Join dynamic Dharma teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat for an engaging and empowering talk on Dharmic Astrology. Fresh off the success of their innovative online course, A Year of Dharmic Astrology, Doug and Catherine will share their insights and learnings gleaned from decades of study in how the system of astrology can be used to maximize personal growth and unfoldment. Astro Dharma takes the position that a better understanding of the patterning that has influenced us through our natal chart is a powerful key to unlocking greater degrees of freedom. Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat offer a truly empowering lens with which to explore these aspects of ourselves. For more about Doug and Catherine, click for this recent interview with Banyen Books: "On Integrating Eastern and Western Awakening Traditions, The Hero's Journey and Dharma-Astrology". You can also read more about astrology and Dharma in their blog post "Use AstroDharma to Increase Joy and Integrate the Shadow." For more Information about this presentation at Banyen Books: https://www.banyen.com/events/astro-dharma

From Thursday November 12th to Sunday November 15th Doug Duncan Sensei will be teaching in Sao Paulo. Details of classes and locations below – visit our Facebook page or contact [email protected] for more information. To register simply use this link: Registration Form Thursday November 12 7.30pm Impact HUB, Villa Madelena, Sao Paulo Dharma and Social Change, how to work with intolerance in self and others Come join Doug Sensei speak about getting in touch with your own struggle with intolerance, anger, rigidity and criticism. And transform these strong emotions or poisons to really be of service to other people. Learn how to transform rage to empathy, strength, loving kindness and compassion. Learn to make a true difference. For more information visit: Impact HUB Facebook Page Friday November 13 7.30pm at Rua Fradique Coutinho, Sao Paulo The Path of Dharma: learning to ride the dragon to freedom. Doug Sensei will talk about the experience of walking the path of dharma to liberation and freedom. Learn how to understand yourself better, how to deal with your frustrations & doubts, the ups and downs that appear as you walk this incredible path to a life of non-clinging awareness. For more information visit: Rua Fradique Coutinho Facebook Page To register: Registration Form Saturday November 14 10am - 4pm at Casa Maitri, Sao Paulo The Hero's Journey For most of us, the ego is locked in a life-and-death struggle with the shadow. We’re continually pulled back and forth between the excitement of exploration on one […]

Hands up if you want to awaken in this lifetime and fully realize your potential as a human being, transcend suffering and attachment and help make the world a more compassionate place? Keep your hands up if you are able to do a 3-month retreat once a year where you can live in silence and engage in formal meditation for 20 hours a day. For those who still have their hands up: happy meditating! For the rest of us, there is another path to unfoldment and awakening: The Path of Karma Yoga. This path requires much less time on the cushion and gives us the ability to leverage the busy-ness of our modern lives into a tool for transformation. Doug Duncan, meditation master and dharma teacher, awakened through the path of meditation, but also received extensive training in the path of service (aka Karma Yoga). He and his partner, Catherine Pawasarat, currently teach extensively through this path. They have developed one of the world’s pre-eminent KY training facilities at their retreat centre, Clear Sky, in the BC Rocky Mountains. What is Karma Yoga? Doug calls Karma Yoga, “The Path for the Western Mind”. The typical westerner is so fully in and of the world that while silent retreat work is therapeutic and important, the chances of spending enough time silently watching the mind is unlikely to lead to a major breakthrough on its own. Rather than try to rely fully on the 10% of our time we are “away” from […]

Join Doug Duncan Sensei in Calgary for a special talk on Monday night at the Dharma Hub.  Doug calls Karma Yoga, “The Path for the Western Mind”. The typical westerner is so fully in and of the world that while silent retreat work is therapeutic and important, the chances of spending enough time silently watching the mind is unlikely to lead to a major breakthrough on its own. Rather than try to rely fully on the 10% of our time we are “away” from the world, why not try to also fully leverage the 90% of our time we spend engaged in activity? Karma Yoga embraces this activity and transforms it into the ultimate mindfulness activity: by shifting our relationship with our work, we unlock its ability to produce insight and to clear unwholesome karma. About the Teacher Achariya Doug Duncan has been teaching the Buddhist path to awakening for over three decades. In 2005, Duncan founded Clear Sky Meditation Center in Cranbrook, BC. He continues to travel around the world leading retreats and classes with his partner and co-teacher Catherine Pawasarat. Known for his direct and compassionate engagement with students, Doug embraces the full spectrum of the various traditions he employs in order to mentor beings to a more awakened state. His great sense of humour, caring attitude and sometimes very direct involvement makes him an effective catalyst for opening the shadow, for very practical application of the teachings, for humorous and gentle relief when tensions mount and through […]