Common Street Spiritual Center

Yoga in the Sanctuary
2026-02-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-30 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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_

Chanting and Meditation Group
2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-31 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

QMMUNITY: Connecting with LGBTQIA+ Neighbors
2026-02-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
QMMUNITY is a gathering of LGBTQIA+ neighbors and allies to create a sense of belonging in a time of uneasiness and uncertainty. The goal is to bring together like-minded folks to get to know each other, discuss what’s on the mind, and create community and connection. This event can be used as a conduit for organizing, fun projects, support, activism, and a starting point for additional meetings and gatherings.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Common Street Spiritual Center, Sanctuary – 13 Common St, Natick, MA 01760
Snacks will be served. This community event is free.
Sign-up is encouraged.
Contact Rich at QMMUNITYGroup@gmail.com for more information.

Intro to Qi Gong
2026-03-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-03-08 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: 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.

Open Circle and Community Brunch
2026-03-01 10:30 - 12:00
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.

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.

Spirit Songs
2026-03-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Choir Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Join us in circle to sing soulful songs that uplift the heart and spirit. No experience is needed—just a willingness to add your voice and share in the joy of music, connection, and community. Musicians are warmly invited to bring guitars, drums, flutes, or other instruments to help weave the sound. If you would like to suggest a particular song, email it to the leaders so they can learn it before the circle.
Here are the themes we are planning:

Jan 5 – New Beginnings
Jan 19 – Songs of Freedom and Peace
Feb 2 – Songs of Light and Inspiration
Feb 16 – Heart Songs
March 2 – Ancestral Songs
March 16 – Songs of Spring

About the Facilitators: Amanda Short and Willow Rose are longtime lovers of music, community, and soulful connection. We believe singing together can be one of the most powerful ways we heal, celebrate, and feel a sense of belonging. We’re excited to create a welcoming space where voices and instruments can come together in harmony.

Open Circle Gathering
2026-03-08 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-15 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-22 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-03-29 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!

Annual Meeting Part 1
2026-03-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
All members of the Common Street Community are invited to participate in our Annual Meeting on Sunday March 15th at 1pm in the Sanctuary.
During this meeting, we will be voting to elect new members to the council aka board of the Center. Each candidate will speak briefly before we vote, and we also plan to email candidate statements to the Community in the days ahead of the vote.
Friends of the Community who are not official members are welcome to be there but will not be able to vote. To become a member, please fill out the form at this link: https://commonstreet.org/membership/
We strongly encourage all Common Street members to attend as they are able so that we can reach a quorum of about 80 people needed for the meeting to be official.
More details will be announced about Part 2 of the Annual Meeting, to be held on Sunday, March 29th, in which we will review our finances for 2025 and vote on our budget for 2026.

African American Saturday School
2026-03-21 12:00 - 15:00 | Meeting Room of CSSC
African American Saturday SchoolThird Saturdays | 12:00–3:00 PMMeeting Room, Common Street Spiritual CenterFacilitated by Deborah Mitchell
African American Saturday School is a monthly gathering devoted to learning, reflection, and community rooted in the rich history and cultural legacy of African Americans. Led by educator and community leader Deborah Mitchell, this program offers a space to study African American history through autobiographies, guided lesson plans, book discussions, and presentations from guest speakers.
Participants will explore the stories, struggles, creativity, and contributions that have shaped African American life in the United States and beyond. Sessions may include storytelling, music, and artistic expression that illuminate the historical journey and cultural traditions of African Americans.
The program will also provide space to examine current policy issues affecting African American communities today. Through dialogue and shared learning, the gathering aims to serve as a thoughtful forum—a place where people of all races, creeds, and denominations can engage deeply with history while reflecting on the challenges and possibilities of the present.
African American Saturday School is also intended to inspire the next generation of leaders by connecting historical knowledge with a sense of responsibility for the future.
The program is open and free to the public. A goodwill offering is welcome but not required. Books and African-American-inspired artwork by local, regional, and international artists will also be available for purchase.
All are welcome to join this ongoing space for learning, culture, and community.
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79271727876?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 792 7172 7876
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Rite of the Womb
2026-03-21 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, typically 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 sacred sisterhood. The evening culminates in the Rite of the Womb, a shamanic ceremony for releasing fear and ancestral pain to reclaim your inner power. Throughout the evening, you’ll be embraced by a supportive women’s community, fostering connections that uplift and inspire.
This month our women’s circle falls during the Spring Equinox, the sacred turning point when day and night come into balance—and when the goddess Persephone returns to earth after her six-month reign as Queen of the Underworld, bringing with her the energies of renewal, fertility, abundance, and the awakening of spring. It feels deeply fitting to honor and embody the archetype of Persephone: the initiate who descends into darkness and returns transformed. Together we will honor the painful experiences that have carried us through our own underworlds, recognizing that certain thresholds in life change us forever, yet do not erase who we are. Like Persephone, we learn to live between worlds- light and shadow, maiden and queen, loss and renewal- awakening the goddess energy within us that holds both tenderness and power. Through reflection, ritual, and shared sisterhood, we reclaim the wisdom born from hardship and transform it into personal sovereignty. And as the Spring Equinox marks Persephone’s radiant return to the living world, we will celebrate with lightness, dance, laughter, flowers, and abundance—joyfully welcoming the season of growth, blooming life, and new possibilities. Together we honor that we, too, have emerged from the underworld carrying both our depth and our radiance.
If you feel called, a few items you may want to bring:

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 (examples: crystals, cards, smokes, etc)
Musical instruments such as drums or rattles
Anything else that you feel will support the space!

Contact Sherry at owls.rising@gmail.com or via text or WhatsApp at 617-980-6022 with any questions or concerns.
Although preregistration is not required, it is helpful for event preparations. Suggested donation to support the center, workshop supplies and the group is $22 to $44, although no one will be turned away for financial hardship.
Preregister using the following form link: https://forms.gle/SiZUYrMemju433yK8

Art Sanctuary: Open studio
2026-03-22 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-29 14:00 - 17:00 | Fellowship Hall @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join us for an afternoon of community art making in a relaxed, open studio space. Create at your own pace with shared supplies available, or bring your own project and materials. Musicians are encouraged to bring their instruments, there will be plenty of space to dance too!

Registration form: https://forms.gle/SGM3fyjh2YKp5gWb9

email whitefeatherhealing44@gmail.com for more information

Breathe Into Your True Expression.
2026-03-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
There are moments when life asks us to pause and listen inward. When emotions, stress, and experiences we’ve been carrying are ready to move.

Somatic breathwork is an invitation to come home to your body through the power of breath. Together we’ll create a safe and supportive space to soften, release what may be ready to move, and reconnect with the wisdom within.

Each journey is unique — whether you experience deep relaxation, emotional release, clarity, or simply a moment to breathe and be present, all of it is welcome.

No experience needed. Just come as you are.

Suggested donation: $25–$50
No one turned away for lack of funds — your presence is more than enough.

Date: March 27
Time: 6:30- 8:30 pm
Location: Sanctuary
Come breathe, express, and connect.

Annual Meeting Part 2
2026-03-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual Meeting
Please join us for Annual Meeting, Part 2, which will be held over Zoom this Sunday, March 29 at 2PM.

We are grateful for how you have been showing up for the community. We need a quorum for this meeting, and more importantly, we do want your input on the budget, so please attend. The check-in process will be quick, and we expect the meeting to last no more than one hour.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and questions at the meeting, but please feel free to email council@commonstreet.org if you have questions prior to the meeting.
The Zoom link for the meeting is:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85211837729

Sensing Tango — A Beginner's Course
2026-04-02 19:15 - 20:30 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Argentine tango is one of the most intimate social dances in the world — and one of the most misunderstood. Most people learn it as a set of steps. This course teaches it as a conversation.
Over six classes, we’ll build the foundational skills of tango from the inside out: how to stand, embrace, and move with a partner — not through drilling technique, but through guided exercises in body awareness, breath, and attentive listening. You’ll learn to feel what your partner is communicating, and to express yourself clearly and kindly in return.
You’ll leave with enough grounding to enjoy a social tango event — and a set of inner tools that will deepen every dance you take on from here.
No experience necessary. No partner required.
Time: Thursdays, Apr 2 – May 7, 7.15pm (6 classes)
Location: Common Street Spiritual Center, Moon Room. 13 Common St Natick, MA 01760
$20 per class · $100 for the series · NOTAFLOF · Drop-ins welcome, and like tango itself, the material rewards revisiting.
To pre-register: https://forms.gle/tCTr9DUdPLHgDc666

About the instructor
Anatoliy Kats began his tango journey in 2017 and hasn’t stopped since. He studies in Buenos Aires at Studio Dinzel, which pioneered the teaching of tango as a practice of wellness and self-development more than 20 years ago. He holds a degree in clinical mental health counseling from Lesley University, and his work as a therapist informs how he teaches the dance. He is supervised by Dmitry Antonyuk of St. Petersburg, Russia — a Studio Dinzel alumnus with 14 years of tango teaching experience.
