Common Street Spiritual Center

Plant-Based Meal Prep Workshop and Dinner
2023-11-12 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | 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!

Open Circle Gathering
2023-11-12 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
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.

Natick Drum Circle
2023-11-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
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

Community Connect & Share Dinner
2023-11-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Fellowship Hall @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
Come enjoy a simple homecooked meal while building deeper relationships with others in our community. Bring an item that you no longer need but that might bring joy to someone else. We will all share what we have to offer, and see what kinds of connections we can make!

Group Healing Goddess Circle
2023-11-11 16:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
What is a Group Healing Goddess Circle?
Group healings are powerful opportunities to clear and release issues that participants share collectively. Each group healing is different, since Spirit determines what we address. Sometimes, we work deeply to release an issue 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 issue beforehand. After the healing, we meditate in the stillness. Finally, those who are moved 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, emotional bodies, past lives, and ancestors.

Interfaith Book Discussion
2023-11-11 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Islamic Society of Boston in Wayland, 126 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA
Join in a groundbreaking discussion about how Christian views of the Prophet Muhammad are evolving to support greater interfaith unity.

Skills for Bridging the Divide a Braver Angels Workshop
2023-11-11 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
In our current polarized political environment, many people avoid or dread political conversations with friends or family members whose politics differ from their own. They worry, rightly so, that any attempts at political discussions will devolve into arguments and acrimony, and result in hurt feelings or anger.
Braver Angels Skills for Bridging the Divide Workshops teach skills for having respectful conversations that clarify differences, search for common ground, and affirm the importance of the relationship. They also give participants a safe environment to practice those skills.
This workshop is approximately 2 ½ hours long.

Bollywood Dance Workout
2023-11-11 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Fellowship Hall @ Common Street, 13 Common Street, Natick, MA, 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!

Joyful Warrior: Self-Care & Wild Wellness Circle
2023-11-11 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Meeting Room of CSSC
Come in cozy clothes for a rejuvenating self-care session and leave feeling uplifted and supported in your self-care journey.
Popularized self-care seems to be all about buying things and sitting in a bathtub, but this workshop goes into holistic, sustainable, and new approaches to self-care inspired by listening to your specific needs and Wild Wellness practices for wellness and wholeness.
Our circle consists of an opening grounding practice and a brief lecture that flows into open sharing.

Intro to Tai Chi
2023-11-11 09:15 - 10:15 (America/New_York)
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

Intro to Qi Gong
2023-11-11 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York)
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.

Ecstatic Dance Event - Featuring Electric Nomads
2023-11-10 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
The Electric Nomads return to the Common Street Spiritual Center for another ecstatic dance gathering.
Come join us for an evening of freeform movement and dance to the live grooves of the Electric Nomads as they take you on an musical journey that begins slowly and gradually builds up and up until everyone is soaring, and then gently returning you to Mother Earth to rest on the waves of a lush sound bath meditation.
The Electric Nomads are musical alchemists, fusing acoustic and electronic elements to form a funky melange of world instruments and chanted vocalizations woven around a core of monster bass grooves and percussive beats. But E.N. also knows the way of sublime sounds that are flowing, soothing and delicate.
Please arrive no later than 7pm so you can settle in before the opening ceremony. We prefer that people not arrive late, in order to avoid disrupting the flow once the wheels get turning.
The members of the Electric Nomads include Dave Santospago, Dave Curry, Jason Karol and Bruno Giles.
Bring along a water bottle, any kind of flow props that are appropriate for a group dance environment and a blanket or yoga mat to lie down for the final meditation at the end of the night.
Suggested donation of $20+ per person (cash, Paypal or Venmo).

Community Herbal Tea Ceremony
2023-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Description: The world around us is abundant with plants waiting to share their medicine and gifts with us. Join this open-hearted community in connecting with herbal allies using our senses, emotions, and spirit. We will come together in circle for an opening meditation, herbal education, tea ceremony with music, and sharing. You will learn about plant energetics and medicinal qualities while connecting with the plants on a deeper, spiritual level through the ceremony. Please bring a journal if you wish. Plants are organically grown or locally harvested in a sustainable way.

**Space limited to 13, so please register in advance**

Donation: Members: $20-$35, Non-Members: $30-$45. Energy exchange available for those with financial constraints ~ just reach out to nelya@rootedsanctuary.com.

To register: Please Venmo your donation to @Nelya-Binder to confirm your space. If you have any questions or do not have Venmo, feel free to send an email to nelya@rootedsanctuary.com.

About Nelya: Nelya is a wellbeing coach, herbalist, certified yoga teacher, and energy medicine practitioner. After spending years as a corporate attorney experiencing disconnect between spirit, mind, and body, Nelya followed her purpose to empower people to be their own greatest healers. Nelya’s mission is to guide others towards an awakened and healthful life with energy medicine, herbs, sovereign wellness tools, and meditation. Nelya’s current 1:1 practice focuses primarily on sovereign women’s care, from cycle wellbeing to fertility. To learn more about Nelya and her medicine, visit www.rootedsanctuary.com or follow her on Instagram ~ @rooted.with.nelya.

Adult Ballet
2023-11-10 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-08 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

Gentle Jaguar Path Yoga
2023-11-10 07:30 - 08:30, 2023-11-08 07:30 - 08:30 (America/New_York)
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

Restoring and Revitalizing Relationships
2023-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Moon Room @ Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
Ever felt a pang of guilt for losing touch with a loved one or not investing enough in building and maintaining your friendships? This interactive workshop will give you the practical tools and encouragement you need to reinvest in relationships with friends, family, and other people you care about.

Mohanji Meditations (Virtual)
2023-11-09 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.
For 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, sessions will be held online at the link below:
When:Every Thursday
Time: 7pm
Zoom Meeting
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Mohanji Meditations
2023-11-09 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.

PAUSE
2023-11-09 17:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Common Street Spiritual Center, 13 Common Street, Natick, 01760, United States
PAUSE is a deliberate space for you and others to hold what is your life experience. Come once or to all of them. Come for 10 minutes or the full 30. Come as you are and, in stillness and silence, we will pause together.

Modern/Jazz Dance Class
2023-11-09 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

Conscious Kundalini Yoga
2023-11-09 09:15 - 10:15 (America/New_York) | 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.

A Course in Miracles
2023-11-08 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.

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Modern Jazz Movement for Beginners
2023-11-08 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York)

Book Discussion: Decolonizing Wealth
2023-11-08 12:00 - 12:40 (America/New_York) | Online
CSSC member and Outreach Coordinator for Family Promise Metrowest Paula Brown will facilitate a series of discussions related to Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villaneuva, a renowned activist, author, and philanthropy expert who offers a crucial perspective on wealth and philanthropy. As a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Villanueva advises a diverse range of organizations on social impact strategies, working with philanthropic entities, Fortune 500 corporations, and entertainment enterprises. His work empowers communities, giving them control over their own narratives and representations while striving for increased visibility across all sectors of society. In “Decolonizing Wealth,” he examines the role of colonialism in philanthropy, the wealth gap, and the prevailing power dynamics in modern philanthropic structures.

Gentle Jaguar Path Yoga
2023-11-08 07:30 - 08:30 (America/New_York)
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
