BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Clear Sky Meditation Centre - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Clear Sky Meditation Centre 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:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20220313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20221106T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220101T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221231T170000 DTSTAMP:20260310T101731Z CREATED:20200530T175040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T101731Z UID:8562-1641024000-1672506000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Small Group Coaching (Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/small-group-coaching/ CATEGORIES:Coaching ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/small-group-coaching.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T203000 DTSTAMP:20251205T085149Z CREATED:20220701T132826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T085149Z UID:16859-1658431800-1659645000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-summer-2022/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221013T203000 DTSTAMP:20251209T092545Z CREATED:20220901T175832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T092545Z UID:17296-1664479800-1665693000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-community-classes-for-inner-well-being-online-or-in-person/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221004T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221025T203000 DTSTAMP:20251212T072009Z CREATED:20220509T143617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T072009Z UID:16039-1664910000-1666729800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Beyond Coping (Online and In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/beyond-coping-online-person/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Add-a-heading.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221017T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221113T210000 DTSTAMP:20251205T092438Z CREATED:20220901T173204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T092438Z UID:17274-1666035000-1668373200@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Integral Spirituality: New Dimensions of Awakening (Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/integral-spirituality/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Integral-Spirituality-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221226 DTSTAMP:20251209T103258Z CREATED:20220514T160601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T103258Z UID:16287-1671148800-1672012799@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:16 Buddha Body Practice (In-Person Meditation Retreat) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/16-buddha-body-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/16-buddha-body-retreat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221225T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221230T140000 DTSTAMP:20251208T065919Z CREATED:20210123T200545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T065919Z UID:9426-1671984000-1672408800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Nine Vajrayana Empowerments DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/nine-vajrayana-empowerments/ CATEGORIES:Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Nine-Vajrayana-Empowerments-Retreat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230114T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240204T170000 DTSTAMP:20251209T101314Z CREATED:20231211T221125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T101314Z UID:18750-1673683200-1707066000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Multiple Realities: Bardos & Beyond (Online Course) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/bardos-online-course/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2024-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T120000 DTSTAMP:20230119T000433Z CREATED:20220818T171853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T000433Z UID:17171-1674295200-1676116800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Money & Spirituality: Integrating Spiritual and Material (Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/money-spirituality-online-2023/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/money-and-spirituality-feature.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T200000 DTSTAMP:20251209T103440Z CREATED:20221217T044741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T103440Z UID:18359-1674759600-1677182400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-community-classes-for-inner-well-being-online-or-in-person-2/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230312T103000 DTSTAMP:20251209T102535Z CREATED:20221128T191336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T102535Z UID:18104-1676192400-1678617000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Integral Spirituality Part Two: Mapping 21st Century Awakening (Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/integral-spirituality-2/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Integral-Spirituality-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230218T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230218T113000 DTSTAMP:20260310T103021Z CREATED:20230131T041101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T103021Z UID:18871-1676714400-1676719800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Creating a Supportive Womb for Spiritual Growth (Free Webinar) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/creating-supportive-womb-spiritual-growth/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Creating-a-Womb-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230304T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230304T113000 DTSTAMP:20260307T075951Z CREATED:20230102T224016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T075951Z UID:18419-1677924000-1677929400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Supportive Habits for Resilience & Growth (Free Webinar) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/supportive-habits-resilience-growth/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Supportive-Habits-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230506T120000 DTSTAMP:20251208T070659Z CREATED:20230131T032219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T070659Z UID:18815-1679133600-1683374400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Integrating Mindfulness: Tools for Holistic Living (In-Person or Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/integrating-mindfulness-holisitc-living-2023/ CATEGORIES:Integrating Mindfulness,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Integrating-Mindfulness-Feature-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230409T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230415T170000 DTSTAMP:20251209T103625Z CREATED:20230202T001707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T103625Z UID:18671-1681066800-1681578000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Going\, Going\, Gone: Teachings of Nagarjuna (In-Person or Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/nagarjuna-meditation-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Group Retreats,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Nagarjuna-Meditation-Retreat-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230429T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230429T163000 DTSTAMP:20251212T074042Z CREATED:20210218T203526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T074042Z UID:10068-1682775000-1682785800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Come to your Senses: A Day to Practice Deep Mindfulness DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/come-to-your-senses-a-day-to-practice-deep-mindfulness/ CATEGORIES:Group Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Untitled-design-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Alive Mindfully":MAILTO:dean@alivemindfully.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230507T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230604T110000 DTSTAMP:20251209T104535Z CREATED:20230129T225812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T104535Z UID:18674-1683451800-1685876400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Western Enlightenment: The Path of Kabbalah (Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/western-enlightenment-the-path-of-kabbalah-online/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230706T200000 DTSTAMP:20251209T091526Z CREATED:20230224T033312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T091526Z UID:19203-1686250800-1688673600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-community-classes-for-inner-well-being-online-or-in-person-3/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230618T160000 DTSTAMP:20260716T091500Z CREATED:20230205T213536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T091500Z UID:18672-1686942000-1687104000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Dharma in the Stars: AstroDharma Basics (In-Person or Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/astrology-dharma-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Astrology-Dharma-Retreat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230713T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230803T200000 DTSTAMP:20251209T100607Z CREATED:20230702T213153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T100607Z UID:19801-1689274800-1691092800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-july-2023/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230721T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230723T170000 DTSTAMP:20260310T102858Z CREATED:20230328T193439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T102858Z UID:18673-1689958800-1690131600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:As the Spirit Moves (In-Person and Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/as-the-spirit-moves/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/As-the-Spirit-Moves-online.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230811T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230820T150000 DTSTAMP:20251209T085458Z CREATED:20230205T223441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T085458Z UID:18756-1691766000-1692543600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Breathing 2.0 Meditation Retreat DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/breathing-meditation-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Breathing-Meditation-Retreat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T200000 DTSTAMP:20251209T102220Z CREATED:20230810T174907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T102220Z UID:20058-1694113200-1695931200@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-september-2023/ CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230916T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230917T150000 DTSTAMP:20260307T080025Z CREATED:20230702T231813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T080025Z UID:19672-1694851200-1694962800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Integrating Mindfulness: Weekend Retreat (In-Person & Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/weekend-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Integrating Mindfulness,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-Programming-Horizontal-Instagram-Post-Square-5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230924T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260307T075907Z CREATED:20230822T170027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T075907Z UID:20107-1695569400-1695574800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Awakening\, Healing & Ecological Restoration: A Buddhist Mystic Perspective DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/spiritual-awakening-healing-ecological-restoration/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Spiritual-Awakening-Square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261231T170000 DTSTAMP:20250825T062119Z CREATED:20220205T181428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T062119Z UID:14666-1695888000-1798736400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Personal Coaching DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/personal-coaching-online/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Coaching ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-13-at-10.49.12-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20231006T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20231022T170000 DTSTAMP:20260310T103246Z CREATED:20230206T002516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T103246Z UID:18754-1696579200-1697994000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:The Mind’s Cutting Edge: 12 Manjushris Meditation Retreat DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/12-manjushri-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Manjushri-Meditation-Retreat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20231112T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20231210T110000 DTSTAMP:20251208T071221Z CREATED:20230609T213532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T071221Z UID:19686-1699781400-1702206000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Warriors of the Heart: The Bodhisattva Path (Online) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/bodhisattva-path-online-course/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231207T200000 DTSTAMP:20251208T070157Z CREATED:20230918T165250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T070157Z UID:20294-1700161200-1701979200@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Community Classes for Inner Well-Being (Online or In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-november-2023/ CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240301 DTSTAMP:20251209T091316Z CREATED:20231205T030926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T091316Z UID:20623-1707350400-1709251199@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Body\, Speech & Mind - Liberating Stuck Patterns DESCRIPTION:Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Healing Love Healing Money: Free Intro WebinarWith Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle We are offering two different date/time options you can join: Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) Or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST) You can join a session both as a standalone webinar as part of our 2026 drop-in series Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times\, as well as a taster for our 4-day course Healing Love\, Healing Money running October 1–4 in partnership with Tamera Peace Village.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You check your bank balance and feel your stomach tighten. You know your finances aren’t actually a crisis\, but your nervous system doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. You find yourself avoiding the number\, or obsessing over it—there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. If money brings up more fear than facts\, this session is for you. What We’ll ExploreThis session explores a simple but rarely examined question: what if our struggles with money are not primarily financial…but relational? Economic uncertainty doesn’t just live in our bank accounts—it lives in the body. We’ll explore how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic behaviour—and how meeting that fear with steadiness\, rather than control or avoidance\, opens a doorway into deeper spiritual practice. In this hour together\, we’ll explore: Why money anxiety is rarely just about money—and what it’s often protectingHow scarcity and fear live in the nervous system\, not just the spreadsheetThe surprising parallels between our wounds around money and our wounds around loveSimple practices for meeting financial fear with presence rather than avoidanceHow healing trust—in ourselves and in community—may be essential for real changeYou’ll leave with tools for meeting financial uncertainty with more presence\, and a taste of the deeper territory we’ll explore together in the full course this October. This is session 5 of our 2026 online drop-in series – see here for future sessions Staying Whole: Meditation Tools For Fragmented Times series. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session DetailsWhen: Join either Wed 16th Sept 2026 7-8 pm MDT (6-7 pm PST) or Thu 17th Sept 2026 10-11 am MDT (9-10 am PST)Format: Live online via Zoom (recording available)Cost: Free  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "You can read and try all sorts of things by yourself\, but doing it with a group\, and with Karen and Duncan as wonderful teachers who really know what they are doing\, will set you up to get closer to the direction and peace that you so deeply crave." \n Erika RasmussenWriter and Film Maker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to ExpectEach session in the series weaves together: Teaching grounded in Buddhist wisdom and 35+ years of practice\, adapted for real-world applicationGuided practice you can use immediately and return to between sessionsReflection & dialogue with others navigating similar terrainIntegration tools designed for daily life\, not just the cushion \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Photo courtesy of Ava Maclean\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Going Deeper: The Full CourseThis webinar is a taster for Healing Love\, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture—a four-day live online course (October 1–4) offered in partnership with Tamera Peace Village\, a long-term intentional community in Portugal known for its decades-long exploration of trust\, intimacy\, and love. Hosted by Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle from Clear Sky\, together with Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera\, the course goes deeper into the territory this session only begins to open: how fear around belonging\, intimacy\, security\, and survival shapes both our relationships and our economic lives\, and why healing trust at the community level may be essential for real change. Watch: Karen and Duncan sat down with Monika and Benjamin for an unscripted conversation about why they created this course—watch it here (link to video once live). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn more about the full Healing Love Healing Money Course Oct 1-4 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your Guides For The SeriesDuncan Cryle has practiced meditation and Buddhist Dharma for over 35 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Sensei. He was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and a resident since 2018. Duncan has been teaching for over 20 years—with Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and through Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness program. Through the intense work of living in intentional community—navigating conflict\, collaboration\, and collective decision-making—he’s learned firsthand what it takes to stay whole in fragmented times. He also spent many years in senior business roles pioneering workplace mindfulness\, and now consults with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations on building mindfulness\, resilience\, and trust. Karen McAllister has practiced meditation since the 1990s and studied Buddhist Dharma for over 25 years in the Namgyal lineage with Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. She was a founding member of Clear Sky in 2004 and has been a resident since 2018. Karen has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 13 years through Awaken in Toronto\, Despertando no Brasil (“Awakening in Brazil”)\, and Clear Sky’s Integrating Mindfulness and Money & Spirituality programs. Through the ongoing practice of living in intentional community\, navigating relationship\, conflict\, and shared responsibility\, she has learned firsthand what it takes to stay grounded and whole in uncertain and changing times. Alongside her teaching\, Karen serves as Co-Executive Director of Clear Sky and leads the funding of the Temple project\, supporting a long-term vision of refuge and deep practice for generations to come. She is also the founder of Mindful Money Coaching\, where she supports people in the helping professions and mission-driven fields to transform their relationship with money\, bringing awareness to how they give\, receive\, and steward resources in alignment with their values and purpose. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n "Duncan and Karen are wonderful instructors who help everyone\, from beginners to people with more experience\, practice meditation and self-care. As I joined remotely\, I appreciated how the online participants were engaged through conversation and breakout rooms." \n Kristi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Wed 16 Sept 7-8 pm MDT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Thu 17 Sept 10-11 am MDT URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/meditation-circle-feb-2024/ CATEGORIES:Coaching,Meditation Circle,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR