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New Year Special 2026
January 1, 2026 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm MST
New Year Reflection & Intention
Join Catherine Pawasarat Sensei for a special New Year gathering as we reflect on a year of profound transformation and set our intentions for the journey ahead.
In her first New Year talk since the passing of Qapel, Catherine Sensei will share what is most alive and present for her as we cross this threshold together.
Looking Ahead with Intention
As 2025 draws to a close, what are we carrying forward? What are we ready to release? Catherine Sensei will offer reflections on the year behind us and contemplations for the year ahead—invitations to meet 2026 with clarity, courage, and open hearts.
This intimate gathering is an opportunity to pause at the year’s turning point, to sit with what has been, and to orient ourselves toward what calls us forward. Whether you come with specific intentions or simply with presence, you’ll find space here to mark this threshold in community.
Dharma Talks for 21st Century Life
The word ‘Dharma’ has many meanings, one being the ultimate universal laws of the universe. How do these ancient perspectives illuminate our contemporary lives, especially in times of change and uncertainty?
This year’s New Year talk holds special significance as Catherine Sensei continues to take the banner of the teaching lineage she received from Qapel into the future. Her perspective—shaped by decades of practice and unwavering commitment to awakening—offers us all a chance to meet life’s transitions with wisdom and grace.
Talks like these bring uncompromising, applicable teachings you can apply to your life. They’re thought-provoking, inspiring, and designed to shake up and wake up your world. In a culture that tends to ‘dumb down’ the complexities of wisdom, we promise not to.
What to Expect
This talk will include Catherine Sensei’s reflections on the year and the year ahead, time for contemplation, small group sharing, and Q&A. Come with whatever questions or intentions are alive for you as we step into the new year.
This talk is open to all experience levels—longtime practitioners and newcomers alike. Video recordings are available for those who cannot attend live.
Meet the Teacher
Catherine Pawasarat Sensei is a contemporary Dharma teacher, attendant, consort, co-teacher via Planet Dharma and co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center. In addition to Buddhist philosophy and its applications to daily life, Catherine also draws on generative living and universal spiritual tools including transpersonal astrology and Japanese arts.
She trained daily with Acariya Doug Duncan from 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 in 2003.
Course Details
Fees and Dāna
These sessions are offered based on the ancient principle of generosity, or Dāna.
We recommend you attend live, but if you cannot, the video recording will be available for one week after the live session. The live session includes time for a short sharing/ community discussion and Q&A.
