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3:00 - 3:30 Gathering and Spirit Jam (pre-event)3:30 - 5:00 Celebration5:00 - 6:00 Community ConnectionSonic Bath What is your heart trying to tell you about where you need to be in 2012? Can you hear it? Katryn Lavanture will grace us with a sonic experience of vibrating and pulsating Tibetan bowls. Together we’ll go to that…See More

Come join us as we harness the available transformative energy around the Fall Equinox! Take this opportunity to make a quantum leap in our collective consciousness.Our theme is Releasing & Letting Go. Equinoxes are when days and nights are about equal — great balancing and tipping points in the year.Come gather with kindred spirits to deepen the experience of your own autumnal transition in an intimate Sacred Celebration. We'll honor universal and personal "tipping points" as well as…See More

In honor of Mother's day - as nature bursts forth in May - we awaken to our own divine feminine nature, regardless of whether we are male or female. We will join together to explore many dimensions of the feminine ranging from the receptive to the fierce and from mothering to shadow, and how the many forms of water give us insight into the divine.Guided by many community participants we will journey together through a cycle of sacred celebration in story, song, stillness and movement.The Start…See More

In honor of Earth Month, we call forth native wisdom and community truth. Along with special guests, Native Nation Dance Theater, we will journey together through a cycle of sacred celebration in story, song, stillness and movement.At a time when natural and human-made disasters remind us of the need for humility in our relationship to the Earth, we enter into renewal, reverence and present moment awareness.Program Highlights:Engage - Native chanting led by the Native Nations Dance Company,…See More

Come experience rebirth and activation - a guided journey of the heart.This month we begin experimenting with our new format. Through a continuous flow of music, movement, meditation and inspirational speaking, we journey together from the joy of inter-connection, down into the deep reservoir within, and then into collective celebration. The rebirth and activation takes place within each of us, and in Common Ground as a community, as we experiment and co-create together.As a marker of the…See More

THIS EVENT IS FULL.  WE ARE CONSIDERING HOLDING AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP DEPENDING ON INTEREST.  PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL ME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED - NOEL ALBERTSON, ncalbertson@gmail.com, 973-454-3804.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Common Ground is a vibrant spiritual community dedicated to opening space for the natural human impulse to create, evolve and inspire."  -- from CG Vision and Mission Statement Who is this Workshop For?All who want to…See More

At this salon lead by Carol Adams, we continue to walk together in our longing for a more conscious humanity by:· Encountering the natural world directly and openly· Viewing more excerpts of Barbara Marx Hubbard's video, Visions of a Universal Humanity, as meditation and reflection· Opening to the field of aliveness and tapping into our own impulse to create individually and collectively in the world.“The universe is deeply alive...and we humans are on a journey of discovery within it.” (from…See More

InsightWhy do we celebrate the light in the midst of the season of darkness? Is our preoccupation with gift giving, busyness and celebration a distraction from our fear of the dark? Rev. Rhetta Morgan will explore how our willingness to be with and in the dark, deepens our capacity to embody the light.MusicThis month we will enjoy the folk duo, The Winterlings"The Winterlings have arrived on the scene with a stunning album, The Animal Groom. Amanda Birdsall and Wolff Bowden follow their muse…See More

The theme this month is Gratitude. We will celebrate all of the gifts that are so abundant for us on the planet.Insight SpeakerOur insight speaker, Suzanne King, is a former high school teacher, and author of the book, Sacred Animal Wisdom. During her career, she has created and taught nature programs for adults and children of all ages and is the co-creator of an empowerment series for tween girls, titled, "Everyday magic for…See More

The Heart of MusicA Musical Celebration honoring Dan KleimanOur April Sacred Space is dedicated to the towering musical artistry of Dan Kleiman. Our beloved Musical Director died of a stroke in February of this year. While we will miss the beauty of his music, the brilliance of his mind, the joy of his zest for life, he will live on in our memories and in our hearts.A wonderful gathering of musicians will offer a rich program of varied musical styles, all expressing the heart of music which Dan…See More