Dharma Teachings 2027
Welcome to the 2027 teaching schedule of Dharma Teacher Catherine Pawasarat 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
Dharma Trip to Florida and Cape Canaveral
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 NASA Space Center and St. Augustine before flying back out of Orlando.
Full details to follow.
February 7 – 28
The Body as Foundation
(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.
Retreat Details: The Body as Foundation
March 19 – 28
Vipassana
(10 Day Meditation Retreat; In-Person & Online)
If you have a background in Vipassanā retreats and are interested in doing something that is similar but a next step, with a live teacher, then this retreat may be for you. Led by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei, We’ll practice a balanced meditative approach using the foundations of mindfulness from the Annapanasati Sutta.
Retreat Details: Vipassana
May 21 – 26
Outer Ecology, Inner Ecology
(In-Person)
A Green Tara Retreat with Catherine Pawasarat Sensei focused on embodiment and transforming fear into connection and love.
Full details to follow: Retreat Details: Outer Ecology, Inner Ecology
July 10 – 11
As The Spirit Moves
(In-Person & Online)
Retreat Details: As the Spirit Moves
July – August
Youth Summer Program
Planet Dharma is passionate about nurturing the next generation. Join Catherine Sensei at Clear Sky to ground into timeless spiritual wisdom, reconnect with the land, and practice within an intergenerational community. Here, inner awakening and ecological healing go hand in hand—empowering your path toward collective renewal.
Open to practitioners from 21 to 35 years of age.
Retreat Details: Visit Clear Sky Youth Program Page Here
August 1 – 22
The Somatic Line
(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
(In-Person & Online)
Details: TBC
November 7 – 28
Written in the Stars, Manifested in the Body
(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
We encourage you to reflect and set an intention for the year: What you will attend? What body of work (pun intended) will you undertake in 2027? We also invite you to connect with people in your local sanghas: share your aspirations and ways you can work together. How can you 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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