Mohanji Meditations
2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:15, 2024-10-31 19:00 - 20:15, 2024-11-07 19:00 - 20:15, 2024-11-14 19:00 - 20:15, 2024-11-21 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | 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.

Bwiti Fire Talk: An Introduction to African Spirituality
2024-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
The Bwiti tradition is a spiritual practice that originated in southern Gabon but has now spread in different branches throughout Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, and beyond. Bwiti is not a religion, but a traditional spiritual path known to initiates as the “art of knowing” and the “study of life itself.”
The fire talk is an essential element of Bwiti healing practices. Every ceremony begins with a fire talk where Bwiti teachings are shared. In order to promote wisdom and groundedness in the village, elders and medicine carriers (Ngangas and Maboundis) provide counseling rooted in the Bwiti teachings before the community partakes in ingesting medicine.
This fire talk session will be co-facilitated by Pamela “Ngondet Na Di Puma” Rosario Pérez and
Will “Etsika Mbudi” Dickerson II. Ngondet and Etsika are traditional medicine and culture carriers of the Missoko Bwiti lineage, initiated by the 10th-generation nima Papa Moughenda Mikala.

Open Circle Gathering
2024-10-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-10 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-17 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-24 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! You’re welcome to become a member simply by filling out the form on this page: www.commonstreet.org/membership

Annual Diwali Celebration
2024-10-27 10:30 - 12:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
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.

Tuesday morning devotions
2024-10-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-26 09:00 - 10:00
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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Intro to Qi Gong
2024-11-02 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.

Call of Love Yoga
2024-11-03 08:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-10 08:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-17 08:30 - 21:30 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Call of Love
Channeled song and messages from the Divine
Experience channeled sources of Love into song while you relax at the end of a gentle yoga class. Your practice will include guided breathing, chair or mat asana, restorative poses and meditation. Coming home to the oneness in our hearts, we can cultivate a sense of unity that brings us together into wholeness, solace, peace and hope
8:30-9:30, Sundays mornings (except for the last Sunday of the month)
Common Street Spiritual Center Sanctuary
Donations welcome
Cash or Venmo: @Judith-Thapa
Judy O’Leary Thapa is a channel, energy healer, yoga teacher and yoga therapist. She has certifications in Sivananda yoga, Prenatal yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (Pryt.com) and with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT.org). Judy has over twenty years of experience teaching students of all ages.
You can follow Judy on FB at Varunayoga

Open Circle and Community Brunch
2024-11-03 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. To become a member, please fill out the membership form here: www.commonstreet.org/membership

Gentle Yoga to Ease Aches and Pains
2024-11-03 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-10 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-17 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Come one, come all for this gentle yoga class meant to stretch and ease sore spots! All are welcome, and chair modifications will be offered for anyone who needs it. We will practice breath work, and move the spine through extension, flexion, rotation and lateral stretches. We will share pose names to build familiarity with the asana practice, and end the class with a guided meditation. What a wonderful way to wrap up your weekend, and set yourself up for a great week.
Sunday, 11/3, 5 PM – Head, Neck, Shoulders and Chest Focus
Sunday, 11/10, 5 PM – Back, Waist, and Abdominal Focus
Sunday, 11/17, 5 PM – Hips and Overall Balance Focus
Sunday, 11/24, 5 PM – Deep Leg Stretch Focus
Suggested Donation $20 ($15 for CSSC Members)

HEART JOURNEY
2024-11-03 18:00 - 23:30 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
PROFOUND GUIDED TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE
FAMILIES WELCOME
Ancestral and Generational Meditation through the Beauty of Surrender
Cacao Accompanying this Heart Opening Soul Journey with Sound Healing, Sacred Dance, Medicinal Live Music and Energy Renewal
Moving through this transformational experience in profound love and gratitude while embracing all aspects of our human existence as well as integrating them as holy and celebrating the Divine Will in all of it.
SPECIAL DAY OF THE DEAD PRAYER

Lessons Across Faith: Exploring our neighbors' traditions
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-11-11 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-11-18 18:00 - 19:30
Join us in reading through a collection of stories and sharing our own stories encountering persons of other faiths. All are invited to join this conversation, whether you belong to a religious group or are atheist or agnostic. The book is available through Amazon or through your local library : “My Neighbor’s Faith : stories of interreligious encounter, growth, and transformation.”
3 sessions – Monday nights 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM on Zoom. Nov. 4, 11, & 18
**the 4th session in person Sunday Nov. 24** at 4:00 PM – 6 PM
at the Center for Interfaith Collaboration, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA 02493. Refreshments & meet the editor(s).
Co-facilitators: Deborah Mitchell (Christian), and Fran Pollitt (Baha’i Faith)
RSVP if you are interested!
Deborah: deborahmitchell25@gmail.com, 617-894-8771
Fran: francespollitt@gmail.com, 207-252-9647
ZOOM INFO:
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