The Gateway
An Entry Point into the Living Mandala of Planetary Dharma
The Bodhisattva embodies the bridge between being and becoming, an awakening presence where realization turns toward the world as love in action. In these times of profound change, we need more than insight alone. We need a gateway: a living threshold that orients us toward practice, community, and wise response within a changing world.
The Gateway is Planetary Dharma’s monthly Global Community membership and primary entry point into the living mandala of teachings. It is designed to welcome new students, support ongoing practitioners, and offer a steady rhythm of practice, reflection, and relationship with the teachings.
For $33/month, members receive access to several interwoven offerings (see below):
Bodhisattva’s Compass
Hearth & Wheel
Temple Teahouse
Expanding Wisdom Library
Discount codes for upcoming events
The Gateway is both an entry point and a sustaining home, an accessible way to stay in relationship with Planetary Dharma without committing to a long-form immersion, and a meaningful preparation for those discerning deeper study.
Our next two-year immersion, the Cedar Cohort, begins in September 2026. Many join The Gateway to orient themselves toward that commitment; others find here the right cadence for this season of their lives.
Whether you stand at the threshold or walk the outer courtyards of the Temple, you are invited into this global field of practice, turning together toward wholeness, wisdom, and the evolving Dharma of our time.
Membership Description:
What’s included:
Bodhisattva’s Compass
Each month includes a 2-hour live online teaching and practice session with John Churchill, weaving guided meditation, shared inquiry, deep listening, and real-time Q&A. These sessions explore the Fourth Turning of the Dharma, offering a living compass for insight, embodiment, and awakened service amidst personal and planetary complexity..
Hearth & Wheel
A school-wide seasonal ritual aligned with the Wheel of the Year, gathering the sangha eight times annually for 75-minute Sabbat practices led by Nicole Churchill. These rites attune inner development to the living cycles and archetypal energies of the Earth through ritual, reflection, guided practice, collective presence, and subtle activism, inviting participants to listen for what is being asked of them personally, relationally, and collectively as the wheel turns.
Temple Teahouse
A monthly 90-minute community gathering hosted by Ari Nazem, where Gateway members come together over tea to practice, reflect, and connect around a core Planetary Dharma teaching. Each session includes a group viewing of an iconic PD guided practice followed by small-group dialogue and a large-group harvest, offering a simple, cozy rhythm for integration and real sangha-building. This is a place to slow down, let the teachings land in lived experience, and deepen community through warm presence and honest conversation.
Wisdom Library
Inside the private membership portal, members have access to an ever-expanding digital Wisdom library of recorded teachings, interviews, and course excerpts, offered exclusively within The Gateway to Planetary Dharma.
Member Discounts
Members also receive discounted access to upcoming online retreats and intensives, with details available in the membership area upon registration.
Google Calendar
Stay in the loop with all upcoming Gateway gatherings by subscribing to our shared Google Calendar. Click the link below to add it to your calendar app, and you’ll always have the latest dates and times in one place: Google Calendar Link
Note: The zoom links for the session are within the membership area once you sign up, they are not on the calendar so we can keep a closed container.
Dates
Bodhisattva’s Compass with John Churchill:
Live Bodhisattva’s Compass gatherings take place from 5–7 p.m. US Mountain Time unless otherwise noted. If you can’t attend live, recordings will be uploaded to the membership area within 48 hours.
February 17, 2026
March 24, 2026
April 28, 2026
May 26, 2026
June 30, 2026
July 21, 2026
August 18, 2026
September 22, 2026
Hearth & Wheel with Nicole Churchill:
Live Hearth & Wheel (Rites of the Year) gatherings take place from 5–6:15 p.m. US Mountain Time unless otherwise noted. If you can’t attend live, recordings will be uploaded to the membership area within 48 hours.
March 12, 2026 (Ostara)
April 30, 2026 (Beltane)
June 18, 2026 (Litha)
July 30, 2026 (Lughnasadh)
September 24, 2026 (Mabon)
Temple Teahouse with Ari Nazem
Live Temple Teahouse gatherings take place from 5–6:30 p.m. US Mountain Time unless otherwise noted. If you can’t attend live, recordings will be uploaded to the membership area within 48 hours.
February 24, 2026
March 17, 2026
April 14, 2026
May 19, 2026
June 16, 2026
July 14, 2026
August 11, 2026
September 15, 2026
The Gateway is an entry point into practice, community, and the living dharma
Please familiarize yourself with our policies before registering.
A month-to-month subscription membership that you may cancel at any time. Payments are non-refundable. Please note: this membership is not "evergreen", you have access to the content as long as you are a subscriber. NOTE: To receive course updates and Zoom links, you MUST opt into emails (“Accept Marketing”) during checkout other wise we can't communicate with you. NOTE: By completing your registration, you acknowledge and agree to uphold all Planetary Dharma policies, ethical guidelines.
