Our Authorized Teachers
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 […]
Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine— Mandala Method Level II (online), Mandala Method Certification Capstone Two-Part Retreat (online), Mandala Method Level III: Journey into the Union of Sacred Feminine and Masculine (online),
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. She is a Kalyanamitra in Tara Mandala’s Magyu program, and part of the first group to complete Kapala V training within Magyu. She is coordinator of the South Bay Los […]
Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine— Mandala Method Level II (online), Mandala Method Certification Capstone Two-Part Retreat (online), Mandala Method Level III: Journey into the Union of Sacred Feminine and Masculine (online),
Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje
Dorje Gyaltsab Tulku Ösel Dorje was born in Rome, Italy in 1980 to an Italian filmmaker, Costanzo Allione, and Lama Tsultrim Allione. Since birth, he’s been immersed in the Dharma. There were often Tibetan Lamas at home and most vacations were spent at retreat centers with Lamas such as Lopön Tenzin Namdak, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, […]
Green Tara (Retreat in Colorado), Seasonal Teacher Seminars (By Invitation Only) - Spring Session (online), Ösel Nyingtig Cycle - Tröma Nagmo Empowerment and Explanation: The Path of Secret Primordial Wisdom (Retreat in California), Ösel Nyingtig: Means for Accomplishing the Guru and Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions (Retreat in Colorado), Taming the Mind: Introduction to Calm Abiding Meditation (Shamatha) (Retreat in Germany), Ösel Nyingtig: Means for Accomplishing the Guru & Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions (Retreat in Germany), Dakini Ngöndro: The Excellent Path of Great Bliss (Retreat in Germany), Tara Mandala Autumn Month-Long Practice Retreat 2024 (Retreat in Colorado), Dakini Ngöndro: The Excellent Path of Great Bliss (online), Ösel Nyingtig: Means for Accomplishing the Guru and Continuing Tröma’s Secret Instructions (online),
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 Professor and Chair of Counseling Psychology at Dominican University of California, and Research Scientist for the Center […]
Journey through the Dharmata: Understanding The Peaceful & Wrathful Deities (online),
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 […]
2-Week Immersive Practice Retreat: The Great Mother, Prajnaparamita (Retreat in Colorado), Zhitro Daylong Practice Intensive (online), Tara Mandala Autumn Month-Long Practice Retreat 2024 (Retreat in Colorado),
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton is a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. She serves on Tara Mandala’s Prajna (Teacher) Council, Executive Committee, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Council. She develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, as well as teaches nationally and internationally. She is the author of Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations […]
Wisdom Rising Enhanced Practices – MP3 (Digital Download), Chöd of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche: Self-Paced Program, Embodying the Innate Wisdom & Compassion of the 21 Taras: Contemporary Study and Practice (online), Poetry of Practice: Mind Training for Modern Times (Retreat in The Netherlands), Embodying Tara Retreat Meditation, Mantra, and Yoga Workshop (Retreat in Germany), Embodying Tara: A Meditation, Chanting, and Yoga Retreat + Book Signing (Retreat in Colorado), Tara Mandala Autumn Month-Long Practice Retreat 2024 (Retreat in Colorado),
Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S.
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 […]
Transforming Racism: An Inner Journey to Wholeness through Cultural Literacy & Tantric Practice (Spring 2024)(online), Chöd: from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu (Retreat in Colorado), Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine— Mandala Method Level II (online), Magyu Biennial Gathering - Honoring the Mandala (Retreat in Colorado), Opening to the Dark Earth™ – In-person Ceremony at Tara Mandala Retreat Center (Retreat in Colorado), CNNR Chöd Daylong Practice Intensive (online),
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, and serves as […]
Feeding Your Demons® - Online Program, Mechanics of Meditation: Demystifying the Methodology on the Path of Liberation (online), Feeding Your Demons® Kapala Level I (Retreat in Colorado), Skymind: Glimpsing the Radiance of our True Nature (Retreat in Germany), Kapala I: Feeding your Demons (Retreat in France), Skymind: Opening to the Vast Radiance of our True Nature A Buddhist Meditation Retreat (Retreat in Czech Republic), Kapala I: Feeding your Demons (Retreat in Italy), Skymind: Vast View, Sacred Land (Retreat in Colorado), Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine— Mandala Method Level II (online), Feeding Your Demons® Level II - Buddhist Track (Kapala II), Feeding Your Demons® Level II Buddhist Track & Certification Level, Feeding Your Demons® Level II - Secular Track, Feeding Your Demons® Level II Secular Track & Certification Level, Kapala Level III (online), Feeding Your Demons® Level I - Buddhist Track (Kapala I), Feeding Your Demons® Level I - Secular Track, Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification - Buddhist Track, Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification - Secular Track, Liberation in One Seat (Dentog Chigma Chöd) (Retreat in Colorado),
Lopön Debra Quayle, MA, LMFT
Lopön Debra Quayle, MA, LMFT is the Teacher Program Coordinator at Tara Mandala as well as a Licensed Psychotherapist. She has been on the Buddhist path since 1982 and has had the good fortune to receive many teachings from Buddhist teachers and Lamas in the United States as well as in Asia. She began her […]
Walking Our Talk: Moving from Inner to Outer Activism (online), The Great Wisdom Mother, Prajñaparamita: A transmission and teaching on the nature of mind practice (online),