Opia Community — Connect through Deep Conversations & Optionally House Dance

• Welcome to Our Opia Events – What is this Community About? 🎉

Opia was founded in September 2024 in Berlin by a group of friends, aiming to create a space for community and togetherness beyond the boundaries of urban isolation. 🏙️❤️

Please read the text on our main Meetup page and introduce yourself briefly and let us know why Opia caught your attention—at least 48 hours before the event. Once you do, we’ll send you the location and a link to our group chat, where you’ll find daily opportunities to connect. 📍✨

We receive many last-minute messages that our volunteers cannot always accommodate, so we appreciate your timely introduction.

Our goal is to build a regular community based on shared values and to create a somewhat safer space for private conversations. For this reason, we do not share the location publicly. We also ask you to read our group description on the main group page and review our values below.

Once you’ve introduced yourself, you’re welcome to attend our events several times a month! Of course, you’re still free to cancel if you can’t make it to an upcoming event.

Looking forward to meeting you! 😊
If you’d like to attend (it’s completely free!), get in touch via:
📩 DM on Meetup
📲 Telegram: @chadqeren
📧 Email: lina.bruessel@googlemail.com

• This particular event

For this particular event, we will first go to a House dance class at Moritzplatz at 5 pm, and then head to a restaurant or bar at 7 PM, also around Moritzplatz. You can skip the dance class and just join us at the restaurant or bar! 🕺🍽️

At the restaurant or bar, we’ll hang out in a larger group, but also in smaller groups or pairs to chat. We often bring out-of-the-box question cards or set a specific conversation topic to help people meet new folks, make friends, and dive into meaningful conversations beyond small talk. Still, this particular event is more casual in nature. ✨

We also offer workshops twice a month with a clear structure, including psychological conversations, games, movement, and creativity. This Friday is just a casual gathering – not a workshop! 🎨🧠

Once you’ve attended one event, you’ll be invited to all future ones! 🎉
The dance class is not organised by us – we just go there together. It’s free with Urban Sports Club or 11€ for a drop-in class. 💃🪩

Bring comfy clothes and optionally a towel!

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• Our Opia Workshops – Taking place twice a month

We combine emotional and intellectual discussions, creative expression, and shared fun! Here’s a look at what we’ve experienced so far:

Icebreakers & ‘Authentic Relating’: Deep Conversations ❄️🤝

🔹 Engaging Icebreakers:
To welcome new members, we start with icebreaker activities that go beyond basic introductions—encouraging people to share aspects of their personality and interests.

🔹 ‘Authentic Relating’:
We practice psychological exercises and communication games—some adapted from Authentic Revolution's YouTube channel. One example is responding to prompts like:
💬 “If you knew more about me, you’d know that…”
Sharing in a circle creates space for personal storytelling and deep dialogue.

Music & Movement: Fun and Creativity 🎶💃
🎸 Music Sessions:
We enjoy live guitar performances or karaoke, often singing uplifting classics like The Beatles—always bringing joyful energy to our gatherings!
💃 Dance & Movement:
We’ve incorporated short dance and movement activities, drawing inspiration from Tango and Jazz Dance warm-ups.

Psychological Workshops: Relationships, Purpose & Accountability 🤔💡
❤️ Exploring Relationships:
In one workshop, a participant guided us in reflecting on our personal relationships—discussing friendships, romance and sexuality, family ties, and interactions with project partners and colleagues.

🎯 Discussing the Idea of Purpose in Life:
We watched a documentary on Viktor Frankl, the renowned Austrian psychiatrist, and examined whether the concept of "purpose in life" resonates with our own personal reflections.

✅ Accountability:
We explored different dimensions of accountability—responsibility to oneself, loved ones, and society. We also discussed forming a subgroup where members support each other in achieving personal goals.

Shaping Our Future Together 💬🔮
At the end of each meeting, we brainstorm ideas for future events. Your input helps shape the direction of our evolving group!

Creative Expression: Art & Emotional Exploration 🎨🖌️
🎭 Recently, we’ve introduced workshops combining artistic activities—such as painting and collage-making—with discussions on emotions and self-reflection.

Join Us & Share Your Passion 🤝😊
Our gatherings are collaborative, and anyone is welcome to lead a workshop. If you have a skill or passion you’d like to share, we’d love to learn from you! 🌟

How to Attend 📝
We are an inclusive community and welcome people aged 18+ of all:
🌍 Countries of origin
🏳️‍🌈 Genders & sexual orientations
🧠 Religions or lack thereof
💼 Professions & economic situations
However, we prefer to invite people who share our vision of fostering deep, meaningful conversations—helping to counteract Berlin’s urban isolation.

💜 Our Ethical Values 💜
We also have a set of ethical values that unite us. Read more here:
🔗 Opia Values
https://political-particle-646.notion.site/Opia-values-short-19b1cf2b2d2d805b8cdec98d0fb216e1?pvs=4

If this inspires you, reach out to us! ✨❤️
We’ll have a brief chat via a medium of your choice and then invite you to our upcoming events!
📩 Contact Us:
📲 DM on Meetup
📲 Telegram: @chadqeren
📧 Email: lina.bruessel@googlemail.com

Looking forward to meeting you! 🎊💫