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

 

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
integral buddhism

NASA Dharma Trip

Details: TBC

February 14 –
March 7
integral buddhism

TBC

(Online Course)

Details: TBC

March
Astrodharma

AstroDharma

(Weekend Course

In-Person & Online)

 

Details: TBC

April 23 – May 2
breathing meditation retreat forest

Vipassana 

(10 Day Meditation Retreat; In-Person & Online)

 

Details: TBC

May 12 – 16
Womb, Karma Transcendence Retreat England

IEC 2027

 

Details: TBC

End of May /
Early June
Womb, Karma Transcendence Retreat England

Europe Dharma Trip

 

Details: TBC

July
Sadhana

As The Spirit Moves

(In-Person & Online)

 

Details: TBC

July – August
Youth Program

Youth Summer Program

 

Details: TBC

Mid November – December
Emotional Intelligence ONLINE COURSE

TBC

(Online Course)

 

Details: TBC

December
Winter meditation retreat canada

Advanced Retreat

(In-Person & Online)

 

Details: TBC

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.

12 Manjushri meditation retreat
integral spirituality retreat

Meet the Teachers

Catherine Pawasarat Sensei
Catherine Pawasarat Sensei
Qapel Doug Duncan
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. 

Jenai Lieu

These are ancient teachings that I feel are important to understand if someone is serious about meditation. I appreciate Qapel and Sensei’s unrelenting perseverance to teach about the roots and traditions of these life changing practices. They explore the rich history with us and also deliver the material in a very understandable and relevant way.

Jenai Lieu
Psychology student, Canada
Kira MacDuffee

Working with Qapel and Sensei at the five day hero’s journey workshop was deeply impactful and has clarified not only my deepest heart’s desire, but what I need to overcome to manifest it. They are extraordinary facilitators with a great depth of knowledge, wisdom and presence to share.

Kira MacDuffee
M.Ed / RCC
Dr. Duncan Cryle

Doing karma yoga, I watch how everyone gains new insights.  These many “a-ha moments” makes it clear to me that this type of active dharma training is a path that brings the modern spiritual explorer alive and moves them forward.

Dr. Duncan Cryle
Ph.D IBM executive, Clear Sky Accountability Officer
Evangelos Diavolitsis

Qapel and Sensei have consistently been honest, accurate and candid with me. It has sometimes taken me years to admit my self-sabotaging blind spots. Clear and radical self-honesty liberates my sticky parts. Thank you to my master teachers for helping me free up all the energy knots – especially the ones created from unconscious patterning around money, sex and power.

Evangelos Diavolitsis
Peter Ujlaki

Qapel and Sensei are always burning calories to get you back on a path that can lead toward greater self-awareness. When I am with these two very clear individuals, I am humbled by their dedication to others, and understand the every-waking-moment responsibility that comes with their calling.

Peter Ujlaki
Fine Art Dealer, Japan

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