Feeding Your Inner Demons with Lama Tsultrim Allione
We all have inner “demons” that we wish we could get rid of such as jealousy, anger, anxiety, addictions, and feelings of not being good enough. What would happen if instead of fighting your demons you asked them what they really need? How can you transform your inner demons into allies? In this out-of-the-box episode, Lama Tulstrim Allione describes the meditation practice of Feeding Your Demons that she adapted 11th-century Tibetan teachings and Dr. Diana Hill bridges the practice with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) processes of being present, acceptance, perspective taking, and self-as-context. Stay tuned for the bonus episode where Lama Tsultrim Allione will lead you through the full practice!
Listen and Learn:
The preliminary research on Feeding Your Demons
How Diana Hill and Lama Tsultrim met
The Tibetan Lineage of Feeding Your Demons
The difference between a want and a need
The 5 steps of feeding your demons
What to ask your demon when you meet it
What to feed your demon
How your demons can transform into allies
What to do if you get stuck when feeding your demons
Diana’s experience of feeding her demons
How Lama Tsultrim and Diana are working with their busyness demons
About Lama Tsultrim Allione
Lama Tsultrim Allione is an author, an internationally known Buddhist teacher, and the founder and resident teacher of Tara Mandala. Lama Tsultrim was the first American woman to be ordained as a Tibetan nun by His Holiness the sixteenth Karmapa before returning her vows to marry and raise three children. Recognized as the reincarnation of renowned eleventh-century Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön, she is the author of three books Women of Wisdom, Feeding Your Demons, and Wisdom Rising that celebrate women in Buddhism, connect the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism with modern life, and explore Buddhist teachings on the empowered feminine.Lama Tsultrim focuses on the teachings of Dzog Chen and the lineage of Machig Labdrön, the founder of the Chöd lineage. Her teachings arise from the blessings of her many wonderful Tibetan teachers, her experience as a Western woman and mother, and over forty years of practice and dedication to the Buddhist teachings.
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Research Study on Feeding Your Demons: Transforming adversity into an ally: A qualitative study of “feeding your demons” meditation by Eve Eckman et al. (2020)
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