BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Clear Sky Meditation Centre - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Clear Sky Meditation Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201012T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201102T210000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082945 CREATED:20200910T032602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T102606Z UID:8823-1602531000-1604350800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Eye of the Storm: Navigating the Modern World (Online) DESCRIPTION:Eye of the Storm: Online Course for Spiritual Growth & Awareness\nAn Online CourseOctober 12 – November 8\, 2020Mondays: 7:30pm-9:00pm MDT *Click here to see your timezone Recordings available for those who cannot attend liveIncludes 3 Master Classes on Sundays and a Flash Retreat November 6-8 \nFor all meditators and spiritual practitioners\, this course explores how we can more fully support the mind of awakening to manifest in our lives – for our own benefit\, and for positive transformation in the world.  Learn how to create space and strength to navigate the storms of the modern world. \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \nEye of the Storm\nDo you struggle to keep momentum with your spiritual practice? It is easy to feel one’s energy get drained away and get lost in the struggles and distractions around us.  More than ever we need a strong supportive environment to help us navigate the storms of the modern world\, and to shine forth with clarity and compassionate minds to help the planet.   \nAs human beings\, our consciousness is built to awaken.  Our awakening is supported by the universe – we just need to learn to recognize and tap into this deep support structure.   \nBased on 15 years of hosting deep retreat work\, our home meditation center Clear Sky uses five tried and tested principles of creating a supportive container.  These principles nurture and uncover this universal support for awakening.  The same principles can be used throughout our lives – at home\, at work\, and on the road – to create space for our awakening to flourish. \nFor all meditators and spiritual practitioners\, this course gives fundamental and creative ways to more fully support the mind of awakening to manifest in our lives – for our own benefit\, and for positive transformation in the world.   \nNote: for past participants of Clear Sky’s Ignite Your Spiritual Life\, this course will be a whole new approach to Clear Sky’s 5 principles\, uncovering the depth philosophy and Dharma behind the principles.   \nClass 1 – Monday\, October 12\, 2020\nIn this class we introduce the idea of a “spiritual container” and how the universe supports the mind of awakening.  Starting with the principle “honor your space” we explore the nature of space and spaciousness\, and how this provides a ground for the awakened consciousness.  \n  \nClass 2 – Monday\, October 19\, 2020\nIn this class we explore two principles: how consciously chosen structures and routines can support us\, and the importance of communication.  The universe is highly ordered – from atoms to chemistry to stars.  Likewise our brains and our consciousness are highly ordered.  There is a natural order to unfolding and awakening built into us.  Similarly\, everyone and everything in the universe is related and interpenetrating – in constant communication.  If we can learn to be silent\, to deeply listen\, and to get out of the way\, we can let this natural order carry us to “God”.  \n  \nClass 3 – Monday\, October 26\, 2020\nThe fourth principle is that cleaning up and liberating big areas of our lives frees up energy.  Energy is never lost and just changes form – but it can get stuck.  Unconscious habits and shadow elements can weigh us down.  Liberating these frees up enormous energy we can channel into our spiritual growth and compassionate service to the world.  Learning to simplify and focus how we spend our precious energy keeps our minds spacious and not worn out from overload. \nClass 4 – Monday\, November 2\, 2020\nClass 4 explores the fifth principle “It’s easier with others”.  Our culture often celebrates the great individual\, but in reality almost everything is done in collaboration with others.  Healthy and conscious community is becoming a lost art that we need to rediscover.  Group guru – teams of awakened beings working together as a community to teach and train – will be the platform for future teachings of awakening. \n \n \n \n\nStudy and Meditation Electives\nMaster Classes – Three Sundays\nThere are weekly Master Classes (akin to online Q&A Office Hours) during this online course to support your deepening learning and practice\, on the following dates at 3pm MST: \n\nSun. Oct 18\nSun. Oct 25\nSun. Nov 1\n\nYou can elect to attend all three or individual dates. \nRegistration & Dana links for Master Classes will be accessible to you when you register for the course. \n \nFlash Retreat\nNovember 6  – November 8\, 2020\nElect to deepen your practice via a Flash Retreat during the last weekend of this course.  The retreat provides practitioners a valuable opportunity to integrate and seal the learnings from the online course\, in a format well suited for our contemporary lives. \nThe retreat will include instructions\, online check ins\, and a Master Class on Sunday\, August 30. \nWe encourage you to attend this weekend retreat at Clear Sky Centre\, or together with your local sangha\, or if those not available to you\, in your home. \nRegistration and Dana links for the Flash Retreat will be accessible to you when you register for the course. \n \n \n Register Now\n \n  \nSangha power – consider organizing or joining regional in-person or online sangha groups to support one another during the online courses and Flash Retreats.  \nMeet Your Teachers\nDoug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat are Dharma and meditation teachers who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre\, BC\, Canada. \nAchariya Doug Duncan received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 1978\, and is a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct\, humourous and compassionate engagement with students\, Doug embraces various traditions\, contemporary psychology\, and science\, to mentor all beings to a more awakened state. \nCatherine Pawasarat has trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life\, Catherine also draws on generative living and the arts. With Doug she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies. \n \nCatherine Pawasarat Sensei\n \nDoug Duncan Sensei\nCourse Details\nTime and Location\nEach of the four weekly classes in this online course will be video streamed live at 7:30pm MST. The recording will be available for one week after each class. \nStudy and Meditation Opportunities in addition to the classes include Master Classes on three Sundays at 3pm MST\, and a Flash Retreat on November 6-8\, 2020. \nWhat Does the Course Cost?\nWe offer this course on the basis of dāna\, as well as an admin fee of $100 (USD). The admin is to cover the costs of running these online courses – for equipment and software to provide you the teachings online. \nFor our teachings itself – You may have come across this is the form of “pay from the heart”. Dāna is a Sanskrit term meaning “generosity”. With dāna\, we give as a mutual exchange of generosity. It’s our joy to offer this course\, and we trust you’ll match our time\, energy\, and passion by giving an amount of money that feels good and healthy to both you and us. We suggest a range between $120 and $500 for this four week course. URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/eye-of-the-storm/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aerial-view-atmosphere-clouds-cold-front-76969-e1585193414265.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201027T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201117T203000 DTSTAMP:20260420T082945 CREATED:20200913T181920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T090122Z UID:9028-1603825200-1605645000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Rediscovering the Joys of Your Work (Online) DESCRIPTION:An Online Course with Maureen Smith & Dean Nicholson\nOctober 27 – November 17\, 2020\nTuesdays at 7:00-8:30pm MDT \nClick here to see your timezone \nMore than ever\, working in the healthcare field means heavy work loads\, cumbersome bureaucratic systems\, and increasingly complex clients.  In order to meet these new challenges\, you are looking for ways to feel grounded and nourished so that you connect to the passion you have for the work. \n\nRegister Now\n\n \nThis course gives you the opportunity to connect with others who understand the trauma and stress of the work you do.  Grasp this opportunity to remember\, rekindle and strengthen the fire you have for your work. Even when your work feels like you’re just putting out fires we will help you make lasting positive shifts.  Working with people demands our best creativity and flexibility.  We will help you be proactive rather than reactive  by building on your natural capabilities and developing new areas for growth. We will demonstrate and practice how to realign with the why that brought you to the work you do.  Discover how to ensure your work continues feeding you in healthy and positive ways. \n \nCourse Details\nWho This Course is For: \nHealth care professionals who are feeling frustrated and challenged.  They would like to connect with others in the field.  They would like to learn skills to build on the passion and belief they have for your work. \nWhat Can I Expect? \n\nThe support of like minded colleagues struggling with similar concerns who aren’t willing to give up on their dream of enjoying work.\nTo clearly acknowledge the suffering in ourselves and the world while not being subsumed by it.\nTo become more aware of our inner views and habits that we keep in place even as we say we want to change and grow.\nTo decrease our unconscious reactions which drive our thinking and behaviour.\n\n\n \nMeet your Teachers\n \nMaureen Smith \nA Registered Clinical Social Worker\, Maureen has been a Mental Health and Substance Use Counsellor for over 9 years and previously worked in Hospice and Palliative Care.   She is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) facilitator and meditation teacher. \nSince 2005\, Maureen has been a resident and co-manager of the Clear Sky Retreat Center.  For over 20 years Maureen has been studying meditation and mindfulness with awakening masters Doug Duncan Sensei and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei.   Maureen gets excited finding ways to blend her spiritual and professional work life in a delicately woven tapestry.  Her life’s purpose is exploring consciousness and gaining wisdom into human nature in order to support people to grow into fully developed human beings. \nDuring her time-out relaxation moments\, Maureen enjoys gazing at the sky through leaves on tree branches\, hiking\, creating art and reading. \nDean Nicholson \nDean has a Masters in Counselling Psychology.  He is the Executive Director of East Kootenay Addiction Services Society with over 30 years clinical counselling experience in health care.  Dean has facilitated hundreds of therapy groups\, is an educator and popular speaker.   He has also conducted cutting edge research on substance use and trauma\, and has presented at national and international conferences. \nA meditation practitioner and resident at the Clear Sky Meditation Center\, Dean is a student of Doug Duncan Sensei and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. Dean actively lives the healing practices he teaches his clients. \nFor fun Dean enjoys music\, film and literature\,  and exploring the natural history of the East Kootenay area. \n \nCourse Details\n\nLocation: Online (Zoom)\nDates: October 27 – November 17\, 2020\nTime: Tuesdays from 7-8:30pm MDT\nCost: $350 CAD\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nDean is a very skilled\, knowledgeable and interactive presenter. He delivered a two day introductory Counselling Skills Training for the Akisqnuk First Nation Health and Administrative staff which was very well received and beneficial to all participants.\nGerard GregoireAkisqnuk First Nation Health\nYou are never quite sure how the unknown is going to be\, but mindfulness will exceed your expectations and open your eyes to how beautiful the mind really is. Maureen’s warm personality and patience helped ease us into it\, especially for those of us in unfamiliar waters. Her delivery\, tone and pace were perfect for me to digest.\nGareth WebbCounsellor\, Youth Substance Use\nAs I mentioned I have some experience (but don’t have a structured daily practice except in times of Crisis). The wording that Maureen used was very clear and could easily be understood and added to my knowledge. Also she made it very easy to incorporate into everyday life. The second best thing was the profound peace that I felt by the end of the second day. I left feeling absolutely lovely and this state lasted the rest of the weekend. Thank you.\nAnn Morin MSW\, Invermere BC\nDean is a professional with an amazing ability to understand what I couldn’t. Dean never did the work for me and he always seems to know what to say to help guide me towards making up my own mind and figuring out my issues. Having Dean as a counsellor is like having a caring knowledgeable friend help you through hard times.\nPK URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/rediscovering-the-joys-of-your-work/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rediscovering-Joys.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR