BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Clear Sky Meditation Centre - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.clearskycenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Clear Sky Meditation Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago 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/Denver 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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20230114T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240204T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212418 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:20230928T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261231T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212418 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;VALUE=DATE:20240208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240301 DTSTAMP:20260823T212418 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240308T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240317T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212418 CREATED:20231212T032055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T075825Z UID:20687-1709924400-1710694800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:The Five Stages of Emptiness Meditation Retreat (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/five-stages-emptiness-retreat-online/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2024-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240323T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240427T120000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212418 CREATED:20230905T161824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T092021Z UID:20192-1711188000-1714219200@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-2024/ 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:20240414T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240505T110000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240121T231048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T085908Z UID:21095-1713087000-1714906800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Walking the Eightfold Noble 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/the-eightfold-ennobling-path/ CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-PD-Courses-Facebook-Covers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240511T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240512T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240107T141734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T090046Z UID:20951-1715418000-1715533200@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Come to Your Senses: A Spring Renewal 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/come-to-your-senses-a-spring-renewal-retreat-3/ CATEGORIES:Group Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Untitled-design-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240524T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240602T150000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20230907T232718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T101545Z UID:20221-1716562800-1717340400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Breathing 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-2024/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Breathing-Meditation-Retreat-Square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240705 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240122T181943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T102356Z UID:21205-1718236800-1720137599@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Living the Body Electric 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-body-electric-june-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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240712T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240714T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20231211T225851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T101138Z UID:20667-1720803600-1720976400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Razor's Edge: The Dance of Absolute & Relative Truths (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/absolute-relative-truth-online-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2024-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240823 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240225T224710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T104233Z UID:21602-1722470400-1724371199@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Summer of the Spotless Mind 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-spotless-mind-aug-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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240907T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240922T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20230416T232247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T101002Z UID:19511-1725696000-1727024400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:The Movement of the Mandala 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/the-movement-of-the-mandala/ CATEGORIES:Group Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Movement-of-the-Mandala-Square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240921T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240922T203000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240822T172234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T082059Z UID:22674-1726911000-1727037000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Clear Sky's 20th Anniversary Celebration! 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/20th-anniversary/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20th-Anniversary.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20231127T202240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T090631Z UID:20576-1727285400-1727290800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:FREE WEBINAR: Integrating the Money Shadow in your Spiritual Life 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-and-spirituality-free-webinar/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Coaching,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Programming-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241030T190000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20230905T162924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T221511Z UID:20198-1728495000-1730314800@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-2024/2024-10-09/ CATEGORIES:Coaching,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Programming.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241018T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241020T150000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240122T001318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T134410Z UID:21146-1729270800-1729436400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Hamster Wheel or Heaven? The Wheel of Dependent Origination (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/interdependent-origination-paticcasamuppada/ LOCATION:Clear Sky Meditation Center\, 3567 Cockell Road\, PO BOX 19\, Fort Steele\, British Columbia\, V0B 1NO\, Canada CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2025-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241110T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241201T110000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240805T174051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T085614Z UID:21973-1731231000-1733050800@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Understanding The Power of Sangha & Group Guru 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/the-power-of-sangha-group-guru/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sangha-Group-Guru-Online-Course.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241208T100000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240908T211533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T101650Z UID:22893-1733648400-1733652000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Body\, Speech & Mind eBook Launch Celebration (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/body-speech-mind-ebook-launch/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Book-Launch.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250105 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20241107T185825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T173441Z UID:23426-1734825600-1736035199@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Sangha Christmas 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/sangha-christmas-retreat-2024/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sangha-Christmas-Retreat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241224T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20241224T160000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20241220T190242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T075733Z UID:23593-1735050600-1735056000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Qapel: Life and Teachings Christmas Celebration 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/qapel-celebration/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2025-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250112T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250202T110000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240829T175029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T091643Z UID:22571-1736674200-1738494000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Waking Up & Growing Up: Integral Evolution (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-buddhism/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2025-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250125T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250125T113000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20241023T164820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T064831Z UID:23198-1737799200-1737804600@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:FREE WEBINAR: Integrating the Money Shadow in your Spiritual Life 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/free-webinar-integrating-the-money-shadow-in-your-spiritual-life-2025/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Coaching,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Programming-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250215T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250308T120000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20241023T160454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T154706Z UID:22588-1739613600-1741435200@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-integrating-spiritual-and-material-online/2025-02-15/ CATEGORIES:Money & Spirituality,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Programming.png ORGANIZER;CN="Clear Sky Center":MAILTO:contact@clearskycenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250404 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20240225T235112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T092250Z UID:21655-1741824000-1743724799@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: The Dance of Generosity\, Reciprocity and Collaboration 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-the-dance-of-generosity-reciprocity-and-collaboration/ 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:20250321T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250323T150000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20241128T230819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T102031Z UID:23142-1742576400-1742742000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Dharma in the Stars: Integrating Saturn 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/dharma-in-the-stars-integrating-saturn/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dharma-and-Astrology-Course.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250413T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250504T110000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20250124T184949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T095630Z UID:23760-1744536600-1746356400@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Joy! Fuel for 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/joy-online-course/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Joy-Online-Course.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250419T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250517T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20250223T004058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T102712Z UID:24046-1745074800-1747501200@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Integrating Mindfulness Spring 2025: 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-spring-2025-tools-for-holistic-living-in-person-or-online/ 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;VALUE=DATE:20250508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250530 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20250220T225705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T103105Z UID:24008-1746662400-1748563199@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Meditation Circle: Sīla - Bringing Relief and Coolness for the Mind 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-sila-bringing-relief-and-coolness-for-the-mind/ 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:20250613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250623 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20241024T232522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T075323Z UID:22596-1749772800-1750636799@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:Vipassana Meditation Retreat in BC Rocky Mountains 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/vipassana-insight-retreat/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2025-PD-courses-Square-IG-Post-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250711T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250713T170000 DTSTAMP:20260823T212419 CREATED:20250124T040517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T075608Z UID:23732-1752253200-1752426000@www.clearskycenter.org SUMMARY:As the Spirit Moves 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-2025/ CATEGORIES:Featured Courses,Group Retreats,Online Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.clearskycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/As-the-Spirit-Moves-Weekend-Course.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR