On a recent rainy afternoon over veggie burgers at NeueHouse, the co-working space in the Flatiron district, three Vedic meditators were discussing drink options for a new kind of happy hour they were organizing.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight would be a good night for tea,\u201d\u009d Katia Tallarico, 33, a lanky psychotherapist from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, said to Light Watkins, 42, an organizer from Los Angeles typically partial to a hot lemon-ginger elixir.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s O.K., we have a really great water, from Australia,\u201d\u009d said Andrea Praet, 34, a trend strategist from Greenpoint, who also runs an urban retreat series, with Ms. Tallarico, called the Uplift Project.<\/p>\n
Around 5 p.m., the three made their way over to set up a \u201cbar\u201d\u009d and buffet at General Assembly, a fourth-floor technology school and site of New York City\u2019s inaugural Shine: an inspirational, alcohol-free evening.<\/p>\n