Common Street Spiritual Center

Soulfire Sisterhood
2025-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room of CSSC
Soulfire Sisterhood – The Alchemy of Healing & Transformation (Women’s Circle)
I invite you to a sacred sisterhood—a space to reclaim your energy, reconnect with your truth, and rise in your power.
You pour so much into your family, your home, and your work—but when was the last time you poured into yourself?
This is your time. Together, we ignite the alchemy of healing and transformation, transmuting pain into wisdom, wounds into strength, and fear into love.
Through heart-centered practices—including energy healing, guided visualization, intuitive energy activations, and journaling—we create a nurturing sanctuary for deep self-reflection, emotional release, and soul nourishment. As we honor our individual healing journeys, we also awaken the wisdom of our lineage, drawing strength from those who walked before us.
This is an invitation to step fully into yourself—to be seen, heard, and held in the profound power of sisterhood.
Come as you are. Leave feeling rooted, radiant, and reignited with the fire of your soul.
Bring a friend to share this sacred time together!
✨ Energy Exchange per session: $15–$35 (pay what feels aligned for you). Your support helps keep this offering accessible to all as we build a welcoming community. If cost is a barrier, please reach out—we’re happy to explore other options.
✨ Payment Options: We kindly ask for pre-payment via Venmo (@akashacodes) or PayPal (https://paypal.me/akashacodes), but if you prefer, you’re welcome to pay in person with cash. Thank you for your support!
✨ Registration: RSVPs are appreciated to help us prepare the space: https://tinyurl.com/soulfire-sisterhood
✨ Location: This session will be held in the Moon Room.
✨ Please bring a mat, water bottle, and anything else you need for comfort while sitting or lying down during the journey.
This class will be led by Pooja Mahtani. Learn more about Pooja at www.akashacodes.com/about.
We look forward to holding this sacred space with you! ?✨

Chanting and Meditation Group
2025-06-17 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-06-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 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

Tuesday morning devotions
2025-06-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-10 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
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89987098568?pwd=OUVXL29RR2JKNzBLRUtxR25tMjZEdz09

Meeting ID: 899 8709 8568
Passcode: 881654

Community Meeting #1 Re: Statement
2025-06-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Our community is founded on a vision of inclusive love for all humanity and all life, which we seek to embody in our diverse and nonjudgmental spiritual community. As we seek to grow personally, come into greater alignment with Spirit, and find peace within, we also share a collective commitment to being part of the great work that people of faith and conscience everywhere are part of: to transform our world towards compassion, equality, justice, and a unity rooted in a sacred awareness that all life comes from the same mysterious, divine source.
So in these unprecedented times of division, hatred, violence, and chaos in our nation and our world, we want to bring our community together to be a sanctuary for each other, especially for those who are most vulnerable to threats such as detention and deportation. We want to reaffirm our sacred mission and activate each other into a spirit of hopeful commitment. We want to find our moral and spiritual voice as a community.
Towards this end, after a community gathering in April called “Community Amidst Chaos,” a group of motivated CSSC members formed a team and drafted the attached statement. In collaboration with the Council of CSSC, we are sharing this statement with all the members of the community. We are also inviting you to a community meeting on Monday, June 16th at 7:30pm via zoom to hear your thoughts and feedback on this statement. Here’s the link to join: https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/93355480700 Through this process, we also intend to create spaces where we can hear the voices and experience of members of our community who are living daily with fear and distress because of what is happening.
After this community-wide discussion, and if the statement is well-received, we will host another meeting on Monday, June 23rd at 7:30pm. At this second meeting, community members will have an opportunity to officially vote on whether or not to adopt the statement on behalf of our community as a whole. (An online ballot will be provided by email, in case you are unable to attend the June 23rd meeting).
Our hope is that this process of engaging our community will yield a powerful statement that will create more safety and solidarity within our community. We also hope that this collaborative process will begin to activate our community and orient us towards putting our sacred vision and values into hopeful action in our community and our wider world. As a spiritual community, we are discerning how to speak hope, truth, and love into our world as a form of prayer in action, as a way to symbolize and make visible that Great Love which is our sacred center.
If you would like to add your name to the statement, or have comments or questions, please follow this link.
We hope to see you at the community meeting on Monday, June 16th at 7:30pm via zoom. Again, here’s the link: https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/93355480700

Yoga in the Sanctuary
2025-06-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Yoga is a practice that brings together 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! Yoga provides relief from numerous forms of trauma, anxiety, and physical stiffness. It also builds a strong physical and spiritual core.

Join us every Monday from 7-8 pm for a vinyasa flow that 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 the class meets in the beautiful sanctuary. There is no registration required, and the cost per class is $10 or a food pantry donation (the pantry is located outside the center). Class will not meet on federal holidays. Venmo: Jennifer-Kurz-2. Please follow us on instagram: @yogadoc_

Coffee With a Purpose
2025-06-16 09:00 - 11:00
Conversations that Matter.
We welcome you to make this part of your week! We gather every Monday morning to hear from guest presenters on various themes of local, national, or global interest, followed by questions and discussion. Most all sessions are recorded: check out our CWAP You Tube channel to get a taste. Our meetings are hybrid – both in person and via zoom. Email the organizers Doug Hanna (natickhanna@rcn.com) or Martin Kessel (mgk49natick@comcast.net) to get attendance details or learn more.

Gentle Jaguar Path Yoga
2025-06-16 07:30 - 08:30, 2025-06-13 07:30 - 08:30, 2025-06-11 07:30 - 08:30
Jaguar Path yoga incorporates Vinyasa flow postures with a focus on opening the body’s meridians and expanding the Energy Body.
This sixty minute all-levels class provides a gentle and complete physical stretch with space for breath awareness and meditation.
Email leo.j.ryan@gmail to confirm your attendance.
Suggested donation $10. Meets every Mon, Wed, and Fri morning at 7:30am.
More info at www.energymatters2u.com

Early Morning Prayer
2025-06-16 07:00 - 08:00
Start your week off in alignment. Early morning prayer and scripture readings in the Christian tradition led by Common Street member Deborah Younger-Mitchell. Currently, the group is studying Psalms for Black Lives. All are welcome to come find inspiration, support, and fellowship. This prayer and study group is free and open to the public. 1st and 3rd Mondays
https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/92839180266

Open Circle Gathering
2025-06-15 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

Call of Love Yoga
2025-06-15 08:30 - 09:45 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Experience a gentle, mindful yoga where divine sources of love are channeled into messages that are often in the form of songs, poems, and mudras: hand gestures to help guide the flow of energy in the body and focus the mind
Donations welcome: Cash or Venmo @Judith-Thapa
Varunayoga.com / 617.417.4386 / Judy.thapa@ gmail
Common Street Spiritual Center Sanctuary
Sundays 8:30-9:30 a.m. (except last Sunday)
Judy is a teacher of yoga since 1998. She is a certified yoga therapist, energy healer and channel.

Bollywood Dance Workout
2025-06-14 11:45 - 12:45 | 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.bollywoodstepbystep.com/booking-calendar/in-person-in-natick-center-1?referral=service_list_widget

Intro to Qi Gong
2025-06-14 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.

Devotional Chanting with Nada Brahma Kirtan
2025-06-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Nada Brahma Kirtan is a heart-centered musical ensemble founded in 2018 by Kāmpa Vashi Deva and Lisa Kawski. Rooted on the North Shore of Massachusetts this three-member band weaves sacred sound and devotion into every performance.
Their unique blend of voices and instruments creates a powerful vibrational experience—one that uplifts the soul and opens the heart. Through chanting and communal resonance, Nada Brahma Kirtan invokes the healing light of the Universe, offering participants a profound sense of peace, connection, and spiritual renewal.
Join them in sacred sound and help raise the vibration—within and throughout the world. Come not to listen—but to remember who you truly are.
Band Members: https://nadabrahmakirtan.org
Kāmpa Vashi Deva – Lead Vocal, Harmonium, Mridangam, Slaptop Cajon and KertalsLisa Kawski – Lead Vocal, Harmonium, Indiginous Drum and KertalsSteve Sherman – Tablas, Lead Vocal, Chimes and Rhythms
What is Kirtan?Kirtan is transcendental spiritual music and a meditation practice also described as Bhakti Yoga or Nada Yoga. Its origins come from Eastern Indian and Budhist culture.Kirtan is a call and response chanting from the vocal leader to the audience, who then recites or echos back the same lyrics. By chanting in this way, the sounds and voices raise a very high conscious vibration that reverberates within and outside of you, opening up energy channels.This practice calms and quiets the mind. You don’t need to have any previous experience to attend a Kirtan. All spiritual faiths are welcome.
Common Street Spiritual Center13 Common StreetNatick, MA 01760
Direct Info: 603-828-7270Friday, June 13, 20257:00PM – 9:00PM
$20-$30 Donation at the doorPay Cash or with Venmo (settings on friends and family)
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Cacao and Connection
2025-06-13 18:30 - 21:30 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
When was the last time you felt truly seen and connected with others? We’re creating an intimate space where you can open your heart and experience meaningful connections.
We start the evening with a beautiful heart-opening cacao ceremony. Our ceremonial-grade cacao from Prophecy Chocolate is enhanced with almond milk, warming spices, vanilla, and maple syrup, creating a unique and creamy blend that opens the heart while gently stimulating and expanding consciousness.

This helps you drop into a more heart-centered place where you can feel the warmth of your own love. From this place, you can connect more easily and deeply with others (and with yourself).

Next we move into playing some connection games

WHAT ARE CONNECTION GAMES?

Rather than having a bunch of polite small talk, we will focus on playing games that create heartfelt connections with each other.

By participating in these eye opening (and heart opening) games, 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 a deeper connections with others.

Does that sound like music to your ears? We are excited to co-create this intentional social / ceremonial gathering together with you.

GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF AN OPEN HEART
We all long for love and connection in our lives. This is your invitation to experience something truly special – an evening of opening your heart, making meaningful connections, and nourishing your body and soul.

I’ve spent years perfecting my cacao recipe, drawing inspiration from my time living in Paris to create something extraordinary. The result is a luxurious blend that rivals French hot chocolate while maintaining the potent, heart-opening properties of ceremonial cacao.

We complete this sensory journey with a comforting vegan soup, which will help ground you in your body as we close the evening.

Does your heart whisper “yes” to this experience? We’d love to share this sacred evening with you.

HOW TO REGISTER

Click the button somewhere on this page that says “FIND TICKETS” to be taken to Eventbrite to complete your registration.

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 6:30pm and go until 9:30pm (with a break in the middle). Please plan on arriving by 6:15pm so you have time to settle in and meet the other members.

How much? – The cost is $45 which is makes this a very affordable experience for anyone. This includes the cost of the cacao and the homemade vegan soup that’s provided at the end to help ground you.

How can I best prepare? – We will send you some instructions ahead of time. It’s best to not eat 2-3 hours beforehand so your body can quickly absorb the cacao, and you can drop into the experience.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there.

Warmly, Jason

Adult Ballet
2025-06-13 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-11 09:30 - 11:00

Men's Wisdom Council
2025-06-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room of CSSC
Men’s Wisdom Council
We gather to explore what it means to be a man in today’s world. Society often hands us roles to play but offers little guidance. And the role models presented to us often fail to speak to our deepest concerns or the callings of our spirit.
For generations, councils have served as a sacred space for men to gather, share wisdom, and listen deeply. The Men’s Wisdom Council continues this tradition—creating a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where we can share our stories, voice our challenges, and learn from one another. Together, we explore what it means to move through the stages of life as men with authenticity and purpose.
All men are welcome to join the circle—whether for a single session or as an ongoing journey.
For questions or more information, contact Michael Corthell at michaelacorthell@gmail.com.

Mohanji Meditations
2025-06-12 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.

Modern/Jazz Dance Class
2025-06-12 09:30 - 11:00

A Course in Miracles
2025-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
A Course in Miracles was channeled by Jesus in the 60’s to a Columbia University medical school faculty member, perhaps to help us remember the message he came to teach when he walked on this earth.
Each week we begin our exploration by reading the short introduction which includes these words “the course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim however at removing the blocks to the awareness of Love’s presence which is your natural inheritance.”
Has any other subject been written or sung about more often than love? Isn’t it the organizing principle of all religions? So popular and prominent in our daily discourse, yet so elusive. And don’t we yearn for an alternative to fear, guilt and hatred, suspicion and divisiveness?
Whether a beginner, a student of many years, or an on-again/off again inquirer, you are invited to join us in seeking to learn how to love and enjoy being in love. It’s not a solo performance. Only together, is love manifest.
We meet by ZOOM, every Wednesday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ZOOM LINK: https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/96121486527?pwd=yGb8KTplkphzCL5uuOh85wkEMuZERj.1

Beginner Ballet
2025-06-11 19:00 - 20:15

Social Justice Organizing Fair
2025-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Join Progressive MetroWest for an evening of community connection and action at our Organizing Fair. This event brings together local grassroots organizations to share their work and inspire civic engagement. Attendees will have the chance to meet with organizers, learn about progressive initiatives in the region and the state, and discover ways to get involved. All are welcome! On-time arrival is encouraged so you don’t miss the speakers.

Sacred Stillness - A Midweek Mindfulness Meditation
2025-06-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
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Evening Yoga Class
2025-06-10 19:00 - 20:45 | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
The class will incorporate Hatha Yoga asanas, gentle joint warm up based in flowing circular movements and elements of breathing and concentration. For about an hour we will focus on spinal alignment and tension release through yoga asana practice followed by a short practice of breathing exercises and/or meditation techniques.
The class will meet on Tuesday evenings with some exceptions. Meets in the Moon Room upstairs. Enter through the school street door and take the stairs up.
Donations are welcome.
Please email Olga with any questions: chereninaolga@gmail.com

Book Club: The Power of Now
2025-06-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room of CSSC
This group would be a good fit for people who follow or are interested in meditation and/or the spiritual teachings of Eckhart Tolle. We will read the book The Power of Now in our own time and come together as a group to share what stood out to us the most and reflect on how what we are learning applies to our own lives. Along with discussion, we will engage in meditation practice and journaling. A copy of The Power of Now would be needed to fully participate, but people are welcome to sit in on the discussion and participate in activities even if they don’t have the book. A journal/sketchbook would also be a supportive tool. We will meet every other week to allow time and space for reading, reflection, and processing on our own between meetings.
