
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 received the Chod Empowerment from His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje. She leads a monthly BBAIPOC meditation practice for Tara Mandala. Karla is a founder of Sine Qua Non: Allies in Healing, an Integrative Therapy Practice in New York City. She is an adjunct Professor in the Women’s & Gender Studies Department and the Africana Studies Department at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Karla is an initiated priest in the West African system of Ifa.
Authorized to teach:
Feeding Your Demons®
Namkhai Norbu Chöd
Five Dakini Mandala Meditation
Five Buddhi Mandala Meditation
Sutrayana retreat
Vajrayana retreat
Email: nytmsangha@gmail.com/khadro57@gmail.com
Location: New York , New York
Categories: Feeding Your Demons Teachers, Our Authorized Teachers
Upcoming Programs by Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS

The Heart of Buddhism A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program
Also With Lama Tsultrim Allione, Amelia Hall PhD, Robert Thurman PhD, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam MDiv, Miranda Shaw PhD, Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Tulku Ösel Dorje, Wendy Garling and Erik Pema Kunsang
Welcome to The Heart of Buddhism: A Year Long Buddhist Studies Program. Throughout 2025, we'll explore the history, core teachings, and practices that guide Buddhist practitioners in the Tibetan tradition in waking up to their true nature of innate compassion and wisdom. The Buddhist path offers profound guidance for working with the individual and collective […]

Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the Twenty One Taras
Also With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Nina Rao and Spring Washam
Explore the symbolic meaning, power, and purpose of the 21 Taras through teachings, embodied meditation, mantra, and journeys with Tara. In this immersive and transformative program, Dorje Lopön Chandra will offer us a lens through which we can understand and integrate the contemporary context of the Taras through inspiring stories about historic and modern Buddhist […]