When we turn toward inner conflict with awareness and compassion, it can become a new source of strength, wisdom and support.
Feeding Your Demons was developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione as a contemporary and accessible form of a profound Tibetan practice. The method helps us work with fear, powerful emotions and recurring patterns so they no longer have to control or exhaust us. It teaches us to recognize what lies beneath them and transform blocked energy into greater inner freedom, clarity and support.
The training consists of three progressive modules. You can currently register for FYD I on its own or choose the better-value package of FYD I and FYD II.
The method brings together the body, emotions, imagination and direct experience. Rather than analyzing a problem from the outside, it leads us into a direct encounter with what is arising within us.
Feeding Your Demons is rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Lama Tsultrim Allione developed the method so that it is accessible even to people with no previous experience of Buddhism or meditation.
In this video, Lama Tsultrim Allione introduces the central principle of Feeding Your Demons and its roots in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
In FYD I you will learn the complete five-step process and begin working with it from the start, both with your own issues and while guiding each other in pairs.
You will also explore the Buddhist roots of the method and how demons manifest in the body, emotions, relationships and decision-making.
You begin guiding another person in paired practice already in FYD I. The second module deepens this experience and expands the work to include allies, broader groups of demons and maps of the relationships between them .
At the same time, you develop your ability to hold a safe structure for the process without giving advice or interpreting another person’s experience.
FYD III focuses on situations that may arise unexpectedly during your own process or while guiding others. It develops greater confidence, flexibility and the ability to maintain a safe space.
For therapists and other professionals who wish to use the method with clients, certification is required. The module is equally valuable for people who want to complete the full training for themselves and deepen their understanding of the method.
Direct personal experience is always the foundation. You can choose how far to continue through the training according to how deeply you want to explore the method and how you intend to use it.
The training is for people who want to better understand their fears, powerful emotions and recurring patterns. FYD I already contains the complete process; the later modules broaden its possibilities, and many people complete the full training primarily for their own practice and development.
The training is also intended for therapists, coaches, psychologists, social workers, spiritual guides and others who wish to integrate the method into their professional work. To use Feeding Your Demons with clients, you need to complete FYD III and receive certification.
A method rooted in a tradition thousands of years old, passed down through generations and translated into language we can understand today. The book showed me what is possible, but direct experience is the real path.
Sofie K. Sarras
It is gentle and compassionate, yet remarkably effective. I appreciate that learning the method continues through regular practice, allowing its depth to unfold gradually.
Jiří D.
Feeding Your Demons has been a valuable tool for making peace with my past and effectively integrating parts of myself that I had previously been unaware of.
Priya Nadine D.
FYD has given me a compassionate and effective way to work with inner conflicts, shadows, emotions and bodily experiences, transforming them into understanding, calm and strength.
Miriam
Feeding Your Demons was created by Lama Tsultrim Allione. This training is led by Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen, her longtime students and experienced teachers of the method. Their teaching combines many years of personal practice, deep roots in the tradition and an accessible approach for contemporary life.
Buddhist teacher and founder of Tara Mandala Retreat Center. She developed Feeding Your Demons as a contemporary and accessible method rooted in the profound Tibetan practice of Chöd.
Charlotte received her master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School and leads the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University. She has taught meditation, Feeding Your Demons and other Buddhist practices for many years.
Pieter studied law in South Africa and serves as Chair of the Board of Tara Mandala. He is an experienced teacher of meditation, Feeding Your Demons, Chöd and other Buddhist teachings and practices.
You can register for FYD I on its own or choose the better-value package that includes both FYD I and FYD II. Payment can be split into installments directly in the registration form.
