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 feminine in the Buddhist tradition, located near Pagosa Springs in southwest Colorado. She leads a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Born in New England, she traveled to Asia in her late teens, and in 1970, at the age of 22 in Bodhgaya, India, she became the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. She later disrobed, married and became the mother of three and now is a grandmother of six. In 2007, she was recognized in Tibet and Nepal as the reincarnation of a renowned 11th-century Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön, and she is one of the few women Lamas in the world today. In 2012, she received the Machig Labdron Empowerment from His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. She was awarded international recognition as an “Outstanding Woman in Buddhism” in 2009 by a panel of distinguished scholars and practitioners in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Category: Lama Tsultrim
Upcoming Programs by Lama Tsultrim Allione
Feeding Your Demons® - Online Program
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Lama Live!
Zhitro Self Paced Program
Riwo Sangcho Self Paced Program
Also with Anna Raithel
Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine Self Paced Program
Green Tara Self Paced Program
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam
Chod of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Self Paced Program
Also with Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton
Machig Labdron and the Nature of Mind Self Paced Program
Opening the Heart Sutra Self Paced Program
Introduction to Feeding Your Demons® for Mental Health Professionals
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Oral Transmission Event
Embodying the Innate Wisdom and Compassion of the Twenty One Taras
Also with Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer MS, Nina Rao, Spring Washam and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
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 […]
Feeding Your Demons Collective Demon Feeding Workshop
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Collective Demon Feeding Workshop December 13-14, 2025 | Online As we navigate ongoing global challenges—wars, political divisions, and rising violence and prejudice—this intensive workshop offers a powerful opportunity to transform personal practice into collective healing through Lama Tsultrim Allione's Feeding Your Demons® method. Workshop Overview Join Lama Tsultrim Allione, Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam, and Lopön […]
Feeding Your Demons Collective Demon Feeding Practice
Collective Demon Feeding Practice with Lama Tsultrim Allione December 14, 2025 | 11am - 12pm MT| Online As we navigate ongoing global challenges—wars, political divisions, and rising violence and prejudice—this rare gathering offers a powerful opportunity to join practitioners worldwide in transformative collective practice. Experience firsthand how Feeding Your Demons® moves beyond personal healing to […]
Feeding Your Demons Workshop Leader Training
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam, Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen and Lopön Barbara Staemmler
Thank you for your interest in joining us for our ongoing trainings in Feeding Your Demons®. We are offering an online training for those interested in leading secular Workshops in Feeding Your Demons®, starting on February 7, 2026. The online program is an experiential training that highlights key components of teaching Feeding Your Demons®, including: […]
Song of the Vajra
“There is nothing more important to understand than the Song of the Vajra... By singing it, we find ourselves in the state of contemplation and, through its power, we can be present in a state of integration of all our existence.” Chögyal Namkhai Norbu The Song of the Vajra is considered to be a mantra, […]
Feeding Your Demons Level II Buddhist Track Kapala II
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. Buddhist Track participants will also dive deeper into the practice lineage of Machig Labdrön with an introduction to Jamgön Kongtrül’s text “Transmitting […]
Feeding Your Demons Level II Secular Track
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Mandala Method Journey into the Union of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine
Also with Lopön Ellen Booth Church and Chögé Lisa Erickson
“In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the pinnacle spiritual experience is described as the union of the feminine, symbolizing wisdom, with the masculine, symbolizing skillful means.” ~ Lama Tsultrim Allione Venture into the Yab Yum Mandala to explore divine union beyond gender identifications, experiencing and integrating the feminine and masculine we each hold within ourselves. In Tibetan […]
Feeding Your Demons Level I Buddhist Track Kapala I
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Feeding Your Demons Level I Secular Track
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Feeding Your Demons Full Certification Secular Track
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Ideal for therapists, coaches, and facilitators who desire to add a powerful technique to their professional toolbelt, and for individuals who wish to work with their own ‘demons’ through contemplative practice. The Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification program offers a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns, triggers, and neuroses that so […]
Feeding Your Demons Full Certification Buddhist Track
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
Ideal for therapists, coaches, and facilitators who desire to add a powerful technique to their professional toolbelt, and for individuals who wish to work with their own ‘demons’ through contemplative practice. The Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification program offers a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns, triggers, and neuroses that so […]
Resting in the Eye of the Storm
Also with Lopön Polly Ryan MA MFT
Motivated by compassion for beings, Siddhartha left the comfort, status, and certainty of his palace life to seek the answers to the questions burning in him. He wanted to know the cause of old age, sickness, and death, and how to end trauma and suffering. What he discovered on the night of his enlightenment is […]
The Dakini Retreat
Also with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Ellen Booth Church
Lama Tsultrim will offer this celebrated and unique retreat which she developed to bring transformational personal work into the container of spiritual practice. This deeply experiential retreat involves meditation practice, art, mask making, sound, and movement. We will work with Simhamukkha, the Lion-headed Dakini, with an introduction to the practice and transmission. This will be […]
White Dakini Drubcho
Also with Tulku Ösel Dorje and Lopön Beth Lee-Herbert
For five intense days, Tara Mandala becomes a crucible of focused energy, where you will engage in precise tantric arts to purify obstacles and generate an ocean of merit. The true magic of this gathering lies in its radical generosity; the accumulated blessings are poured out freely for the entire community. To witness or participate […]
The Osel Nyingtig Gathering COLORADO
Also with Tulku Ösel Dorje
Tara Mandala warmly invites all students in the Ösel Nyingtig Lineage who have received the Tröma Nagmo Empowerment to join this special annual retreat, either online or in person. This year’s gathering will be dedicated to Tröma Nagmo’s profound practices, offering a deep immersion into her Secret Mandala. In this retreat, Ösel Nyingtig students will […]
The Osel Nyingtig Gathering ONLINE
Also with Tulku Ösel Dorje
Tara Mandala warmly invites all students in the Ösel Nyingtig Lineage who have received the Tröma Nagmo Empowerment to join this special annual retreat, either online or in person. This year’s gathering will be dedicated to Tröma Nagmo’s profound practices, offering a deep immersion into her Secret Mandala. In this retreat, Ösel Nyingtig students will […]
The Osel Nyingtig Gathering
Also with Tulku Ösel Dorje
Tara Mandala warmly invites all students in the Ösel Nyingtig Lineage who have received the Tröma Nagmo Empowerment to join this special annual retreat, either online or in person. This year’s gathering will be dedicated to Tröma Nagmo’s profound practices, offering a deep immersion into her Secret Mandala. In this retreat, Ösel Nyingtig students will […]