Clear Sky Meditation Centre

Emotional Intelligence (Online)
2026-07-26 09:30 - 2026-08-16 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online
You’re Not Alone in This
You meditate. You work on yourself. Yet you still feel overwhelmed by everything you need to address—the habits draining your energy, the relationship dynamics you can’t quite navigate, the spaces that don’t support you, the routines that keep slipping away.
Maybe you’re working on all of this in isolation, not sure if others struggle the same way. Or you’ve “scratched the surface” of integration but haven’t found a way to bring it all together.
What if there was a container that could hold all of it?
This 4-week course offers that container—a sanctuary where you can pause, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters. With heart-centered guides and a community of like-minded individuals, you’ll discover how to integrate mindfulness into every facet of your life: your spaces, routines, communication, relationships, and the big areas that hold you back.
We see you, and we walk this path with you.
Accessible sliding scale pay-from-the-heart from $200-500 CAD according to your financial means.

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focus area

Meditation & Daily Life

practice

Interactive Workshop

Duration

Four Weeks

Day/Time

October 25, November 1, 8 & 15, 2025 10am-12pm MT

format

In-Person or Online by Zoom

Why integrating mindfulness?

Because having the pieces isn’t the same as knowing how they fit together. You might have meditation apps, self-help books, therapy insights, and good intentions. But when it comes to actually applying these tools to your messy real life—your difficult conversations, your cluttered spaces, your draining routines, your money stress—it all feels scattered and overwhelming. This course gives you a framework that makes everything fit together. Using Clear Sky’s Five Principles, you’ll discover how to create a supportive container—not just for your meditation practice, but for your entire life. A container that can hold the overwhelm, the growth, the vulnerability, and the breakthroughs. With heart-centered guides and a small community of people who genuinely understand, you’ll move from working on this alone to being supported every step of the way.

A holistic approach

Integrating Mindfulness addresses the fullness of life—not just your meditation cushion, but your habits, relationships, environment, communication patterns, and the big areas you’ve been avoiding (yes, including money). Here’s what makes this different: Most mindfulness courses focus only on the practice itself. This course teaches you how to build a complete supportive container using Clear Sky’s Five Principles—so your practice can actually land at a deeper level and transform your daily life. Through this course, you will: Get clarity on what truly matters – and let go of what’s draining your energyCreate physical and energetic spaces that actually support your well-beingBuild sustainable routines and structure – even during life transitionsLearn to communicate honestly – expressing your needs and listening deeply, even in difficult conversationsAddress the “big areas” holding you back – relationships, money, career, habitsExperience the power of community – discovering you’re not alone in these strugglesThe real transformation happens when these pieces work together. One participant described it as “an expansive embrace” that provides “a container that can hold all of it.” Another found it gave them “a solid anchor” during a major life transition. We work with heart-centered guides and a small, intimate group of like-minded individuals, fostering genuine connection and belonging.

What Previous Students are Saying

There are big areas of my life I needed to look at… that I didn’t know I needed to. I am more aware of them now, and have perspective on how to bring daily mindfulness to them. Now I have a technique to structure my life and prioritize the things I actually want to do, and a dialogue technique that is helping in my relationships. Integrating Mindfulness allows you to think about issues in a different way (such as money!). Insightful and nourishing.
Daniel

Participating in the Integrating Mindfulness course has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. It has helped me cultivate greater awareness and compassion and provided me with practical tools for managing stress and anxiety. I am deeply grateful for the Clear Sky community and support provided by the course.
Artin

"I'm so stressed out… I cannot see an end to it"—says everybody. I’m always considering options, and I had doubts around the authenticity of the Integrating Mindfulness programme, but I’m glad to report those doubts were completely unfounded. With this course, you learn to stop and breathe, and the teachers will show you that it is indeed possible—necessary, even—to put mindfulness at the very centre of your life. At first it might not seem there have been any changes, but on reflection the changes have been huge.
Pat

I wanted more clarity on which direction to go. In Integrating Mindfulness, I found fluidity and a variety of approaches to things I need, like scheduling, conversation, clearer speech, and language. In it, I also discovered a definite need for clearing and dissolution. The question of work and overall change remains, but I have moved forward on that journey.
Zoe

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What’s inside the course?Our four-week journey is rooted in Clear Sky Retreat Center’s Five Principles, offering a framework to create a mindful container for growth. These principles are: Week 1 – Honor Your SpaceTransform your physical and energetic surroundings into a supportive sanctuary. Learn how your environment directly impacts your meditation practice and emotional well-being. Week 2 – Structure and RoutineDevelop sustainable daily rhythms and rituals that ground you through life’s ebbs and flows. Discover how to prioritize what truly matters and let go of what drains you. Week 3 – CommunicationDeepen your connections through authentic, compassionate dialogue. Learn to express your needs clearly and listen with an open heart—even in difficult conversations. Week 4 – Cleaning Up Big Areas & CommunityAddress the unresolved challenges that hold you back (money, relationships, career). Discover how transformation accelerates when supported by conscious community. This course is a unique synthesis of practical tools and profound awareness practices, designed to address the whole of your life.

FREE PDF - Five Principles of a Mindful Container

Who is this course for?
This course is for those ready to step into their wholeness:

To learn skillful communication and healthy boundaries
To learn how to reduce distractions and bad habits that hold you back
To navigate life’s challenges with grace and ease.
To feel profoundly connected to themselves and others.
To embrace awareness as a catalyst for sustainable, heart-centered change.

Whether you join online or in person, this course meets you where you are and provides flexibility and tools to support and ignite your personal path and journey.
Not sure if this is right for you? Attend our free webinar From Resentment to an Open Heart first to experience our teaching style and get a feel for the Five Principles.

How much does it cost?To make this course as accessible as possible, we offer a sliding scale pay-from-the-heart approach to let you pay according to your financial means. Suggested range $200-500 CAD Course detailsWhen: October 25, November 1, 8 & 15, 2025Time: 10am-12pm MTFormat: Interactive workshops via Zoom, or join us in-person at Clear SkyWhat you’ll need: A quiet space, journal, and willingness to engage Between sessions, you’ll have: Simple daily practices to integrate what you’re learningAccess to our online community for questions and supportOptional office hours with Karen and DuncanAll sessions are recorded for online participants who need to miss a session.

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Experience Our Teaching Before You RegisterNot sure if this course is right for you? Watch our recent webinar “From Resentment to an Open Heart” where we introduce one of Clear Sky’s Five Principles: honest communication.

This 90-minute session gives you a real sense of: Our teaching style and approachThe depth and practicality of the toolsHow we create space for interactive learningWhether this work resonates with youThe webinar focused on communication. The 4-week course takes you through all Five Principles with the same depth – plus time for personal integration and practice.

Meet The Teachers

Karen McAllister

Karen McAllister brings a wealth of wisdom as Clear Sky’s Chair of the Board and Director of Business Development. She founded The Mindful Money Coach and has helped hundreds of people better integrate and align their spiritual path and relationship with money. Her passion lies in nurturing spaces, structure, and communication to support awakening in everyday life. With her decades of spiritual leadership, Karen gently guides participants to uncover their innate wisdom and clarity.

Duncan Cryle

Duncan Cryle is a co-founding member of Clear Sky Center, Dharma teacher, and certified mindfulness instructor. He blends years of co-creating Clear Sky’s conscious community and dynamic team, with an international executive career. He has created and run mindfulness programs at major companies, including one of the creators of the IBM mindfulness community. Duncan’s compassionate and holistic approach invites participants to weave spiritual growth seamlessly into their lives, making profound insights accessible and transformative.

What Previous Students are Saying

Before Integrating Mindfulness, I had been struggling with consistent practice, conflicts within marriage about my practice, and finances. Now I have a dedicated space for my practice, am solidifying my need for sangha, and am reassessing myself and my blocks and shadows. I would encourage someone interested in this to be open to change, and know that change is always occurring—it doesn't need to be a negative.
Leslie

Mindfulness is so much more than just truly enjoying my cup of tea! I was struggling to find balance with all the big life issues that are changing in my life; finding Integrating Mindfulness was serendipity. It is what I need in my spiritual toolbox to help me stay open and connected. I am more aware now when I am losing myself in grief, when I am handling difficult conversations, and in seeing how human differences are to be enjoyed, as I enjoy different flowers. There is so much more to discover about life. Integrating Mindfulness is about interactions with fellow travellers! If you want to take mindfulness deeper, you need this course.
Kirsty

I am doing a lot of other courses. They are all good—this one is special. Integrating Mindfulness provides a good foundation to support any other studies. People who express feeling unhappy, overwhelmed, lacking connection, would find an ideal fit here. Now, I am committed to being aware of my boundaries, and doing what it takes to maintain them, including clear communication to others. I’m going to continue working on my spiritual container and structure. I plan to come to Clear Sky for more!
Kim

Before Integrating Mindfulness, I was exploring many directions, and this was sapping my energy and making me ungrounded. I have been intending to discover a "middle way." Through this course, I have been getting clearer on my core, non-negotiable values. I have gained confidence in asserting and communicating my boundaries and initiating conversations, whereas in the past I avoided conflict. My sense of self-worth is deepening and I am valuing my time and energy more. I am discovering solutions for meeting my basic needs, not subscribing to short-term gratification impulses, and being in communion with conscious community, all simultaneously.
Aila

Since Integrating Mindfulness, I’m beginning to see how mindfulness is a part of everything, and how much of my life I have let slip out of my hands by not being mindful. I’m seeing how much power I will regain as I learn to be aware of myself more constantly and expand my ability to actually choose what I want to choose in each moment. Talk about life-changing!

Integrating Mindfulness will give you the opportunity to peel back some of the daily veils put up around painful and confusing areas of your life. 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.

Erika

ready to transform?

Mindfulness is not just a practice; it’s a way of being that illuminates the path to wholeness and connection. This course offers a nurturing container where you can pause, reflect, and embrace the beauty of your journey. This course stands apart because it combines mindfulness with real-world integration, creating a path for sustainable transformation. Join us for Integrating Mindfulness, and together, we will uncover the power of awareness to create a life filled with intention, compassion, and deep fulfillment.

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LEARN more about clear sky's five principles

Based on Clear Sky’s Five Principles, Integrating Mindfulness helps you build a sustainable meditation practice that permeates your body, career, relationships and all other areas of your life. You can learn more about our Five Principles here and get our free pdf overview by clicking the link below.

FREE PDF - Five Principles of a Mindful Container

FAQs

What transformation can I expect from this course?

The course has been described as one of the most transformative experiences of many people’s lives. It helps cultivate greater awareness and compassion while providing practical tools for real-world integration of mindfulness into life and work, creating lasting transformation.

What will I learn and experience during the four weeks?

Each week invites you to develop embodied awareness and presence, cultivate heart-centered communication and compassionate listening, balance inner work with outer action, and live authentically aligned with your values. You’ll work with heart-centered guides and a community of like-minded individuals.

Who is this course designed for?

The course is for those ready to step into their wholeness, seeking deeper meaning, a fuller embrace of life, and a practice that nourishes both their inner world and connections to community. It’s ideal if you feel disconnected or struggle to bridge the gap between your intentions and daily challenges.

What makes this mindfulness course different from other programs?

This course uses a threefold approach that cultivates mindfulness, crafts a supportive container, and powerfully integrates mindfulness into all aspects of life and work. It addresses the fullness of life including habits, relationships, environments, and deepest aspirations, ensuring participants experience profound, tangible transformation.

What are the Five Principles the course is based on?

The course is rooted in Clear Sky Retreat Center’s Five Principles: Awareness, Communication, Balance, Authenticity, and Mindfulness/Meditation. These principles provide a framework to create a mindful container for growth, with each week building on the last.

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