Clear Sky Meditation & Study Center

The Three-Month Intensive Karma Yoga Program is Clear Sky’s most advanced immersive experience, designed for those ready to awaken through service, community, and meditation. Rooted in Vajrayana Buddhism and enriched by modern psychology, integral theory, and ecology, this program offers a complete path of transformation — body, speech, and mind. What You’ll Experience Daily meditation practice and guided teachings from founding teachers Qapel Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei. Embodied Karma Yoga , where daily service (gardening, cooking, ecological restoration, construction, mindful technology use) becomes a path to awakening. Structured learning modules blending Buddhist philosophy with modern insights from psychology, environmental awareness, and team dynamics. A private three-night meditation retreat to deepen insight and integration. Program Focus Body: Build resilience through daily physical acti...

  Integrating Mindfulness: Tools for Holistic Living November 15, 2025 | Saturdays, 10am–12pm MT Format: Online (Zoom) or In-Person at Clear Sky Retreat Center Sliding Scale: $200–500 CAD (pay-from-the-heart) Overview You meditate and work on self-growth, yet life still feels scattered. This course helps you bring all the pieces together. Guided by experienced teachers and a supportive community, Integrating Mindfulness offers practical tools to apply awareness in every area of life—your routines, relationships, communication, work, and inner growth. What You’ll Learn Use Clear Sky’s Five Principles to create a stable foundation for mindfulness. Build healthy routines and supportive environments that sustain your practice. Communicate clearly and compassionately, even in difficult situations. Address key life areas—money, relationships, and purpose—with greater awareness. Discover how community and structure can turn mindfulne...

  21st Century Tantra — A Modern Journey into Tantra and Awareness Discover Tantra as a living path for transformation in today’s world. Guided by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei , this four-week online course (November 9–30, 2025) introduces foundational Tantra teachings from Vajrayana Buddhism , while exploring how to integrate energy, intimacy, and mindfulness into everyday living. Through live teachings, guided reflection, and community dialogue, you’ll explore the harmony between divine feminine and masculine energies , understand the spiritual role of sexuality, and cultivate deeper awareness in relationships and practice. Course Highlights: Authentic roots of Tantra in Vajrayana Buddhism Integrating spirituality, sexuality, and emotional awareness Healing patterns in relationships and personal growth Optional at-home Flash Retreat on November 29–30 Format: Online (or join onsite at Clear Sky Center) Schedule: Sundays, 9:30–11:00 AM MT ...

  At Clear Sky Retreat Center , the open grasslands and quiet forest set the stage for a unique kind of spiritual training — one where horses teach us how to train our own minds. Through natural horsemanship and equine-assisted learning , we learn to face fear, practice presence, and discover how our inner state shapes every connection we make, human and equine alike. When I first joined a session with Yvonne, the Natural Horsemanship trainer, I admitted that I had never really understood horses — and that I was afraid of them. My vulnerability was simply witnessed, not fixed or dismissed. That quiet acceptance revealed the first lesson: fear loses its power when it’s acknowledged with awareness. Under the guidance of Catherine Sensei and Qapel , I began to see how true training starts within. Catherine’s compassionate example reframed fear as a teacher, while Qapel’s words — “be willing to die, no matter what” — became a call to live with radical presence. Working closel...

  The Three-Month Karma Yoga Intensive at Clear Sky Meditation Center is a transformative journey for those ready to awaken with purpose and presence. Rooted in Buddhist teachings , Integral Spirituality , and modern psychology , this immersive program guides you to integrate body , speech , and mind through conscious community living and daily meditation practice . Led by Qapel Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei , the program invites participants to explore Karma Yoga —the path of awakening through service . Each day includes meditation, embodied activities, and applied learning that foster emotional resilience, clarity, and compassion. Set on 300 acres of pristine land in the Canadian Rockies , this experience offers space to reconnect with nature, rediscover your inner strength, and co-create meaningful change for yourself and the planet. If you’re ready to challenge old patterns, cultivate wisdom, and live with conscious awareness, the Three-Month Karma Yoga ...

  Do you meditate, journal, or practice self-awareness — yet still feel overwhelmed by daily life? You’re not alone. Many of us collect mindfulness tools but struggle to connect them in a way that truly supports lasting change. Integrating Mindfulness: Tools for Holistic Living is a 4-week course that helps you bring mindfulness into every part of your life — your routines, relationships, spaces, and even big areas like money and career.   Dates: November 1, 8 & 15, 2025   Time: 10 am – 12 pm MT   Format: Attend in-person at Clear Sky Center or join live online via Zoom   Sliding-scale fee: $200–$500 CAD (pay from the heart) Why This Course? Many mindfulness programs focus only on meditation practice. This one goes further — using Clear Sky’s Five Principles to help you create a container for mindful living. You’ll learn how to design supportive spaces, build sustainable routines, communicate honestly, and work through life’s challenges wi...