paddle and start enjoying the great outdoors!
Just go the www.meetup.com
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August 9, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Barbara Bailey
Hi Lisa..
Thank you for your highly motivational blog..and for the reminder of how beautiful this area is and to take the time to enjoy it! I couldn’t agree with you more…balance is the key to life!!
Peace..
Barbara
August 10, 2009 at 12:44 am
Andy Uhlig
Hey Lisa – thanks for sharing the Meetup groups we have here in Savannah. Meetup’s philosophy is:
Do something • Learn something • Share something • Change something
I have lead my group at http://www.meetup.com/savannah-personal-growth for two years now and held over 40 meetings – and I have not intention to stop.
Get involved and evolve! It’s a lot of fun and you meet you new people.
Andy
August 18, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Chuck Boyd
Lisa, welcome to the Lowcountry Bloggers group. Glad to have you on board. Also, I add my appreciation for you doing Roundups!
I used Meetup.com back in January 2008 to create a Charleston area photography group that has turned into a social, helpful, creative and fun monthly gathering.
Members (more that 110 so far) are encouraged to bring their cameras to each meeting and I love to hear “hey, I have that same camera..how do you..?”
If you’re visiting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, stop by. (Great Greek food too.) http://photo.meetup.com/687