Common Street Spiritual Center

How We Healed / How We Heal
2023-12-17 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
How We Healed / How We Heal, A Gathering Facilitated by Paul W. Gerzon
Life can be wonderful. Our human capacity for love, enjoyment, and wisdom is endless; and the love a person can feel for other human beings, for nature, and for life itself, is beautiful. Experiencing all this is less likely to happen, however, if we have not healed emotional wounds; if we have not learned that “the mind is a great servant but a terrible master”; and if we don’t know how to love ourselves, including our bodies.
Today’s gathering is about being more whole.
In part one, we will talk about what healing is: what do we mean by that word? Then those who are moved to will have the time and space to share about what healing they have experienced, and by what methods, circumstances, and / or experiences.
In part two, we will generate a list of what seems to be necessary for healing. We will do that as a collective mind by noticing our own experiences, from our in-the-moment thinking, and from what we’ve learned from videos, from books, from peers, and / or from professionals who have been helpful.
Please come if you wish to explore this subject!
Such gatherings can accelerate our individual learning and growing, as well as provide “people medicine” for everyone present.

Personal note:
I am grateful for the healing I have experienced. In my case, growing up, my head energy was loved and supported. My thoughts were welcome. In contrast, my heart energy was not supported, and emotions of any were not welcomed and certainly were not mirrored. No one in my family or at school taught me any emotional awareness.
My life is enormously different now that much childhood wounding is healed. An important shift for me was when I could see my parents as glasses half full, instead of half empty. Through certain healing contexts and experiences, I came to see them as being perfect (if you’ll excuse that overworked word) exactly as they were!
I stopped judging them. That led to stopping judging myself, and that led to not judging anybody. I live a lighter and happier life now.
(By the way, not judging anybody does not mean “making no distinctions” or “not seeing differences”!)

Meditation Mondays
2023-12-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-12-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Meditation Room @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Whether you’re curious to begin or years into a practice, start the week off right with Meditation Mondays. Try out breathwork, chanting, sound baths and other techniques in a collaborative and supportive setting.

Meditators of all levels are welcome to drop in 7-8PM on Monday nights! Come every week or as often as works in your schedule. FREE. No registration required.

For more information, please email weronika.zawora@gmail.com

Yoga in the Sanctuary
2023-12-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Yoga in the Sanctuary with Dr. Jen Kurz: This moderate level vinyasa class can improve strength, balance, and well-being through yoga postures, breath, and sound.
The class meets in the sanctuary and is a beautiful way to attend to your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Donations are welcome and all proceeds support our Common Purse fund, so it is also a charitable form of yoga!
Suggested donation $10-15, cash or venmo @commonstreet
Meets every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month.
www.doctorjenkurz.com
www.finerprogram.org

Conscious Kundalini Yoga
2023-12-21 09:15 - 10:15, 2023-12-28 09:15 - 10:15, 2024-01-04 09:15 - 10:15, 2024-01-11 09:15 - 10:15, 2024-01-18 09:15 - 10:15, 2024-01-25 09:15 - 10:15 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join Nelya for a Kundalini-inspired community class to restore spirit, mind, and body. We start by tuning in with breath work and mantra, followed by a warm up and Kriya (set of Kundalini exercises). We’ll end with a relaxing meditation. Each class focuses on a unique theme, from self love and immune support to connecting with your intuition. This class is an invitation to slow down and look inward to connect with a deeper consciousness. All levels welcome, no experience needed.

Members – $11
Non-members – $15
To register, Venmo @Nelya-Binder (#6560) or email nelya@rootedsanctuary.com
To learn more about Nelya’s yoga, healing, and community work, check out www.rootedsanctuary.com.

Open Circle Gathering
2023-12-24 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-14 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-21 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-28 10:30 - 12:00
The Open Circle is a weekly gathering of like-minded spiritual seekers who show up to connect authentically, share our truths, and be held in the space of a growth-oriented and loving community.

In the Open Circle, everyone has a chance to contribute as we move around the circle. You’re welcome to bring poems, songs, prayers, and insights to share.

Free and open to the public–yes, you can simply show up!

If you’re new to Open Circle, you’re welcome to register here so you can be in the loop for future gatherings: https://forms.gle/Aa18ZuGfyy4Nv3gq7\n
The Spiritual Center community is holding space for change in the lives of our members and in our world.
*we embrace diverse forms of spiritual practice and artistic expression
*we cultivate a hopeful societal vision built on principles of compassion and justice
*we support the growth of a consciousness of interconnection across human differences and between people and the whole web of life around us
*we build authentic community based on principles like love, respect, kindness, and collaboration

If this resonates, please join us! You’re welcome to become a member simply by filling out the form on this page: www.commonstreet.org/membership

Christmas Eve by Candlelight
2023-12-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Celebrate and experience the joy of Christmas Eve with our inclusive, multi-faith community.

Together we will remember, contemplate, and find new hope for our lives and our world.

We will bring light to each other as we discover it within ourselves.

The gathering will include candle-lighting, singing, and a message by Spiritual Center director Rev. Dr. Ian Mevorach.

This service is free and open to the public. Families and children are welcome. People of all faiths and spiritual paths are welcome.

Open Circle Gathering (Virtual due to snow)
2024-01-07 10:30 - 12:00
The Open Circle is a weekly gathering of like-minded spiritual seekers who show up to connect authentically, share our truths, and be held in the space of a growth-oriented and loving community.

DUE to snow forecast on 1/7/24, the Open Circle will be virtual, via zoom, at this link: https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/491580374

In the Open Circle, everyone has a chance to contribute as we move around the circle. You’re welcome to bring poems, songs, prayers, and insights to share.

Free and open to the public–yes, you can simply show up!

If you’re new to Open Circle, you’re welcome to register here so you can be in the loop for future gatherings: https://forms.gle/Aa18ZuGfyy4Nv3gq7\n
The Spiritual Center community is holding space for change in the lives of our members and in our world.
*we embrace diverse forms of spiritual practice and artistic expression
*we cultivate a hopeful societal vision built on principles of compassion and justice
*we support the growth of a consciousness of interconnection across human differences and between people and the whole web of life around us
*we build authentic community based on principles like love, respect, kindness, and collaboration

If this resonates, please join us! You’re welcome to become a member simply by filling out the form on this page: www.commonstreet.org/membership

Yoga in the Sanctuary
2024-01-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Yoga in the Sanctuary with Dr. Jen Kurz: This moderate level vinyasa class can improve strength, balance, and well-being through yoga postures, breath, and sound.
The class meets in the sanctuary and is a beautiful way to attend to your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Donations are welcome and all proceeds support our Common Purse fund, so it is also a charitable form of yoga!
Suggested donation $10-15, cash or venmo @commonstreet
Spring 2024 Schedule (Mondays from 7-8pm)
Jan 8, 22
Feb 5, 26
Mar 4, 18
Apr 1, 15, 29
May 6, 13
June 3, 17
www.doctorjenkurz.com
www.finerprogram.org

Rite of the Womb
2024-01-20 17:00 - 21:00 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
THE RITE OF THE WOMB is a women’s circle that has been happening consistently every 3rd Saturday of the month at Common Street Spiritual Center – Natick.
In this group, we create a safe space for women to sit with their emotions and learn about how Sacred is to be a Woman – a portal of life, to have some joy with our sisterhood, and to develop ourselves as spirits existing in a human body.
At this next gathering, we are having Sherry as a special guest, and she will be leading a shamanic journey for us to connect with our shadows to “overcome” them.
for more info please reach out @milla.dalbem or at the email contact@milladalbem.com

Yogic Open Mic
2024-01-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Come be youuu in this intentionally loving, divinely sacred, and deeply spiritual community.
There will be…
saging centering meditation sound bowl healing pranayama live music

~Halfway through~
An enlivening ecstatic dance lead by DJ Fae Bae followed by a powerful drumming circle lead by Dominic Castellano

more live music chanting poetry reading + more Oooo soo yummYYY!

Please arrive early if you would like to join in the opening meditation!

Sliding scale, $20-40, cash at door or venmo @commonstreet

We will have some percussive instruments available as well as yoga mats and blankets, but please bring if you have your own drums or mats, bolsters, anything to be totally comfortable!

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti See you there! Ali, Dominic, Jaclynn, & Miranda

Tea, Pray, Knit
2024-01-25 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-01-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Meeting Room of CSSC
Afternoon tea and refreshments accompanied by interfaith devotions and handwork, such as knitting, embroidery, needlepoint, coloring. Join us for spiritual and material refreshment!

Seven Sacred Talking Circles: Indigenous Wisdom from Within
2024-01-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
In honor of one of the primary principles of a Talking Circle, to be able to look into each persons’ eyes, we are holding space for 20 people at the most. You are welcome to sign up for as many, or as few, as you are called to and your schedule allows. It’s okay to over or under register and come back to the form and add or subtract a registration. If a Circle is filled you will be put on a wait list and be notified of that status, and you will be notified when a space opens. You should also expect an email a week or so ahead of time to confirm your registration. This will help ensure people on the wait list can get a spot that may have become available.

Register here: https://forms.gle/WK2jpJjKGkWNVAKf9

Sun, Jan 28 – Truth
Sun, Feb 11 – Humility
Sun, Feb 25 – Respect
Sun, Mar 10 – Love
Sun, Mar 24 – Courage
Sun, Apr 7 – Honesty
Sun, Apr 21 – Wisdom

The Seven topics are Seven Sacred Indigenous topics. How the Circle moves and what comes forth individually and collectively will be a result of who shows up on any given date. Each Circle will hold its own magic and connection to what is already embedded in you. Come and explore life through an Indigenous lens. You may be pleasantly surprised by what you find out about life and how you are called to walk in it!

Once the Seven Circles are complete, we intend to host a collective integration on Zoom where all participants can come on to share how things are moving, or have moved, since they participated in one or more of the gatherings. It promises to be a beautiful experience!

Wuniish – A gift and blessing to all from Medicine Story

Fundraiser for Civilians of Gaza
2024-01-28 18:00 - 21:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Please join us in our mission to fund-raise for a community facing hunger, displacement, and war.
There will be live music, local artists selling works to benefit the fundraiser, and fresh baked goods available to purchase. $10 suggested donation at the door.
The money made from this event will go towards supporting the innocent civilians of Gaza.
There is no room in this event for hate, so if you have nothing positive to add we kindly ask you not to attend.
If you are interested in being one of the vendors for this event, please reach out and we will find you a spot! Please remember that if you are a vendor at this event that the money made is to support the fundraiser. Thank you and I hope to see many of you there.
Interested in vending? A musician or musical group wanting to perform? Please email Seb at Email Seb at sebpressler@gmail.com.
All are welcome to donate baked goods for the bake sale table (please include ingredient list if home made).

If you cannot make it, please donate online here: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/common-street-spiritual-center/gaza-relief-fundraiser
This is not a political statement. This is a community-based effort to relieve suffering brought upon by atrocities committed by governments and the collateral damage inflicted upon innocent civilians. Please bring your positive energy and intent of well-being and support. This is an initiative brought about by love, peace, and concern for our fellow beings.
