Authorized Teachers
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, […]
Troma Second Special Instruction ONLINE, Troma Fourth Special Instruction ONLINE, The Heart of Buddhism A Year of Study and Practice, Troma Sadhana and Empowerment, Dechen Barwai, The Great Perfection,
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton is a Buddhist teacher, devotional chant leader, author, and translator rooted in Tibetan Buddhism and Dzogchen. She studied Buddhism and Tibetan language at the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives in Dharamsala and earned her degree in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2015, during the final […]
Chod of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Self Paced Program, Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the Twenty One Taras, The Heart of Buddhism A Year of Study and Practice, The Awakened Heart,
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 Teacher, in 2023. Raised in […]
Feeding Your Demons® - Online Program, Green Tara Self Paced Program, Introduction to Feeding Your Demons® for Mental Health Professionals, Skymind The Radical Path of Open Awareness, Skymind Book Launch and Celebration, Skymind Book Launch and Celebration COLORADO, Skymind Book Launch and Celebration ONLINE, Feeding Your Demons Level II Buddhist Track Kapala II, Feeding Your Demons Level II Secular Track, Feeding Your Demons Level II, Feeding Your Demons Level II and Certification Level, The Heart of Buddhism A Year of Study and Practice, Dentog Chigma Chod COLORADO, Dentog Chigma Chod, Annual Feeding Your Demons Facilitator Gathering, Demons in Love, Demons in Love How to Transform Relationship Challenges into Wisdom, A Cup of Tea with Your Demons and Allies An Open Feeding Your Demons Conversation, Sacred View Sacred World, Skymind The Radical Path of Open Awareness,
Lopön Ellen Booth Church
Lopön Ellen Booth Church (Yeshe Choepel) has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism for 35 years. She is a Buddhist teacher, meditation coach, former member on the Tara Mandala Board of Trustees, and an accomplished educator and author of many educational books and articles for parents and teachers. Formerly a professor of Education at the State University […]
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 California and Colorado. She is a former Dean, Chair, and tenured Professor of Counseling Psychology at Dominican University of California. She currently serves as […]
Minding the Gap The Bardo of This Life, Minding the Gap The Bardo of Meditation, Minding the Gap Journey Through the Six Bardos, Minding the Gap The Bardo of Dreams, Facing the Fear of Death Through Feeding Your Demons, Minding the Gap The Bardo of Death, Minding the Gap The Bardo of Dharmata, Minding the Gap The Bardo of Becoming,
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 […]
Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the Twenty One Taras, The Heart of Buddhism A Year of Study and Practice, Empathy Fatigue An afternoon of insight and guided Feeding Your Demons practice, The Awakened Heart,
Lopön Beth Lee-Herbert
Lopön Beth Lee-Herbert M.A., began her practice of Tibetan Buddhism under Lama Tsultrim Allione in 2003. Additionally, she has studied extensively with Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche and A.dzom Paylo Rinpoche. In 2012, she completed three-year retreat on the Dzinpa Rangdröl cycle in a solitary retreat cabin at Tara Mandala. In 2013, Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche appointed her […]
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 veld with a slingshot and […]
Feeding Your Demons® - Online Program, Introduction to Feeding Your Demons® for Mental Health Professionals, Skymind The Radical Path of Open Awareness, Skymind Book Launch and Celebration, Skymind Book Launch and Celebration COLORADO, Skymind Book Launch and Celebration ONLINE, Kapala III, Feeding Your Demons Level II Buddhist Track Kapala II, Feeding Your Demons Level II Secular Track, Feeding Your Demons Level II, Feeding Your Demons Level II and Certification Level, Dentog Chigma Chod COLORADO, Dentog Chigma Chod, Annual Feeding Your Demons Facilitator Gathering, Demons in Love, Demons in Love How to Transform Relationship Challenges into Wisdom, Skymind The Radical Path of Open Awareness,
Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
Lopön Polly Ryan (Rangdröl Shemo) has been a devoted student of Tibetan Buddhism for almost four decades. She has degrees in music and psychology and has been a licensed trauma- and dharma-informed mental health therapist for over 40 years. She is also a Certified Grief Coach and Educator. Polly has studied with Lama Tsultrim Allione […]
Teacher Seminar III, Zhitro Practice Revisited, Teacher Seminar IV,
Lopön Barbara Staemmler
Lopön Barbara Staemmler studied medicine and specialized in psychotherapy. For over thirty years, she has worked as a Gestalt therapist and supervisor in private practice, and has also led Gestalt therapy training programs. In addition, she has completed further training in psychoanalytic therapy, music therapy, and bodywork. She began meditating in 1993 and has been […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Wisdom in Aging and Illness An evening of insight and guided Feeding Your Demons practice, Mandala Method Certification Capstone,
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 […]
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 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 […]