Tuesday morning devotions
2025-12-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-12-09 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-12-16 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-12-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-12-30 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-01-06 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
Join us on ZOOM with your prayers, writings, songs, inspiration from any and all religious traditions, sacred scriptures, humor, and love. We “go around the circle” for those who wish to share, or just come along to enjoy the inspiration
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Chanting and Meditation Group
2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-23 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-06 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
2025-12-07 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-12-14 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-12-21 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-12-28 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-01-04 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.

Open Circle and Community Brunch
2025-12-07 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-04 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.

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.

Sound Journey
2025-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Sound Journey: Healing through Sound, Meditation on a Cellular Level
With Dave Fiuczynski (Professor at Berklee College of Music) & Nissa Diantina-Weiss (Yoga Teacher and functional movement specialist)

Description:
Sound journey is an immersive sound healing event that combines gentle movement, breath, and groundbreaking live music. This offering is ideal for studios and wellness centers seeking to expand their programming with a deeply transformative, one-of-a-kind experience. Bring your own mat and pillow for a comfy experience.

What It Includes:
10-15 minutes of guided breath and gentle stretching led by Nissa Diantina, designed to ground participants and prepare the body to receive sound.
40–45 minutes of live, meditative soundscapes created by Dave Fiuczynski on his custom double-neck guitar, tuned to healing frequencies.
10-15 minutes of closing integration and reflection.
The journey blends subtle movement with powerful sonic vibrations that support nervous system regulation, emotional release, and inner transformation.

Why It’s Unique:
Unlike traditional sound baths using bowls or gongs, this event features a live musical performance by a world-renowned guitarist who weaves frequencies, microtones, and ambient textures in real time. Combined with mindful movement and breathwork, this format invites participants into a multi-sensory, soul-centered journey.

Mohanji Meditations
2025-12-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-12-20 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-12-27 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-01-03 09:00 - 10:00 | Meeting Room of CSSC
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.

Open Circle Gathering
2025-12-14 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-12-21 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-12-28 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!

Rite of the Womb
2025-12-27 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.
As the year winds down and the emotions stirred by holiday gatherings rise to the surface, we’re offered a powerful moment to pause, reflect, and reset. This threshold between one year ending and a new one beginning is an ideal time to release what no longer serves and consciously invite in what you wish to cultivate. For this month’s Rite of the Womb, we will be working with the elements through powerful water and fire ceremonies for cleansing and transformation. Through the soothing, nourishing flow of water and the igniting, transmutative energy of fire, you’ll be guided to let go of the old while awakening clarity and intention for the year ahead. Honoring the complementary forces of the elements, we create a sacred ceremonial space with ritual practices to dissolve the past, open the heart, and manifest new possibilities with purpose and renewal.
Suggested items to bring if you feel called:

a waterbottle or personal beverage
a snack to share with the group
journal and/or writing utensil
divination tools you work with
List of what you would like to release and/or what you would like to manifest
Offerings for the fire and water
items to be honored on the communal altar
instruments, rattles or drums
anything else that you feel can support you or 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

Spirit Songs
2026-01-05 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.
