Common Street Spiritual Center

Traditional Rattle Making Ceremony
2023-11-19 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Rattles are the sound of the North in the medicine wheel. Their sound assimilate the rain therefore a good cleanser of dense energies stuck in body, mind or spaces. They are also used for traveling into other realms, journeying to the North where our ancestors, teachers and guides live.
In this workshop you will craft a traditional corn filled Elk-rattle for ceremonial and healing use.
Once sacred space has been opened and everyone has voiced their presence in the circle we will receive the materials for bringing these tools through. The first step is to make the holes and sew them together. We will be filling them with sand to take the desired shape and let them dry while having lunch and embarking on a journey with Nelya Binder. She will will be offering a Conscious Yoga class to connect with Mother Earth and the elements inspired by rattle making. This Kundalini-inspired class will weave breath, sound, and meditative movement to clear stuck energies and deepen your intuition.
You can read more about her offerings here.
The final step of assembling the rattles and exchanging the sand for corn will tie the day together.
Exchange is $150 and includes all materials.
Drumbirthing workshop on Saturday 11/18 here.
Register by paying in full.
Venmo: mialuz33
Please provide your e-mail address and the date for the workshop.

Plant-Based Meal Prep Workshop and Dinner
2023-11-19 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-26 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-03 16:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-10 16:00 - 19:00 | kitchen, 15 Common Street, Natick, MA
Plant-Based Meal Prep workshop and Dinner
Join us for a fun and informative evening at our Plant-Based Meal Prep Workshop and Dinner! Discover the delicious world of plant-based cooking and learn how to create nutritious meals that are good for you and the planet. Plus take home 5 meals to enjoy throughout the week!
During this hands-on workshop, chef Amanda Short will guide you through the process of preparing flavorful plant-based dishes from scratch. Learn essential cooking techniques, explore a variety of ingredients, and gain practical tips for incorporating more plant-based meals into your daily routine.
After the workshop, we’ll sit down together to enjoy the fruits of our labor. Indulge in a delicious dinner where you can savor the flavors of the dishes you helped create while connecting with like-minded individuals who share your passion for healthy and sustainable eating.
Whether you’re a seasoned plant-based eater or just curious about incorporating more plant-based meals into your diet, this workshop is perfect for you. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to expand your culinary skills and enjoy a mouthwatering plant-based feast!

Conscious Kundalini Yoga
2023-11-23 09:15 - 10:15, 2023-11-30 09:15 - 10:15, 2023-12-07 09:15 - 10:15, 2023-12-14 09:15 - 10:15, 2023-12-21 09:15 - 10:15, 2023-12-28 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.

Mohanji Meditations
2023-11-23 19:00 - 20:15, 2023-11-30 19:00 - 20:15, 2023-12-07 19:00 - 20:15, 2023-12-14 19:00 - 20:15, 2023-12-21 19:00 - 20:15, 2023-12-28 19:00 - 20:15 | Choir Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
The Mohanji Meditation is a powerful heart-opening guided meditation that offers release from binding patterns through love and gratitude.
All are welcome. No prior experience necessary.

Deep Connection Mixer - An Evening Of Unforgettable Connections
2023-11-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Have you ever attended a meetup or some other social gathering and gotten stuck in “small talk” that went nowhere?
Are you tired of polite, boring conversations that don’t light a spark and make you really feel something inside?
If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, then you’re going to love this.
This is a unique kind of social event where the focus is on playing games that create interesting conversations and profound connections with some warm and amazing people.
By participating in these eye-opening (and heart-opening) exercises, you’ll not only have a lot of fun, but you’ll learn a so much about yourself and the people around you.
And on a practical level, you’ll also learn tools that you can use in your everyday life to create deeper connections with others.
WHY COME TO A DEEP CONNECTION MIXER?
You’ll discover how you are truly experienced by others in fun, eye-opening, and compassionate ways.
You’ll learn to navigate those moments when you’re not sure what you’re going to say next, and surprise yourself at how interesting and creative you really are when you stop trying to manage how others see you.
You’ll learn how to share yourself more authentically in conversation, and that will serve you in other areas of your life as well.
Rather than having a night of boring small talk, you’ll actually get real with the people you meet… giving you the kind of deep, connected experience we often hope for at gatherings, but rarely experience.
And you’ll have a lot of fun!
Does that sound like music to your ears? This is going to be very different from what you typically experience at a meetup event. I’m excited to create this together with you!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Where is it? – The event is held at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA which is a beautiful facility for an event like this.
What time? – We start promptly at 7:00pm and go until 9:00pm (with a break in the middle). Please plan on arriving by 6:45pm so you have time to settle in and meet the other participants.
How much? – I wanted to keep this affordable for everyone, so it’s only $20 to attend. That is very inexpensive for a facilitated gathering where you are guaranteed to meet great people and actually have meaningful connections with them.
I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
Warmly,
Jason

Community Dialogue on Israel and Gaza
2023-11-26 12:30 - 14:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
We need each other. In this time of war and humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza, we are opening an inclusive and sensitive space for dialogue and listening.

Using a sharing circle format, we will share our thoughts and feelings, and listen to each other. The space will be free of hate speech, courteous, and respectful of all.

Our goal is to learn from each other, see how we can support each other in these times, and find ways to work together to create a more peaceful world.

Rekindle The Flame
2023-11-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Rekindle the flame is a yoga class with the purpose of helping you ignite the relationship between you and your body. As any other relationship in your life your connection to your body is crucial for survival. In this class gentle slow movement along with sound vibration and frequency therapy will be combined to foster the perfect environment to ignite the flame between body, soul and spirit. In this class we leave the mind at the door and only feel our way through the journey of enlightenment. Enjoying not only the destination but the journey along the way.

Morning yoga flow with live harp
2023-12-02 10:15 - 11:45 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Dear Friends,
We are happy to invite you to join the morning yoga flow practice with live music. Come to stretch, to breathe, to connect with yourself and others, come to be carried by beautiful music and harmonies.
December 2nd at 10:15 AM at Common Street Spiritual Center
Doors will open at 10:00 AM. Please be on time.
Bring a yoga mat, water bottle, and blanket for relaxation. Wear comfortable preferably light or colorful clothes (no black please).
Ticket Link: https://souldance.ticketleap.com/yogamusic/
Price- $40 for CSSC Members: $35
Please confirm your attendance and register by Nov 28th. We would appreciate it if you reserve your spot a bit in advance.
Blessings of harmony,
Volga

Yogic Open Mic
2023-12-02 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

SoulCollage® for Personal Growth and Development
2023-12-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
SoulCollage® is a fun collage art form using your imagination, creativity and intuition. It is an amazing process for accessing the many sides of your personality. You will create a series of collaged cards using found images from magazines or photos from which you will then journal and share your insights. SoulCollage® has proven to be a valuable tool for spiritual and personal growth! It’s FUN and no artistic experience is necessary! Collaging helps cultivate peace and relaxation of body, mind, and spirit. It provides an opportunity to improve your health, relationships and overall sense of wellbeing. SoulCollage® is a powerful tool that can help one achieve optimal growth and development by:
• Developing new and creative solutions to life’s difficulties.
• Fostering respect, empathy, and acceptance for self and others.
• Learning to experience and express emotions in a healthy manner.
• Providing insight in how to prevent or solve inner conflicts and emotional struggles.
• Improving self-worth and confidence in one’s abilities.
To register, Contact Nadine Lucas at nadineelucas@gmail.com

Introduction to Shamanic Journeying: Connect with Your Power Animal
2023-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Studio @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Introduction to Shamanic Journeying:
Connect with Your Power Animal
“Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the invisible worlds beyond ordinary reality in order to retrieve information for change in any area of our lives, from spirituality and health to work and relationships” (Sandra Ingerman, 2007).
Power animals are an elemental component of shamanism and all shamans work with power animals to help bring about spiritual, physical and emotional healing at the soul or spirit level. One or more power animals may help us throughout our lives. All of us have access to our power animals and our power animals want to work with us!
In this workshop, you will be guided to independently travel to the shamanic lower world through a meditative journeying state and meet your power animal. We will also discover the various ways to work with power animals in daily life and to assist in understanding specific intentions or gifts they have to offer.
It is recommended you bring any items that will help you descend into this state of consciousness. Such materials can include an eye covering, pillow, blanket, mat, and wearing comfortable clothing. Cushions, yoga mats, and blankets will be available.
In your shamanic journey space, you may gain information from the lower world spirits and your power animal. Bringing a journal can be valuable to record the messages received for further integration and referencing.
No prior shamanic or journeying experience necessary. All levels of shamanic practice are welcome! Email Sherry @ sherrysolchnp@gmail.com with questions.
Space limited to 12 participants, preregistration required by following this link: https://forms.gle/bjvX7HqCAhXo2TK38
Exchange $30

Set Free & Rise
2023-12-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
The end of the year is near. As one chapter ends another one begins. In this unique 90 minutes experience Somatic Breath-work, Sound, Vibration and Frequency therapies are combined. Somatic Breath-work is an inward journey, where you explore and encounter who you truly are at the root of your soul through breath. Transmuting what no longer serves you so that you can make decisions in your life from a clear perspective. Synchronizing back to your heart beat. As we move through life we have traumatic experiences and those experiences get stored in our bodies and energetic fields. Through breath and sound we are able to transmute those emotions and receive clarity to be present in our relationships, our passions and in our lives. Sound/Vibration allows every cell in your body to be cleansed, restored and rejuvenated creating an invigorating encounter in the journey of life allowing true healing to happen. If you are ready to transform and create space to reconstruct the life of your dreams this event is for you.

Transformation Circle with Soundhealing and Breathwork
2023-12-15 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Join us for an immersion into collective presence in 2 hours container Friday night. With multiple modalities celebrating aliveness together, we will weave interactive sharing circle, breathwork, sound healing and connection with one another. We’ll practice together how to surrender anything that has been held in your heart. We’ll gently hold them together in a circle and transmute to light through vibration and breath.

Friday December 15th – @ 7pm – 9pm
What to bring: Yoga Mat / Blanket /Pillow/Water
2nd Floor, Moon Room

Suggested Donation
$20+ cash or venmo
Venmo: @tov-demirel

How We Healed / How We Heal
2023-12-17 14:00 - 16:00 | 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”!)

Preparing For Renewal - A Cacao Ceremony To Create Space For What's Next
2023-12-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
As we approach the end of 2023, it’s the perfect time for reflection and preparation for the new year.
We invite you to our special Cacao Ceremony themed “Preparing For Renewal,” an intentional gathering designed to facilitate a mindful transition into the upcoming year.
WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO:
– Reflect and Release Workshop: Begin with a workshop to review the year 2023, identifying key themes and experiences. Learn effective strategies for conscious closure and letting go of what no longer serves you.
– Ceremonial Cacao Experience: Engage in a heart-opening Cacao Ceremony, enhanced by the unique, creamy blend of our ceremonial-grade Cacao from Prophecy Chocolate, enriched with oat milk, spices, vanilla, and maple syrup.
– Themed Meditations: Participate in guided meditations, focusing on processing the past year and setting intentions for renewal, all amplified by the nurturing energy of Cacao.
EVENT DETAILS & LOGISTICS
Where is it? – The event is held at the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick, MA which is a beautiful facility for an event like this.
What time? – We start promptly at 6:30 PM and go until 9:00 PM (with a break in the middle). Please plan on arriving by 6:15pm so you have time to park, and then settle in and meet the others.
I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
Warmly,
Jason

Mai-Tri Session
2023-12-26 16:00 - 19:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Mohanji Foundation is organising a session of MaiTri Method, a deep energy cleansing, healing and harmonising process on Dec 26th at Common Street Spiritual Center.

Mai-Tri Method is a profound method of deep cleansing and harmonizing in which deep-seated subconscious blockages are removed, even from the subtlest layer of our existence – the causal body – where seeds of karmic impressions are stored.

While the cleansing reaches deep into the energy records, it is important to note that Mai-Tri Method does not interfere with the destiny aspect of karma (as this is what has been chosen at the soul level, be it pleasant or unpleasant to our mind).

The actual word meaning of “Mai-tri” is friendship, companionship, collaboration, or simply togetherness. “Mai” means mother. The word mother represents unconditional love, protection, care, consistency of emotions, continuity, life, creation etc. Mother also represents levitation, as in the womb experience. Womb represents the creation as well as healing.

The program is scheduled between 4-7pm. You could register and select one time slot, which suits you. The duration of the session is 30mins. There is a suggested donation of $30, of which 50% would be used to feed the needy.

To register, please click the link below:
https://tinyurl.com/Mai-Tri-Registration

For any questions please write to mohanjifamilyma@gmail.com

Group Healing Circle- Welcoming in the New 2024 Energies
2023-12-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Release what’s ready to be released. Led by Diana Phillips
We gather together to align ourselves to the new, powerful energies of 2024.
What is a Group Healing Circle?
Group healings are a powerful opportunity for participants to clear and release issues shared collectively. The nature of the collective group energy field amplifies the healing that is imparted. Each group healing is different, since Spirit determines what we will address. Sometimes, we work deeply to release a concern like fear held in the body. At other times, Spirit upgrades our energy system, giving us tools to help others. The healings are transformative and support our awakening. Usually, group healings last 45-60 minutes. Participants are welcome to ask for support with a specific matter beforehand. During the group healing, we meditate and Diana brings through what Spirit offers us. After the healing, we meditate in the stillness. Finally, those who are moved to are invited to share their experiences.
How are the healings transmitted? Diana leads group healings with help from Spirit, the Arenal Volcano, Jaguar energy, and the Archangels.
Diana Phillips- is a gifted practitioner who has worked in the healing arts since 2004. In the last few years, Spirit has given her a very strong set of healing energies that she uses to release issues of our physical, mental, and emotional bodies, our souls, past lives, and ancestral lineage.
What participants say about past group healings:
“Diana has created a beautiful space for people to come together and connect with one another. Through guided meditation, imagery, and Spirit, we are magically transformed by the intertwining tapestry of physical and spiritual communion. Diana freely shares her gifts of connection with Spirit and beautifully facilitates a safe, non-judgmental space for people. I am always in awe of the peace and renewal I feel at the end of each session. This is a MUST for those committed to healing and growth.”- Sara S
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