Dharma Teachings 2027
Welcome to the 2027 teaching schedule of Dharma Teacher Catherine Sensei. We invite and encourage you to plan your year of Dharma practice in advance.
Overview Schedule 2027
2027 is the Year of Embodiment!
We invite and encourage you to plan your year of Dharma practice in advance, in affirmation of your spiritual aspiration. As your aspiration guides you, choose from a variety of meditation retreats and online courses. Mark your calendars now.
January 13 – 20
NASA Dharma Trip
A Dharma trip with Catherine Sensei!
Meeting in Stuart, Florida on January 13, and departing from Orlando Jan 20. We’ll be driving up the coast to the Space Center and St. Augustine before flying back out of Orlando.
Full details to follow.
February 7 – 28
The Body as Foundation
(In-Person & Online Course)
Somatic Intelligence in the Namgyal Tradition
An online course exploring the Body teachings of Namgyal Rinpoche’s Body, Speech and Mind With Catherine Pawasarat Sensei.
Full details will be posted soon.
March 19 – 28
Vipassana
(10 Day Meditation Retreat; In-Person & Online)
Study sensation, the breath, body, and mind. Join Catherine Pawasarat Sensei in an eight-day Vipassana meditation retreat, a practice suitable whether you are a newbie or seasoned meditator, or have always wanted to do a longer retreat. Gift yourself the in-person guidance of an accomplished meditation teacher and a balanced meditative approach using the foundations of mindfulness from the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. In-person, with an online option.
Registration information is here.
May 14 – 16
Outer Ecology, Inner Ecology
(In-Person)
A Green Tara Retreat with Catherine Sensei
Full details to follow
July 10 – 11
As The Spirit Moves
(In-Person & Online)
Expect the unexpected! How will the Spirit move? This weekend is an offering of raw Dharma from the Teacher. You get to show up and experience epic Dharmic teachings, without a particular predetermined subject. Be ready for anything and everything Dharma. Unforeseen, undetermined, unregulated. No seatbelts allowed.
Full details to follow
July – August
Youth Summer Program
Catherine Sensei and the Planet Dharma team are passionate about supporting future generations. We are very excited to welcome the new generation to come to Sensei’s home center at Clear Sky to reconnect with the earth and ecosystem, and to learn and ground in ancient spiritual wisdom amongst an intergenerational community. Spiritual awakening is inseparable from ecological and collective healing, and that’s what this teaching is all about. We are here to support you in your development for the present and future Earth.
Retreat Details: Visit Clear Sky Youth Program Page Here
August 1 – 22
The Somatic Line
(In-Person & Online Course)
An Integral Study of Body Intelligence
An online course studying the somatic line of development through an Integral lens, building on this year’s exploration of the Body.
Full details to follow
September 24 – 26
AstroDharma
(Weekend Course
In-Person & Online)
Details: TBC
November 7 – 28
Written in the Stars, Manifested in the Body
(In-Person & Online Course)
AstroDharma and Somatic Intelligence
Full details to follow
December 17 – January 2
Advanced Retreat
(In-Person & Online)
Details: TBC
(Note: there will be an option to extend to a 1-month retreat ending January 16th)
Mark your calendars now! And stay tuned for updates.
Thank you for joining us!
Supporting Each Other
Although there is no formal year program, we encourage you to reflect and set an intention for the year of what you will attend. We also invite you to connect with people in your local Sanghas to share your aspirations and ways you can work together to explore and support each other with your Dharma studies.
Meet the Teachers
Catherine Pawasarat Sensei
Qapel Doug Duncan
(1949 - 2024)
Qapel and Catherine Pawasarat are our Dharma and meditation teachers, who founded Clear Sky Meditation Centre, BC, Canada.
Qapel (Achariya Doug Duncan) passed away in October 2024 after leading the Movement of the Mandala, an epic somatic Western Mysteries retreat, which was also the first retreat he ever attended with his teacher, Namgyal Rinpoche. Qapel received lay ordination from Namgyal in 1978, and was a lineage holder in that teaching. Known for his direct, humorous and compassionate engagement with students, Doug embraced various traditions, contemporary psychology, and science, and tirelessly and compassionately mentored all beings he encountered to a more awakened state. We feel grateful that he invested much of his energy into ensuring that his students would be well prepared for his passing.
Catherine Pawasarat trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan since 1998 until his passing in 2024, in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche just before his passing in 2003. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life, Catherine Sensei also draws on Japanese Shinto, shamanism, the power of nature, and the importance of integrating spiritual practices together with social impact. Qapel recognized her as his spiritual heir and she’s committed to continuing his legacy, sharing these contemporary and planetary teachings of spiritual awakening, and developing Clear Sky Retreat Center as a beacon of light.
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