Bollywood Dance Workout
2026-04-11 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-04-18 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-04-25 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-05-02 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-05-09 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-05-16 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-05-23 11:45 - 12:45, 2026-05-30 11:45 - 12:45 (America/New_York) and 4 more dates | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Whoever said no pain no gain, obviously has never worked out to Bollywood music. Join me for BollyX – Bollywood Dance Workout. Let’s dance and workout together to remain healthy, physically and mentally while having lots of fun!
Get ready to groove to the beats of the vibrant Bollywood tunes while burning 400 – 800 calories. No prior dance experience is required; I will guide you through the steps, show modifications and ensure a fun-filled session. So, grab your friends or make new friends at the class, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready to unleash your inner Bollywood star!
Register here: https://www.thebollywooddance.com/booking-calendar/bollyx-in-natick?referral=service_list_widget

Sensing Tango — A Beginner's Course
2026-04-16 19:15 - 20:30, 2026-04-23 19:15 - 20:30, 2026-04-30 19:15 - 20:30, 2026-05-07 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.

African American Saturday School
2026-04-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Online
African American Saturday SchoolThird Saturdays | 12:00–2:00 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
2026-04-18 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, 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, we will be connecting with and healing the “witch wound”-the deep, often unconscious fear of being judged, rejected, or silenced for our intuition, sensitivity, inner knowing and our energetic healing abilities. In this workshop, we’ll create a safe and supportive space to rebuild trust in your intuition, explore intuitive practices in a grounded and accessible way, release fears of being judged or labeled as irrational, and openly express your authentic self- remembering that your sensitivity and perception are strengths. Intuitive information can come through many channels- art, movement and dance, channeled writing, tarot, scrying, astrology, mediumship, tea leaf reading, aura visualization, and many more- you are invited into a space to experiment, practice, and explore the methods that have been calling to you or that you’ve been curious about. If it calls to you, bring with you any art or writing supplies, divination tools you work with or have been curious about trying or practicing.
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

Free Biodanza Discovery Class
2026-04-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Whether you are new to Biodanza or interested in experiencing Biodanza for the very first time, you are invited to a
discovery class where we will use music, movement and human connection to open more fully to life. No experience
needed!
Music Includes: Latin, Brazilian, Jazz, African Rhythms, Classical
Where: Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA
Cost: This event is free and donations to the Common Street Spiritual Center are most welcome.
Wear comfy clothes, socks/bare feet. Bring a cushion and water bottle.
Questions or to let us know you are joining us, please email Lthibault55@gmail.com
Class facilitated by Laurie Thibault and Doug Costello: Facilitator-trainees under the supervision of the Biodanza School
SRT Montreal & Southwest Quebec
What is Biodanza? Biodanza promotes deeper connection to life through beautiful music, movement and group
interaction. There are no set steps to learn and no dance experience needed, only a desire to reawaken one’s
enchantment with life through Vivencia – the experience of life lived fully in each moment! Carefully crafted exercises
of circles, games, archetypal gestures, and encounters with others are offered in a warm and welcoming environment.
Biodanza is an invitation to open one’s heart to rediscovering the joy of being alive…together!

The Turning Practice of The Whirling Dervishes
2026-04-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
All are welcome. No experience necessary. From the tradition of the great love poet Rumi, these classes provide instruction in the whirling practice which polishes the heart, clears the mind, and trains the body to participate in wordless prayer.
The format of the classes will usually include warm-up exercises, then turning instruction, Zikr, and/or other aspects of Mevlevi Sufi tradition such as teachings from Rumi.
First class by donation. There is a fee for ongoing classes, however, a tight budget should not prevent participation.
Contact vnkpayton@gmail.com for more information, or if in doubt about cancellation due to weather.

Eve of Floralia
2026-04-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Featuring Winds of Alluria, Three Dragon Alley, & Be Not Afraid performing at the Common St Spiritual Center. Natick, MA Sun 4/26 6-9PM.

Eve of Floralia marks the threshold before the ancient Roman festival of Floralia, a rite of renewal dedicated to Flora—goddess of blossoms, fertility, wild growth, and the untamed intelligence of the living world. It is not a polite celebration of spring, but a liminal moment when boundaries soften: between winter and bloom, order and excess, human intention and vegetal will.
To honor this eve, we gather through sound.
Electronic ritual, neofolk incantation, animist resonance, world instruments, and dark ambient textures form an offering suited to a night that belongs neither fully to civilization nor to wilderness. These musics speak in pulses, drones, breath, wood, wire, and electricity—languages older than doctrine, newer than tradition, and aligned with cycles rather than calendars.
This is music for roots pushing through stone, for flowers that bloom at night, for spirits that do not ask permission. Eve of Floralia is not a reenactment—it is an invocation. A listening rite. A sonic garland laid at the feet of spring as it crosses the threshold into abundance.
$25 donation.
This is a seated event. No alcohol served at this event. Feel free to bring water bottles and snacks. Please arrive 10 minutes before the event.

Open Circle and Community Brunch
2026-05-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-06-07 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.

RSVP Optional at this link: https://forms.gle/eykBCHZrWD52XfkKA

Connection with the Yawanawá - Music, Ancestral Wisdom & Healing.
2026-05-12 18:30 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Experience the transformative power of the Yawanawá traditions through sacred songs, and ancestral teachings in a night of deep connection.
Step into a sacred evening with the Yawanawá culture, guardians of ancient wisdom from the Amazon rainforest. This gathering is an invitation to connect with ancestral traditions through music, prayer, and cultural sharing.
✨ What to expect:
• Sacred songs and music that carry the healing vibration of the forest
• Stories and cultural sharing that transmit ancestral wisdom
• The Sacred Rumã Circle, a traditional Yawanawá practice for grounding, clarity, and connection
• Moments that unite body, mind, and spirit, supporting balance and harmony
Guided by Yawanawá traditions, represented by our wonderful teachers, this immersive concert is more than a cultural experience – it is a call to healing, expanded consciousness, and remembrance of our deep connection with nature.
During this event, you will be embraced by the energies of the forest, carried by voices that echo the ancestral power of the Yawanawá lineage. It is a unique opportunity for those seeking to heal, transform, and walk in beauty with spirit and community.

Sensing Tango — A Beginner's Course
2026-05-14 19:15 - 20:30 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Sensing Tango — A Beginner’s tango workshop

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.

Each class will explore the foundational skills of tango from the inside out: how to stand, embrace, and move with a partner. Through guided exercises in body awareness, breath, and attentive listening you’ll gain tools to communicate more efficiently with your partner, reaching a new level of enjoyment within the dance.

No experience necessary. No partner required.

Location: Common Street Spiritual Center, Moon Room. 13 Common St Natick, MA 01760Suggested donation $20
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.

African American Saturday School
2026-05-16 12:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-20 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
2026-05-16 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’s Women’s Circle will focus on healing the Sister Wound — the pain many women carry from experiences of comparison, betrayal, judgment, rejection, competition, or disconnection with other women. Together, we will explore the triggers these wounds can create within us, bringing awareness and compassion to the emotional responses and protective patterns they activate. Through connection and reflection, we will create a safe space to soften old defenses, heal these triggers at their root, and reconnect to trust, authenticity, and the power of genuine sisterhood and community.
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

Rite of the Womb
2026-06-20 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.
Specific theme and workshop details will be updated in the Common Street Spiritual Center calendar event description within the month leading up to the event: https://commonstreet.org/series/rite-of-the-womb-mothers-blessing/
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
