Teachings, Courses, & Retreats

Feeding Your Demons Level I Secular Track

Date & Time Details:
March 20 - May 15, 2027
Webcasts will be at 10am MDT on Saturdays

Location Online

Contact: FYD Program Coordinator
fyd@taramandala.org

Book now and get 10% off listed price. Offer valid until Feb 17, 2027.

Feeding Your Demons Level I Secular Track

Book now and get 10% off listed price. Offer valid until Feb 17, 2027.

with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen

March 20 - May 15, 2027

with Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen

Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a simple yet profound five-step process that guides practitioners in transforming their demons into protective allies through a sequence of illuminating questions and visualizations. Created by Lama Tsultrim Allione, it employs principles of the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd, as originally articulated by the eleventh-century Tibetan female teacher Machig Labdrön. 

This method has helped thousands of people transform and heal negative emotions, fears, illnesses, and self-defeating patterns. The work transcends spiritual constructs, serving as a meaningful tool for anybody, regardless of religious affiliation or personal philosophy.

Who is it for?

This program is open to anyone seeking a practical, repeatable method for working directly with their own habitual patterns, challenges, and obstacles in a way that sustains real transformation.

  • Individuals who wish to acquire an effective methodology to directly engage with their own habitual patterns, challenges, and obstacles for sustained transformation.
  • Mental health professionals, life coaches, substance abuse or guidance counselors, spiritual mentors, social workers, or anyone who wishes to eventually become certified to use this method to help and empower others. (See FYD Online Certification Program for more details)

Program Details

  • 12 hours of on-demand teachings, primarily with Lama Tsultrim Allione, yours to watch at your own pace and return to whenever the practice calls you back.
  • Four live teaching sessions with Senior FYD Teachers Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen, with recordings available afterward so you never miss a session.
  • Three live practices and discussion sessions led by experienced assisting teachers.
  • A discussion forum with teacher participation, where your questions are answered directly, and you practice alongside a community walking the same path.
  • A complete set of FYD practice materials such as downloadable PDFs, including the Five Steps for Solo Work, the Five Steps for Partner Work, and the Demon Tracking Forms, so you have everything you need to continue the work on your own.

Program Tuition: $575

Scholarships and payment plans are available for this program. For any questions, please contact us at fyd@taramandala.org.

Feeding Your Demons® Now Available in Multiple Languages

A breakthrough moment for our global community—this profound practice can now reach and support you in the language that speaks most intimately to your heart.

Feeding Your Demons® Level I is now accessible in:

  • English (original)
  • Spanish
  • German
  • French
  • Italian

Pre-recorded Teachings: All core video teachings in the course by Lama Tsultrim Allione now include video captions in Spanish, German, and French, ensuring you can fully understand the foundational concepts and methodology.

Live Sessions: During live webcasts with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen, you can select real-time captions in your preferred language via Zoom technology.

Full Course Access: This course is available with multilingual support throughout your learning journey

 For more detailed information on the Feeding Your Demons program, click here.

Program Schedule

Meetings are held via Zoom, with instant translation into most languages via subtitles. A recording of each session will be available within 24 hours. All participants will have a 1-year and 6-month access period to the recordings.

Live Teaching Sessions: 

  • March 27, from 10 am – 11:30 am MDT
  • April 10, from 10 am – 11 am MDT
  • April 24, from 10 am – 11 am MDT
  • May 8, from 10 am – 11 am MDT

Live Practice & Discussion Sessions:

  • Saturday, April 3, from 10 am – 11 am MDT
  • Saturday, April 17 (to be determined)

See how this schedule translates to your time zone.

Date & Time Details:
March 20 - May 15, 2027
Webcasts will be at 10am MDT on Saturdays

Location Online

Contact: FYD Program Coordinator
fyd@taramandala.org

About the Teachers

Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lama Tsultrim Allione Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom (1984), Feeding Your Demons (2008), and Wisdom Rising Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (2018). Lama Tsultrim is the founder of Tara Mandala, a 700-acre retreat center with a three-story temple and library dedicated to the divine…
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam Dorje Lopön Charlotte Z. Rotterdam has studied Tibetan Buddhism since the mid 1990’s, and was authorized to teach by Lama Tsultrim Allione in 2006. She received the title of Magyu Lopön, lead teacher of Magyu: The Mother Lineage at Tara Mandala, from Lama Tsultrim in 2016, and Dorje Lopön, Vajra…
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen is a Senior Teacher in Lama Tsultrim Allione’s lineage, Director of The Feeding Your Demons Institute, and co-author of Skymind: The Radical Path of Open Awareness. His journey arcs from the wild edges of apartheid-era Johannesburg to the heart of contemplative practice. As a boy, he roamed the…