For anyone wanting to follow, research or explore the paleo diet for reasons of health, weight loss or philosophy. We will meet up once a month to share dishes, recipes and ideas as we make new friends. There are different levels of strictness in this diet. We will be taking the more lenient approach for long term success while pointing out the discrepancies for those who prefer the purer approach. Check out these websites to get started or learn more: http://www.health-bent.com ; http://www.pal …

This is a group for women of all ages and stages in life.  This group will be geared towards living a Paleo Lifestyle. Let's get together to share and learn about how to effectively live a Paleo Lifestyle in this highly processed world! Lets plan workouts, group events, learn about having a natural pregnancy, hear about how to raise Paleo children, swap recipes, have pot-lucks and most of all create a support group and friendships that will last for years to come!

Why? We currently have a big problem in the United States: we live in the midst of rapidly expanding obesity and diabetes epidemics.  Where do we turn for a solution? Today's health and fitness industry is all over the place - it is littered with more fad diets and fad products than you can keep up with.  Changing your health and your life for the better is a confusing journey. Often times what works isn't a sexy fad at all and instead the fundamentals that have been there all along. We feel li …

This is a group for anyone interested in health and fitness, Crossfit, functional fitness, nutrition, sport and competitive performance, olympic lifting, strength training, obstacle courses, mud runs and outdoor fitness events, Paleo food, sports, the outdoors and other activities. Plus making friends with similar interests. This is a social group not a business so there will be no selling anything or costs. What is functional fitness? Practical exercise that helps in every day situations and in …

MovNat NYC is a group for those who wish to strengthen their body and mind outdoors through MovNat principles geared toward employing the muscles and movements the human body was designed for. Inspired by MovNat (www.movnat.com), we hone the body's 12 movements and improvise fun and challenging ways of utilizing our body's natural abilities. We climb trees and rocks, lift logs, balance, run, jump,  and anything else that's fun and gets the heart going! Our membership draws from the barefoot runn …

Cooking real, whole food is a lost art in our society. This is a group of people who meet up to teach and learn from one another various traditional food preparation techniques, including preserving the harvest, baking, fermenting, sprouting, and much more! Join us if you are enthusiastic about learning and teaching about wholesome food, whether you are a novice cook wanting to shift away from processed foods or a gourmet natural foods chef. Our bent is toward Traditional Nutrition but all view …

A meet-up group for those interested in weight-free workouts in the style of crossfit. Each meet-up, we will have a set crossfit workout that we will work through together and 'motivate' each other through. All of the work-outs will be weight free and use the equipment of the local parks. Workouts can include sprints, pull-ups, push-ups, toes-to-bar, dips, handstands, squats, burpees and all the rest that you have come to love! Locations will include the East River Track and Tompkins Square Park …

I have just moved to Princeton from a one-bedroom, urban apartment. Now I have 2.25 acres and an insane ambition. I have dozens of varieties of vegetable, flower and herb seeds on the way; about a dozen or so fruit trees (all the usual suspects plus a few trendier ones like medlar and quince); and more berry bushes than I can count. There will be chickens. There will be mushroom logs. There will be bees. Way more than one girl can do on her own. My vision is this: we garden together, at my house …

Barefoot Brooklyn is a group for minimally shod and barefoot runners of all levels of experience. Our group is in it for the sheer fun of running--and it is, when you're barefoot! See our "About" page (linked just below this text) for a few tips and some resources to help get you started. We're just getting the ball rolling, so all suggestions and ideas are welcome. If you are curious about barefoot running, but not ready to kick off your shoes, feel free to join us in your sneakers.