Conscious Love: A Day-Long Workshop Join special guest teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat for Conscious Love: Tools for Growth-Filled Relationships. Doug and Catherine are the root teachers of the Awaken in Toronto community and founders of Planet Dharma as well as Clear Sky Retreat Centre. Experience the wisdom, insight and humour of this dynamic co-teaching duo. Conscious Love: Tools for Growth Filled Relationships Relationships are essential to living a meaningful and rewarding life, and yet also the source of some of our greatest difficulties. Why is it that we are often most emotionally triggered by those we are closest to? What can we do to increase growth and connection in our relationships? Join us for a weekend of teachings with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat as we explore conscious love. Whether interacting with your partner, friends or family, you will learn tools for loving fully, fearlessly and with compassion in your heart. Course Outcomes Discover how to practice mindfulness and compassion in the midst of interpersonal conflict and emotional challenges Learn how to deepen awareness of yourself and your tendencies through the relationships in your life Gain tools for more honest and constructive communication Learn how to leverage the relationships in your life for the greatest growth of all involved Schedule Saturday August 18th: 10am – 3pm (with 1 hour break for lunch) Fees: Dāna + Admin Fee These teachings are offered by Doug & Catherine Sensei as a form of dāna (the practice of generosity). In […]
To celebrate the launch of their new book 'Wasteland to Pureland: Reflections on the Path to Awakening', master teachers Acariya Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat present teachings that have emerged out of decades of practice and study in Buddhist philosophy, Western psychology and other wisdom traditions. In Wasteland to Pureland, Doug and Catherine provide a contemporary guide to integrating spiritual practice with everyday life. Learn how the daily grist of work, relationships and challenges can become our richest resource and how to get beyond small views of the self, by first understanding the forces of ego and trauma that hold each of us back. They show us expansive, ever-transforming selfhood is possible, with the capacity to awaken through work, creativity, sex, relationship and action. Honest, edgy and accessible, this is for anyone ready to shed light on limiting beliefs and wake up to the vibrant forces of light, love, compassion and wisdom in the world. The launch and talk will be held at Watkins Books in London. 6:30pm, Thursday August 23, 2018