Common Street Spiritual Center

Open Circle Gathering
2025-09-21 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | MA
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

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!

Yoga in the Sanctuary
2025-09-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us every Monday from 7-8 pm for a vinyasa flow that will strengthen and energize as well as promote flexibility and balance. We will also experience inner peace by the closing meditation called Shivasana. Please bring a mat and water bottle, and the class meets in the beautiful sanctuary of the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. The cost per class is $10 or a food pantry donation (the pantry is located outside the center). See you on Monday night for Yoga in the Sanctuary!
Yoga is a practice that unites the mind and body. In fact, yoga means “to yoke” or unite. It is an ancient healing practice that is both physical and spiritual, incorporating postures, breath, and meditation. Yoga heals! From numerous forms of trauma, anxiety, and physical stiffness, yoga provides relief and builds a strong physical and spiritual core.

Chanting and Meditation Group
2025-09-23 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
This chanting and meditation group is designed to tap into our inner freedom. We will have two 15 minute sessions of chanting and two 30 minute sessions of meditation. Through the actions of chanting and meditation, the aim is to free all the thoughts and emotions stuck within our minds and bodies. And over time, the goal is to free ourselves from our unconscious programming we have built over our lifetimes and deepen our connection with Spirit.

The event is free and open to the community. Donations are welcome but not required and can be sent via Venmo to @Emmanuel-Weinman or by cash.

For any questions or comments, please contact Emmanuel Krishna by email: emanwman@gmail.com or phone: 978-578-9707

Intro to Qi Gong
2025-09-27 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-04 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-11 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-18 08:00 - 09:00 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Intro to Qi Gong
How to cultivate balance in body and mind and improve your life energy (Qi)
Time: Saturdays from 8am – 9am

Qi Gong is a centuries-old system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. These practices help cultivate concentration, peace of mind, strengthen and tone your body all at once.
All are welcome. No prior experience required.
Suggested donation: $5-10
Meets in the Moon Room on the 3rd floor. Enter through the school street door and come upstairs to find us.
About the Instructor:
Wei Li grew up in Mainland, China. She earned her Ph.D. in Biology at Tufts University in 2005. Since 2010, she has been studying Qi Gong and Tai Chi with Master Ming Wu and Master Shi Zhao. She finished her Fengyang Qi Gong Associate Instructor training in 2020 and has been teaching Qi Gong since at Wu Healing Center and Morse Institute Library.

Somatic Grief Ritual
2025-09-27 19:30 - 22:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Grief can feel isolating and overwhelming, but it is also deeply human—something our bodies are wired to move through together. In a world that has forgotten how to grieve in community, this gathering is a return to ritual, to connection, and to the possibility that grief, while painful, can also be a teacher—tender, transformative, even generative.This ritual is an invitation to experience the power of moving through grief in community. We’ll spend time in stillness and sound, with nature and with each other. There will be gentle invitations for writing, sound & movement, a co-created altar of natural objects, and shared music to hold what words can’t. Personal and collective losses are welcome here.

Cost: $10-$20, no one turned away for lack of funds
Doors open: 7:15pm
Ceremony starts: 7:30pm
We invite you to bring with you photos of loved ones or anything that moves you.

Facilitators: Gabbi Fiedor & Becca Phillips
Sound Bath Artist: Abby Frechette

Open Circle Gathering
2025-09-28 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-26 10:30 - 12:00 | MA
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!

Open Circle and Community Brunch
2025-10-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-11-02 10:30 - 12:00 | MA
On the first Sundays of the month, we combine our Open Circle Gathering with a community potluck brunch.

We gather and connect in a more relaxed, less structured way, yet with threads of meaning and spirituality tying it all together.

You’re welcome, if it would bring you joy, to contribute a food or drink item to share as part of the community brunch. Another option is to bring non-perishable food or toiletry items for our free mini-pantry.

If you’re new to Open Circle, you’re welcome to sign up here so you can be in the loop for future gatherings: https://forms.gle/Aa18ZuGfyy4Nv3gq7

Our community is finding a creative place in the spiritual world, where new forms of spiritual practice, artistic expression, and self-awareness are emerging to support humanity to meet the challenges of our times. We are finding balance within ourselves, making peace across differences, and stepping up to protect the Earth.

We welcome folks of all beliefs and backgrounds to build community with us as we align around a hopeful sense of common purpose.

Music Jam
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Let’s play some music together! This is an informal, inclusive, supportive, and fun gathering where all instruments and music abilities are welcome. Please feel free to bring a familiar, easy to learn song to share.

What We Have In Common
2025-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
What We Have In Common- A Multicultural Event
Friday, October 17th. 6:30- 8:30 pm
6:30- 7:00 pm Light Refreshments
7:00 – 8:00 pm Four immigrants will talk about their experiences
moving to the United States
8:00- 8:30 pm Question and Answer period to follow

Rite of the Womb: Mother's Blessing
2025-10-18 17:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us for The Rite of the Womb, a monthly women’s circle held every third Saturday at Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick.
This sacred gathering offers a space to connect, heal, and celebrate your feminine essence through empowering workshops and community. The evening culminates in the Rite of the Womb, a shamanic initiation for releasing fear and ancestral pain, and reclaiming your inner power. Throughout the evening, you’ll be embraced by a supportive women’s community and sisterhood, fostering connections that uplift and inspire.
This month’s workshop explores how the feminine path to spirituality is rooted in the body, offering daily invitations to surrender, trust, and deepen our intuition. When we think of spiritual practice, we often picture structured rituals like meditation or retreats. But for women, spiritual growth is also built into our biology—through menstrual cycles, pregnancy, birth, motherhood, and menopause. Instead of forcing ourselves into linear routines, we’ll reclaim the wisdom of our natural rhythms and reconnect with the power already within us.
A unique and exciting celebration that will be taking place this month will be a Mother’s Blessing Ceremony for a sister in our community. A Mother’s Blessing is a sacred rite of passage that honors the emotional, spiritual, and physical journey into motherhood. Rooted in ancient feminine traditions, it shifts the focus from baby to mother—celebrating her body, intuition, and inner strength. Surrounded by a circle of women, she is supported through ritual, storytelling, and shared wisdom, inviting deep surrender and connection to the cyclical power of creation. This ceremony is a return to embodied spirituality, where motherhood is honored as a sacred threshold.
What to bring to the Mother’s Blessing:

An offering for the mother to be can be energetic or material, some examples:

Flowers

Personal elements like a song, prayer or scripture

Meaningful keepsakes for her to put on her altar in her birthing space

Jewelry/crystals

Massage/foot soak

Simply yourself

A snack to share with the group

A personal water bottle

Any items you would like honored on the collective altar

Divination tools you work with

Contact Sherry at owls.rising@gmail.com or 617-980-6022 with any questions or concerns.
Suggested donation to support the space and group is $33, although no one will be turned away for financial hardship
Preregistration highly recommended: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothers-blessing-ceremony-at-rite-of-the-womb-tickets-1763473519769?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Diwali at CSSC
2025-10-19 10:30 - 12:00 | MA
All are welcome to this free special event happening in lieu of Common Street’s weekly Open Circle

Diwali is a celebration of light overcoming darkness and good triumphing over evil.

During this gathering, members of the local Indian community will share traditional songs, prayers, and art, and invite us all to reflect together on the meaning of Diwali.
The Spiritual Center thanks Swati Dave for her leadership in organizing this special celebration.
Please contact Swati Dave: swatidave2803@gmail.com if you are interested to perform.

Intro to Qi Gong
2025-10-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-11-02 08:00 - 09:00 | Fellowship Hall @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Intro to Qi Gong
How to cultivate balance in body and mind and improve your life energy (Qi)
Time: Sundays from 8am – 9am

Qi Gong is a centuries-old system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. These practices help cultivate concentration, peace of mind, strengthen and tone your body all at once.
All are welcome. No prior experience required.
Suggested donation: $5-10
Meets in the Fellowship Hall downstairs. Enter through the school street door and come downstairs to find us.
About the Instructor:
Wei Li grew up in Mainland, China. She earned her Ph.D. in Biology at Tufts University in 2005. Since 2010, she has been studying Qi Gong and Tai Chi with Master Ming Wu and Master Shi Zhao. She finished her Fengyang Qi Gong Associate Instructor training in 2020 and has been teaching Qi Gong since at Wu Healing Center and Morse Institute Library.

Ancestral Light: A Samhain Journey to Honor & Heal
2025-10-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
As the veil thins and Fall deepens, we are invited to 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥.
But this journey is not about reliving the past — it’s about softening into the wisdom that lives in your bones, your breath, your becoming.
You don’t need to know your family history. You don’t need to feel close to your ancestors. All you need is a willingness to listen… and to receive.
This sacred Akashic circle offers a safe, soulful space to connect with the light in your lineage — to honor those who came before, release inherited patterns, and open to the healing waiting for you now.
𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹:
🌿 Open with a grounding ritual and altar for the ancestors (bring a photo or a special item to include in the altar if you wish)
🌿 Journey through the Akashic Records to meet a wise ancestral guide
🌿 Receive energy healing to clear what is no longer yours to carry
🌿 Tap into intuitive writing and channeled guidance for the path ahead
This is a circle of remembrance, restoration, and soul support.
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿.
Bring a friend to share this sacred time together.
✨ 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: $𝟯𝟯 — a master number resonating with compassion, divine guidance, and spiritual mastery. In the language of numbers, 33 opens portals for deep transformation. The moment you offer this symbolic exchange, the energy of blessing begins to flow — a quiet activation that continues to ripple long before we meet in the circle. This keeps our gathering both profound in impact and accessible to all who feel called.
✨ 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱: If you feel called, you can gift an additional seat for someone who might not otherwise be able to join. Your generosity will ripple through both the seen and unseen realms.
✨ 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Pre-payment via Venmo (@akashacodes) or PayPal (paypal.me/akashacodes) is appreciated. You’re also welcome to pay in person with cash.
✨ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: RSVPs help us prepare the space → https://tinyurl.com/ancestral-light
✨ 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Moon Room — enter from the School Street entrance, head to the 3rd floor.
✨ 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: A journal, pen, and yoga mat. You’re welcome to bring a cushion, blanket, water, or tea — anything warm to hold you in comfort.
This journey will be led by 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗷𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶. Learn more at www.akashacodes.com/about.
𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂. ✨

Yoga in the Sanctuary
2025-10-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join Dr. Jennifer Kurz every Monday night from 7-8 pm for Yoga in the Sanctuary. This medium paced vinyasa flow will strengthen and energize as well as promote flexibility and balance. We will also experience inner peace by the closing meditation called Shivasana. Please bring a mat and water bottle, and this community class meets in the beautiful sanctuary of the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA. The cost per class is $15 or a food pantry donation (the pantry is located outside the center). See you on Monday night for Yoga in the Sanctuary!
Yoga is a practice that unites the mind and body. In fact, yoga means “to yoke” or unite. It is an ancient healing practice that is both physical and spiritual, incorporating postures, breath, and meditation. Yoga heals! From numerous forms of trauma, anxiety, and physical stiffness, yoga provides relief and builds a strong physical and spiritual core.
What: Yoga Class: medium paced vinyasa flow
Where: Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA
When: 7-8 pm on Monday nights (no class on federal holidays)
Cost: $15 or food pantry donation (located at center)
Venmo: Jennifer-Kurz-2
Email: Doctorjenkurz@gmail.com
Instagram: @yogadoc_
