Natick Drum Circle
2023-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | MA
Come join in a free-flowing community drum circle with experienced and new drummers. All are welcome. Bring your own drum(s) or borrow one that others bring and place in the center of the circle.
$5 suggested donation

Open Circle Gathering
2023-09-10 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-09-17 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | MA
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

Our current schedule for Open Circle is that we are meeting in person on 1st, 2nd, and 4th Sundays, and virtually or hybrid on 3rd Sundays. 1st Sundays include a potluck brunch and are less formal. However, in 2023 we are experimenting with a hybrid 3rd Sundays, with both in person and virtual options.

Virtual Fall Transition Workshop
2023-09-10 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | MA
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Sunday Sept 10 | 4:00PM – 5:30PM
Via Zoom – details provided via email registration
Sliding Scale – $18, $24, $32
A portion of the fees are donated to Common Street Spiritual Center.

Join this session to learn about:

The elemental shifts of Nature that occur between summer & fall
How seasonal changes affect our body and mind – potentially creating imbalance
Guidelines for maintain balance by shifting food choices and movement practices

WDA Film Group
2023-09-10 16:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Sanctuary at Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Join the WDA (WRITER/DIRECTOR/ACTOR) Film Group for their next meeting on September 10!
When you come to this group you will have ample opportunity to practice your respective roles in the art of filmmaking. Members will be split into groups that include writers, directors, and actors. Each group will be handed a script from a writer to read, discuss, act and eventually film.
Every group will have a space to rehearse privately before they eventually perform and are filmed with multiple cameras in front of a live audience. This performance will then be played back for directors to critique. Actors will have the opportunity to keep the footage to use as a demo reel. All this happens in one evening with multiple groups. Make sure you sign up and join the talented New England community!
TO JOIN, SIGN UP AND LEARN MORE, GO TO: https://ravisionproductions.com/wda/, and share with friends. Price is $30.
Looking forward to our next meeting!

Gentle Jaguar Path Yoga
2023-09-11 07:30 - 08:30, 2023-09-13 07:30 - 08:30, 2023-09-18 07:30 - 08:30 (America/New_York) | MA
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.
Classes are $10. Meets every Mon and Wed morning at 7:30am.
More info at www.energymatters2u.com

Gentle Jaguar Path Yoga
2023-09-11 07:30 - 08:30, 2023-09-13 07:30 - 08:30, 2023-09-15 07:30 - 08:30 (America/New_York) | MA
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

Coffee With a Purpose
2023-09-11 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Fresh coffee. Tea. Conversations about changing the world.
We welcome you to make this a part of your week! We gather every Monday morning and build momentum as we spark dialogue and stoke enthusiasm for the world we can create together. Each week features a special guest presenter on a theme of interest to the group.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/95580955741?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 955 8095 5741
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Meditation Mondays
2023-09-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Meditation Room @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Whether you’re curious to begin or years into a practice, start the week off right with Meditation Mondays. Try out breathwork, chanting, sound baths and other techniques in a collaborative and supportive setting.

Meditators of all levels are welcome to drop in 7-8PM on Monday nights! Come every week or as often as works in your schedule. FREE. No registration required.

For more information, please email weronika.zawora@gmail.com

Adult Ballet
2023-09-13 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-09-15 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | MA

Modern Jazz Movement for Beginners
2023-09-13 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | MA

A Course in Miracles
2023-09-13 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | France
A Course in Miracles: 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.

https://commonstreet.zoom.us/j/91709436048?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 917 0943 6048
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Modern/Jazz Dance Class
2023-09-14 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | MA

Mohanji Meditations
2023-09-14 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.

Ayurvedic Learning Circle
2023-09-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | MA

Raw Vegan Potluck
2023-09-15 18:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Fruit, music, dancing, fitness and fun! Connect with other ethically and health-minded people.

Intro to Qi Gong
2023-09-16 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) | MA
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.

Intro to Tai Chi
2023-09-16 09:15 - 10:15 (America/New_York) | MA
Tai Chi Chuan is a series of movements that combines coordinated internal mental concentration and controlled deep breathing with soft, slow and circular external movements that work together to massage and condition the internal organs, increase blood circulation, chi flow and strengthen tendons, ligaments and bones.
Tai Chi has evolved from the Yin/Yang philosophy of the I Ching and serves to strengthen the mind, body and spirit.
Dan Adams has been studying and practicing Tai Chi for 43 years and is currently a student at Gin Soon Tai Chi, 33 Harrison Ave, Boston.
Class time: Saturdays 915 – 1015:AM. Suggested Donation $5.00 – $12.00

Rosh Hashanah
2023-09-16 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | MA
Rosh Hashanah: Saturday, September 16 at 10:30am
All-ages service; shofar calls; apples & honey sticks at the conclusion

Kol Nidrei: Sunday, September 24 at 7:30pm
Joint program with Ma’yan Tikvah and Rabbi Katy Allen
Message and discussion about the environment
Special guest cellist: Cameron Sawzin

Yom Kippur: Monday, September 25 at 10:30am
All-ages service; brief Yizkor/memorial elements; final shofar call

Our services are welcoming and accessible for all ages and backgrounds, regardless of Hebrew or Jewish knowledge, and include traditional and contemporary music, interactive worship, poetry, moments of quiet reflection, and a story or message for the High Holy Days.
All are welcome, including Jewish, Jew-ish, and “Jewish-curious” and “Jewish-adjacent” individuals and families, including those who are interfaith/intercultural, queer, and disabled.

All holiday services take place at our co-host’s site, Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, and are open to all Jewish, Jew-ish, “Jewish-curious” and “Jewish-adjacent” individuals and families, including those who are interfaith/intercultural, queer, and disabled.

Recommended donation of $50 per person may be made to https://paypal.me/HaMakom18?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US
Please don’t let cost deter you; any amount is appreciated and sufficient. Kindly donate as generously as your circumstances allow to help us offset program costs.

HaMakom presently has a mask-optional policy; kindly mask or not, as you feel most comfortable.

REGISTER HERE

Introduction to Self-Havening
2023-09-16 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | MA
Learn about this new, neuroscience-based method, Havening Techniques®, originally developed for swift, targeted trauma healing, that you can also use on your own for building emotional resilience, such as: Addressing distress, stress and anxiety, Self-soothing, Setting your mood and intention for succeeding at important events, tasks, performances, or just the day!
Presented by Elisa Carter, Certified Havening Techniques Practitioner, Stress Management facilitator

Rite of the Womb (Women's Gathering)
2023-09-16 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | MA
When women get together to honor their Womb and to celebrate the life cycles miracles happens.

The Rite of the Womb is a shamanic initiation to clean the fear and pain from our wombs so we can give birth to a new type of human and to start a new type of community.

Cacao to access our heart chakra and to get deep inside our emotions.

Rapeh to bring us a strong connection with Mother Earth.

If you wanna join please Text Milla to save your spot (857)505-8627.

Energy Exchange Scale: $26-$44

Bring a healthy snack to share

Every third Saturday

Early Morning Prayer
2023-09-18 07:00 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | MA
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
