
Introduction to Fourth Turning
Planetary Dharma
December 1 - 3, 2023 | Online Community Retreat
with Dr. John Churchill & Nicole Churchill, MA, MT-BC
Fourth Turning Dharma
December 1 -3, 2023
Awaken Your Bodhisattvic Avatar
We live in extraordinary times with great opportunity and great existential risk. The deepening integration of our planet is birthing the Fourth Turning of the Dharma, a process within our collective human psyche, leading to the synthesis and integration of Eastern and Western approaches to human development and the birth of a path to our next level of unfolding.
Join John and Nicole Churchill of the Karuna Mandala for this on-line weekend that is open to all. This intensive will help you to:
Receive an overview from a planetary perspective of the current psychospiritual transformation of humanity
Gain an understanding of the psychological path that leads to a new level of human development and civilization
Come to recognize the various skill sets that need to be developed for your integral unfolding, and awaken your Bodhisattvic Avatar
Practice guided meditations with body, heartmind, breath, movement and music to experience various states taught in the curriculum.
This weekend intensive is good introduction for those interested in studying in Karuna Mandala’s longer programs.
Full payment is due at registration. $100 of your payment is a non-refundable & nontransferable deposit. Our cancellation policy is strict & firm with no exceptions: Cancellations on or before 11/1/23, will forfeit deposit and the remainder of your payment will be refunded. ALL session recordings will be available in our membership library for your personal use until they expire on January 1st, 2024.
Daily Schedule
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
US Mountain Time:
Session 1: 7:00am - 10:15am US Mountain Time
Meal Break: 10:15am - 11:45am US Mountain Time
Session 2: 11:45am - 3:00pm US Mountain Time
Meet Your Instructors:
Dr. John Churchill
CONTEMPLATIVE DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY | DHARMA TEACHER | TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONER | AUTHOR
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Born in London, Dr. Churchill's interest in psycho-spiritual development, Integral theory, Contemplative studies, Western Esotericism, and Mahayana Buddhism began in his adolescence, eventually leading him to spend several years as a Buddhist monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. During this time, John received the esoteric Planetary Dharma transmissions that would in time unfold as his contribution to a planetary fourth turning teaching.
Dr. Churchill spent 15 years training and teaching “Great Seal” meditation in an Indo-Tibetan Mahayana lineage under the mentorship of the late senior Western teacher, translator, respected author, and clinical psychologist Dr. Daniel P. Brown.
He is also a founding member of the Integral Institute led by esteemed Transpersonal/Integral philosopher, Ken Wilber.
John has received advanced training in: attachment therapy, hypnosis, positive psychology for peak performance, and the “Pointing Out” style of Mahamudra meditation.
For the last 25 years, John has developed a a Fourth Turning Planetary Dharma practice which includes the somatically based contemplative practice path; Embodying the Open Ground, that integrates psychodynamic healing, adult development and meditation.
John holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from William James College, and is a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Married to his partner, Nicole since 2000, they share two teen-agers together - Trinity and Bodhi, and are Co-Founders of Samadhi Integral, and Co-Directors of Karuna Mandala.
Nicole Churchill
MASTERS IN TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY | CREDENTIALED MINDFULNESS BASED PSYCHEDELIC THERAPIST | BORAD CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPIST | KUNDALINI YOGA INSTRUCTOR | MAMA OF THE CHURCHILL TEMPLE!
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Nicole is a psychedelic therapist with advanced training and credentialing in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy through the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness where she is on staff. She has extensive training in the healing arts and is a board certified Music Therapist, Transpersonal Counselor, Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor, and an Expressive Movement Facilitator.
She is a founding member of the Integral Institute led by esteemed Transpersonal/Integral philosopher, Ken Wilber, and was mentored for 15 years by respected author and clinical psychologist Dr. Daniel P. Brown. She has completed advanced training in the following areas: attachment therapy, hypnosis, gestalt, addictions, anxiety disorders, depression, conflict resolution, positive psychology for peak performance, CCRT (Core Conflict Relational Themes), and the “Pointing Out” style of Mahamudra meditation.
Nicole earned her BA from Boston’s world renowned Berklee College of Music (1993), where she majored in voice and songwriting. She was awarded a dual Masters from Naropa University in Boulder, CO, where she studied Transpersonal Psychology and Music Therapy (2001).
In addition to her clinical work, Nicole is the Co-Founder of Samadhi Integral and is the Executive Director of the Karuna Mandala Initiative, a 501 (c) (3) umbrella organization that nurtures, cross-pollinates, and actualizes projects that aim to raise human consciousness and develop wisdom culture in support of a good, true, beautiful, and sustainable future for our planet.
Married to her partner, John since 2000 they share two teen-agers together - Trinity and Bodhi. Tending to the Churchill family temple and raising their children has been a sacred journey of Karma yoga for Nicole. The lessons of motherhood have been immense and inform her approach to teaching the dharma of sacred world in everyday life.
She and John are the Co-Founders of Samadhi Integral, and the Co-Directors of their non-profit, Karuna Mandala.



