Our Authorized Teachers
Chögé Susan Lorraine
Chögé Susan Lorraine has been a student of Buddhism for almost 50 years. She lived, practiced and navigated through the brilliance and tragedies of the Shambhala community, soaking in the stages of the Kagyü and Shambhala paths as presented by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and also the vibrancy of Naropa University, dharma arts, the Kasung path […]
Chögé Bridget Bailey
Bridget Bailey’s training is rooted in 17 years of Buddhist meditation practice and study. She holds an MBA from Duke University, a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is a licensed therapist in Washington State. She studied as an Apprentice Teacher with Lama Tsultrim Allione for 13 years and […]
Mandala Method Certification Capstone, Mandala Method Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine,
Chögé Lisa Erickson
Lisa Erickson is a Chögé, meaning ‘virtuous teacher of dharma’, in Tara Mandala’s Teacher’s program. She is a certified Feeding Your Demons facilitator and teacher, and offers frequent Feeding Your Demons daylong workshops, as well as incorporating it into her private session work as an energy worker. Lisa has been part of Tara Mandala's Magyu […]
Mandala Method Certification Capstone, Mandala Method Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine,
Chögé Jenny Terbell
Jenny Terbell is a Vajrayana Buddhist Practitioner, Chögé for Tara Mandala, and founder of Meditate Like A Mother. She began studying Tibetan Buddhism 14 years with her teacher Lama Tsultrim Allione and is a Kapala 5 graduate of the Magyu: The Mother Lineage. She is a certified Feeding Your Demons facilitator, Kundalini yoga instructor, Breathwork […]
Chögé Susan Glumac
Chögè Susan has called the beaches, waves, and breezes of Encinitas home for almost 50 years and is where she began her spiritual journey with Yogananda’s Kriya Yoga and Buckminister Fuller’s philosophy in her twenties. She first discovered the dharma and spent four years studying with Thich Nhat Hanh prior to meeting Lama Tsultrim in […]
Lopön Robin Gayle
Lopön Robin Gayle, PhD, MDiv, MFT has undergraduate and graduate degrees/publications in theology, psychology, and east-west studies. She is a Tara Mandala authorized Feeding Your Demons® psychotherapist in private practice in Marin County, CA, and currently serves as tenured Professor of Counseling Psychology at Dominican University of California, Research Scientist for the Center for Contemplative […]
Lopön Barbara Staemmler
Lopön Barbara Staemmler has studied medicine and specialized in psychotherapy. For more than thirty years she has been working as gestalt therapist and supervisor in private practice; she is also conducting gestalt therapy training programs. She has had additional trainings in psychoanalytic therapy, in musical therapy, and in body work. She started meditation 1993 and […]
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
Lopön Polly Ryan, MA, MFT, has been a devoted student of Lama Tsultrim Allione since 1992. She has a BA in music performance, a certificate in Music therapy, a master’s degree in counseling psychology, and has been a licensed therapist in California and Nevada for 40 years. Feeding Your Demons® is an important power tool […]
Seasonal Teacher Seminars Summer Session, Seasonal Teacher Seminars Autumn Session,
Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS
Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S. has been practicing Chöd for over three decades and has assisted Lama Tsultrim on many Chöd retreats. She has co-taught Chöd since 2013 with Lama Tsultrim and Löpon Chandra Easton. She continues to teach and lead Chöd Practices for the NYC Tara Mandala Sangha which she leads. In October 2012, she […]
The Heart of Buddhism A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program, The Awakened Heart,
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen is a teacher and a long-time student of Tibetan Buddhism. He has been teaching various practices and retreats in Lama Tsultrim’s lineage in the US and abroad since 2006, offering a blend of incisive insight and genuine compassion. He co-leads the Boulder Tara Mandala Sangha with Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam. In addition to […]
Feeding Your Demons® - Online Program, Introduction to Feeding Your Demons® for Mental Health Professionals, Feeding Your Demons Level I Buddhist Track Kapala I, Feeding Your Demons Level I Secular Track, Feeding Your Demons Level II Buddhist Track Kapala II, Feeding Your Demons Level II Secular Track,