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In this enlightening episode, we delve into the transformative power of energetics as a tool for healing and empowerment. Join us as we explore the ways in which understanding and harnessing your own energy can lead to profound personal growth and self-discovery. Our discussion covers practical techniques and insights into how energetics can be used to overcome emotional barriers, reinvigorate your passion for life, and align your actions with your deepest values. Whether you're seeking to overcome challenges, enhance your well-being, or simply enrich your life with more positivity and purpose, this episode provides the guidance you need to start your journey towards a more empowered you. Lisa Erickson is an energy worker and meditation teacher specializing in women's energetics, sexual trauma healing, manifesting and energy work for daily life. She is the author of Chakra Empowerment for Women and The Art and Science of Meditation both published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Lisa is certified in mindfulness meditation instruction and trauma sensitivity, and has trained in a variety of energy healing and somatic modalities. She is a certified facilitator in Feeding Your Demons created by Lama Tsultrim Allione and a member of The Breathe Network, a non-profit dedicated to supporting holistic healing and healers for sexual trauma survivors.2:18 Lisa's journey with energetics4:40 What is energy6:50: Chakras and honoring your needs13:57 How to use chakras to transform your experience18:50 Daily practices20:48 Energy in men versus women22:45 Navigating trauma27:10 Transformation story32:00 How to connect with LisaConnect with Lisa:Website: https://enlightenedenergetics.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chakraempowerment/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chakraempowerment/Connect with Kelly:Website: www.optimalyouhealthandwellness.comGrab my free guide: From Self-Abandonment to Self-Embrace: 8 Daily Practices to Transform Your Lifehttps://drkellykessler.myflodesk.com/reclaimpeace

In this episode, I welcome energy worker, meditation teacher, and author Lisa Erickson to explore the deep energetic connection between mothers and their children. Lisa explains the concept of the mother-child energy line—how it forms, evolves, and impacts both moms and kids. We discuss the challenges of maintaining your own energy while supporting your children, the struggle of losing yourself in motherhood, and how healing your own wounds can create healthier, more balanced relationships. Lisa also shares insights on the cultural shifts that have made parenting more isolating and how we can reclaim support, set energetic boundaries, and foster independence in our kids. Lisa Erickson is an energy worker and meditation teacher specializing in women's energetics, and sexual trauma healing. She is the author of Chakra Empowerment for Women and The Art and Science of Meditation both published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Lisa is certified in mindfulness meditation instruction and trauma sensitivity, and has trained in a variety of energy healing and somatic modalities. She is a certified facilitator in Feeding Your Demons created by Lama Tsultrim Allione and a member of The Breathe Network, a non-profit dedicated to supporting holistic healing and healers for sexual trauma survivors. For more information on Lisa's work, visit www.EnlightenedEnergetics.comIf you've ever felt drained, overly responsible for your child's emotions, or struggled with finding balance, this episode is for you!

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) speaks to Lisa Erickson about chakra healing, trauma recovery, and the power of energy work in self-healing. For the transcript and full story go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/lisa-erickson      Highlights from today's episode include: Lisa Erickson  05:12 You can erase a memory, but that doesn't erase the neural, you know, patterns that have been written, and the energy body patterns around coping mechanisms. Because when we're dealing with trauma, we have the traumatic memory,   Lisa Erickson  so just removing the memory doesn't rewrite the nervous system, but maybe these vibrational methods also help do that. That, to me, is what the chakra system does   Manon Bolliger  18:54 Yeah, and then it's like, it's conscious, because you're also consciously doing this. So you're reprogramming, in a sense, by acknowledging the self care part, you know? I mean, it may be unconscious what's happening, but still having the I'm doing this, you know, or I'm allowing receiving this. ABOUT LISA ERICKSON  Lisa Erickson is an energy worker and meditation teacher specializing in women's energetics, sexual trauma healing, manifesting, and daily energy body care. She is the author of Chakra Empowerment for Women and The Art and Science of Meditation both published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Lisa is certified in mindfulness meditation instruction and trauma sensitivity, and has trained in a variety of energy healing and somatic modalities. She is a certified facilitator in Feeding Your Demons created by Lama Tsultrim Allione and a member of The Breathe Network, a non-profit dedicated to supporting holistic healing and healers for sexual trauma survivors. For more information on Lisa's work, visit www.EnlightenedEnergetics.com. Core purpose/passion: Women's empowerment although I do work with men too, sexual trauma healing, rebalancing the feminine and masculine within us all, and daily energy work - being able to access our chakras anytime to shift in the moment. Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | LinkTr.ee    ABOUT MANON BOLLIGER, FCAH, RBHT  As a de-registered (2021) board-certified naturopathic physician & in practice since 1992, I've seen an average of 150 patients per week and have helped people ranging from rural farmers in Nova Scotia to stressed out CEOs in Toronto to tri-athletes here in Vancouver.  My resolve to educate, empower and engage people to take charge of their own health is evident in my best-selling books:  'What Patients Don't Say if Doctors Don't Ask: The Mindful Patient-Doctor Relationship' and 'A Healer in Every Household: Simple Solutions for Stress'.  I also teach BowenFirst™ Therapy through and hold transformational workshops to achieve these goals. So, when I share with you that LISTENING to Your body is a game changer in the healing process, I am speaking from expertise and direct experience". Manon's Mission: A Healer in Every Household!  For more great information to go to her weekly blog:  http://bowencollege.com/blog.  For tips on health & healing go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/tips   Follow Manon on Social – Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Twitter | Linktr.ee | Rumble   ABOUT THE HEALERS CAFÉ:  Manon's show is the #1 show for medical practitioners and holistic healers to have heart to heart conversations about their day to day lives.  Subscribe and review on your favourite platform: iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Libsyn | iHeartRadio | Gaana | The Healers Cafe | Radio.com | Medioq | Follow The Healers Café on FB: https://www.facebook.com/thehealerscafe     Remember to subscribe if you like our videos. Click the bell if you want to be one of the first people notified of a new release. * De-Registered, revoked & retired naturopathic physician after 30 years of practice in healthcare. Now resourceful & resolved to share with you all the tools to take care of your health & vitality!

Lama Tsultrim Allione shares the practice of feeding our demons in order to dissolve that which prevents us from being free.In this episode from the 2023 Summer Mountain Retreat, Lama Tsultrim Allione shares:How she first discovered Buddhism and meditationThe beauty within silence and quiet attention to our surroundingsLama Tsultrim's first trip to India and studying the mystic eastHer connection with Ram Dass and Maharaji's early devoteesThe practice of feeding our demons (the parts of ourselves that drain us)Dissolving that which prevents us from being freeFighting our demons versus feeding our demonsThe demons of the fear of abandonment, depression, anxiety, and addictionParts of ourselves that are trying to get attentionThe difference between the wants and needs of our demonsA guided practice for listenersAbout 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 near Pagosa Springs, in southwest Colorado. She leads a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Learn more about Lama Tsultrim Allione's work at Tara Mandala“I know that demons means a lot of different things in this country, in different cultural contexts. What I mean by it is the different parts of ourselves that drain us, that cause us to be not free. In fact, the word mara, which is the word for demon in Sanskrit, means that which blocks freedom.” – Lama Tsultrim AllioneSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's beautiful to be taking refuge together in all the various places we find ourselves.Ah. Here we are. Survivors of the election. Spiritual warriors attempting to live a vow-fueled life. Hearts turned towards love larger then fear. Even if fear is rattling in your gut, or anger is raging strong in your body or numbness has you hiding out.Whatever you are feeling is welcome.Whatever you are feeling is wisdom.Its your body telling you something—That something might be: This isn't ok. NO! I don't feel safe. I am afraid. I don't know what to do. I don't know if I have the energy to fight. This matters. This is what i love. This is what i care about.Or something else. Listen. What is your body trying to say to you? This may change moment to moment.In the Zen Community of Oregon, we are currently studying a text called The Eight Realizations of a Great Being. A set of pith instructions given by the Buddha shortly before they died.This week we explored the Fifth RealizationIgnorance leads to birth and death. Bodhisattvas are always mindfulTo study and learn extensively, to increase their wisdomAnd perfect their eloquence, so they can teach and enlighten all beings,And impart great joy to all.Dogen Zenji calls it Always Maintaining Mindfulness and comments:Mindfulness helps you to guard the dharma, so you never lose it. If you practice this the robbers of fear and desire cannot enter you. Therefore you should always maintain mindfulness. It is like wearing armor going into a battlefield, so there is nothing to be afraid of.When we have mindfulness, or heartfulness—we know who we are, and where we stand. We are aligned with vow, the great vow—to awaken for the sake of all beings!Mindfulness has its popular dimensions in our culture. Its found its way into businesses, schools, the military—its featured in taglines like Mindful Car Washing, Mindful Jogging, Mindful Eating, Mindful Sleep Therapy. Its said to help workers stay focused, increase productivity, basically make everything better…Yet, mindfulness is also subversive. A mindfulness instructor, Zen practitioner and friend said to to me in a conversation once, mindfulness is shadow work. He has taught mindfulness in business settings, and when he said this, I felt the truth in his words. Mindfulness is empowering and it also brings us into direct relationship with the wisdom of our bodies, the feelings perhaps we have been trying to run from, the fixed beliefs that drive our life.Through mindfulness we aren't lost in the wimbs or conditioning of our thinking / reactivity. We can live more authentically, we can ask questions, make space for our anger and feel the wisdom of our fears.Mindfulness is our best english translation of the word sati, which means more “to recollect” or “to remember.” What are we remembering? Our practice, the dharma, heart, we are reconnecting with what really matters.If you are feeling a lot right now, its your body saying yes, this matters, our interconnected life matters. The earth, immigrants in our country, trans + non-binary people, queer folks, women, people of color, the more than human world—matter.Love matters. Wisdom matters. Seeing through the forces of ignorance matter. Awakening from our collective delusion matters.Mindfulness also means being present with, allowing what's here to be here—in the different dimensions of our being:My teacher Chozen Roshi would often teach the four foundations of mindfulness during morning meditation at the monastery. This teaching offers a ground up approach to experiencing this precious interconnected life. Here we start with our body.Body—bringing awareness to the felt sense of our bodies, part by part feeling our bodies from within the somatic experience of the body allows us to awaken to the wisdom of our embodied experience.Feelings—next we include feelings, allowing awareness to make space for the flow of life energy that we call emotion or feeling. To feel feelings without needed to make a story about them, without needing to name them. Just to feel the energy itself. This is our energy. This is our life.Thought—So often we just take our thoughts to be true, or we get in a fight with them. To bring mindfulness to the thought stream empowers us to see/hear what we are telling ourselves. It is possible to experience thought as pure sensation, another sense in the field of awareness. To do this, gives us freedom from the tyranny of our conditioned thoughts. Mind is freed up.Awareness itself—after opening to and including body, feelings and thought, next we open to awareness itself. Resting in pure awareness, senses open, one single unified life. This is our shared being, all is included, all is allowed.Thoughts and emotions often want to take us out of our experience, into story, worry, blaming others, searching for information—we can learn to follow them back home, to the liberated self.I have been reflecting on the teaching of the Five Wisdom Dakinis that comes from the Tibetan tradition, Lama Tsultrim Allione writes about them in her book Wisdom Rising.Dakini is one depiction of the awakened feminine, known also as a “sky-dancer” or “sky-goer”, the dakini principle is here to wake us up from our habits of ego-identification. Dakinis are often portrayed in motion, dancing on delusion and decorated in bone ornaments. The five wisdom dakinis are portrayed as fierce and passionate beings who transmute/use the energy of the emotions as the liberated energy of awakening. I feel like this time is inviting us to feel and use the energy of the emotions to meet the challenges we face as a country and a global community. We need the awakened feminine with her fierce hope and embodied wisdom. The five wisdom dakinis are connected to colors, the great elements and a buddha family. Earth—Yellow — Ratna — transmutes the desire for sensual pleasure and security into the Wisdom of Sameness, Abundance and GenerosityWater—Blue — Vajra — transmutes anger into Mirror Like Wisdom and ClarityFire—Red — Padma — transmutes passionate desire for connection and sexual energy into Discerning Wisdom and CompassionSpace—White — Buddha — transmutes fear/ignorance into All Inclusive WisdomAir—Green — Karma — transmutes jealousy/comparison/insecurity into All Accomplishing Wisdom or Great ActivityThe stories and koans of the women ancestors show us how real women have embodied these energies in their life of practice-realization. Stories help us see beyond ourselves and our limiting beliefs and also remind us that others have faced challenges and difficulties on the path. They also help us connect to practitioners beyond our current teachers or community. Here are some stories I'd like to share:The Old Woman burns down the Hermitage An old woman built a hermitage for a monk and supported him for twenty years. One day, to test the extent of the monk's enlightenment and understanding, she sent a young, beautiful, girl to the hut with orders to embrace him. When the girl embraced the monk and asked, “How is this?” He replied stiffly, “A withered tree among frozen rocks; not a trace of warmth for three winters.” Hearing of the monk's response, the old woman grabbed a stick, went to the hermitage, beat him and chased him out of the hut. She then put the hermitage to the torch and burned it to the ground.Ryonen Scars her FaceLingzhao's I'm helpingSatsujo WeepsTo close, I offer some questions for reflection as we land in this moment and also look to the future.What is this moment awakening in me? (Stay with yourself, listen to your body, feelings, thoughts, vow—we gather wisdom by listening to our whole being, and then use discernment, what is coming from conditioning and reactivity, and what is wise—if you don't know, keep listening)How do I want to show up for myself / my community?What supports / teachings / practices might I need to do this?What nourishes me?Thanks for reading friends! This dharma talk was given during Monday Night Meditation. You can find out more below.I'm Amy Kisei. I am a Zen Buddhist Teacher, Spiritual Counselor, budding Astrologer and Artist. I currently live in Columbus, Ohio with my partner Patrick Kennyo Dunn, we facilitate an in-person meditation gathering every Wednesday from 7P - 8:30P at ILLIO in Clintonville through Mud Lotus Sangha. If you happen to be in Columbus, feel free to stop by. We have weekly meditation gatherings and monthly Saturday offerings as well.Current OfferingsSpiritual Counseling — IFS informed, mindful somatic therapyAstrology— I am starting to offer astrology readings. I have found astrology to be a helpful map for connecting to the more mythic unfolding of life. It can help us honor our gifts, navigate challenges, get perspective and connect with planetary allies. It can also offer guidance on the questions that arise in our lives and aid us in stepping more fully into our wholeness. I am currently offering the following types of readingsNatal Chart ReadingsAstro Counseling PackageTransit ReadingsGreat Work of Your Life ReadingMonday Night Meditation + DharmaEvery Monday 6P PT / 9P ETJoin me on zoom for 40 minutes of meditation and a dharma talk. We are currently exploring a text called The Eight Realizations of Great Beings, which gives us an opportunity to practice inquiry and embodying love as we discover our Awakened Nature together.This event is hosted by the Zen Community of Oregon. All are welcome to join. Drop in any time.Zoom Link for Monday NightSky + Rose: The Ritual of Strange FlowersSunday Dec 1 10:30A PT - 12:30P PT / 1:30P ET - 3:30P ETHow do we know that anything is only one thing? Strange flowers bloom within and without.  What is not a flower?  What is not strange when held in a steady gaze? Each of us are strange flowers. How familiar are our own beauties?  What of the self could be revisioned ?We will actuate our own blemished bodies as intimate beauty. We may take grotesque shapes and discover them differently.  We'll look underneath and behind and move wierdly to enter new worlds. We will play in ways the authorities that haunt our minds may not give their seal of approval, releasing energy, shedding man and mind-made shackles.Sample ScheduleRitual of UnknowingSeated Meditation (bring a strange flower to meditate on)Somatic/Parts Work ExplorationsGroup Check-inClosingPlease rsvp and we will send the zoom link + additional information to prepare for the session. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amykisei.substack.com/subscribe

Inspired by Michael Carroll and wisdom seat, Shambala, Drala Mountain Center Denver, Sokuzan, Tara Mandala, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Rizwan, Pema.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).  Music by Larimar Sound Alchemy.  

#compassion #spiritual #feedingyourdemons #energy #awakening #wisdom Episode 59 - w/Beth Shekinah Terrence: Awakening Inner Wisdom through Feeding Your Demons Beth Shekinah is certified as a Feeding Your Demons® facilitator for individuals and groups and an authorized Feeding Your Demons® teacher. Beth shared an overview of the process, why it has become a core foundational piece for her personally and in working with clients. We talked about what is a demon and how can you define a demon in your own life? Recent research on Feeding Your Demons and compassion practices. Learn more about Beth Shekinah and ways to work with her through Holistic Shamanic Transformation Programs and Feeding Your Demons® at https://bethshekinah.com. Join Beth Shekinah for a live virtual Awakening Inner Wisdom through Feeding Your Demons® group session via Zoom on Tuesday, August 13th at 7 PM ET. Learn more or register at https://calendly.com/bethshekinah/awakening-inner-wisdom-through-feeding-your-demons. Access free resources offered by Beth Shekinah on Compassion Practices including a Feeding Your Demons® Intro handout which summarizes some of our conversation from this podcast. https://bethshekinah.podia.com/free-resources. Learn more about Lama Tsultrim Allione, the creator of the Feeding Your Demons® Process, at https://www.taramandala.org/introduction/lama-tsultrim-allione/bio/ or purchase Lama Tsultrim Allione's Feeding Your Demons® book at https://www.taramandala.org/introduction/lama-tsultrim-allione/books/#feeding. Andrea Hylen is a writer, coach, ancestral lineage healing practitioner and the founder of The Incubator: An online coworking space for women creatives. https://andreahylen.com/the-incubator/ Beth's Bio: For over 28 years, Beth Shekinah Terrence has been supporting others on the path of transformation, healing, and integration. She is a trained shaman, holistic transformational facilitator and recovery coach. She has trained extensively holding certifications in many holistic modalities and approaches as well as a Master of Science degree in restorative practices.   Beth Shekinah is passionate about helping others to deepen connection, cultivate compassion, and experience awakening. And she is on a mission — to engage individuals, families, communities and organizations in discovering and enhancing the experience of recovery, well-being and resilience through the exploration and experience of holistic, restorative and spiritual pathways.   Feeding Your Demons® has been one of Beth Shekinah's core personal transformational practices well over a decade. She was first introduced to this compassion practice by one of her shamanic teachers as a way to support her own healing journey, and as a foundation for her shamanic and holistic healing work with others.   In 2021, she became certified as a Feeding Your Demons® facilitator for individuals and groups and in 2022 an authorized Feeding Your Demons® teacher. She is incredibly passionate about bringing this amazing compassion process to her individual clients and groups as well as the communities and organizations she serves. More about Andrea Hylen: There is also a free creativity community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theincubatorcreativitycommunity Andrea is the author of Heal My Voice: An Evolutionary Woman's Journey and is the founder of Heal My Voice. https://www.amazon.com/Heal-My-Voice-Evolutionary-Journey-ebook/dp/B07FRDXTTN/ Author Page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Hylen/e/B002C1XZCU/ Website: http://www.andreahylen.com/ Link to Carving a New Path on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3p9mPdcncZ0Iju63v9mDYj?si=77c38a9a0a5a4ecf Link to Carving a New Path Podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carving-a-new-path-podcast/id1509862803 This podcast is filled with stories and tools and resources to help you reflect on the life you are living while opening to new possibilities. Most of us were raised in a society that encourages productivity and do, do, do. I started this podcast in 2020 which was the beginning of global events that encouraged us to take time to pause, make changes and heal, to ask questions and listen for the answers. Exploring change and carving new paths is an invitation to listen to your inner guidance. The conversations and guests on this podcast have listened to their inner voice and birthed new ways of being in the world.

In this special edition of “First Voices Radio,” Host Olivia Clementine interviews Tiokasin Ghosthorse for “Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine,” a podcast about relationship and consciousness: exploring wisdom in relating with ourselves, each other and our greater world. For nearly 20 years, Olivia has been immersed in the exploration of relationships and spiritual nature. She works with individuals, couples and groups to cultivate relational capacities and self-understanding. She also has a background as a four-season farmer and herbalist. The Love & Liberation Podcast airs in depth conversations in the fields of spirituality, ecology and relationships. Recent guests have been Bayo Akomolafe, Stephen Jenkinson, Helen Norberg-Hodge, Khandro Choying and Lama Tsultrim Allione. Listen here: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts/Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Martinez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) 2. Song Title: Ball and Chain Artist: Xavier Rudd Album: Jan Juc Moon (2022) Label: Virgin Music Label and Adult Services Australia (P&D) 3. American Dream Artist: J.S. Ondara Album: Tales of America (The Second Coming) (2019) Label: Verve Forecast / Universal Music Canada 4. Spoken Word: There's Nothing Wrong With Us Artist: John Trudell Album: DNA: Descendant Now Ancestor (2001) Label: Effective RecordsAKANTU INTELLIGENCE Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse

This week's episode features a conversation with Chandra Easton, also known as Lopön Yeshe Dawa Zangmo, a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. Since 2001, she has taught Buddhism and Hatha Yoga. In 2015, she was awarded the title of Vajra Teacher, Dorje Lopön (Vajrāchārya), signifying a tantric master in Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, by Lama Tsultrim Allione and H.E. Gochen Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche. She regularly leads retreats and teaches Dharma both nationally and internationally. Chandra's new book, Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom, explores the 21 manifestations of Tārā in Tibetan Buddhism as she seeks to bring forth the voice of the empowered feminine in Buddhism. Our discussion touches on her personal journey through Buddhism, on the essence of the 21 Tārās as a gateway to look past our mental constructs of selfhood and discover our deeper nature, and the power of deity yoga. Discover a treasure trove of guided meditations, teachings, and courses at tantrailluminated.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ethan continues to explore the themes of his new book by discussing self-confidence, no-self, working with praise and criticism, and humility with Jaimal Yogis and Lou Sharma.  Please remember to pick up a copy of Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life's Eight Worldly Winds out this week! Check out all the cool offerings at our sponsor Dharma Moon, including upcoming Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training starting June 14. Sign up for the free online lecture with David Nichtern on May 28 on "Teaching Meditation and The Role of The Teacher." Jaimal Yogis is an award winning author of nonfiction and fiction books for children and adults - including his memoir SALTWATER BUDDHA and most recently the bestselling Scholastic series CITY OF DRAGONS.   Lou Sharma is a meditation teacher and brand strategy consultant based in Charlotte, NC. She has practiced meditation for over 15 years, and studied Buddhism within Tibetan Buddhist traditions, including the Magyu lineage of Lama Tsultrim Allione. She is a graduate of Dharma Moon's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training program.

Charlotte Z. Rotterdam is a Buddhist teacher, meditation instructor and contemplative educator. She received the title of Magyu Lopön, lead teacher of the Mother Lineage at Tara Mandala Retreat Center, by Lama Tsultrim Allione in 2016. She is the Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University and an Instructor in Naropa's Core College, World Wisdom Department, and Graduate School of Psychology. She co-developed and teaches Naropa's Mindful Compassion Training, a secular program to cultivate compassion in personal, professional and societal contexts. Charlotte received a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. The mother of two boys, she has published essays on the intersection of spiritual practice and daily life in Lion's Roar, Buddhadharma, Mandala and Fearless Nest, an anthology.  --- Learn more about ⁠The System Sanctuary⁠ where Tatiana Fraser and her team teach and train leaders on systems change. We work with individuals, teams and ecosystems to support learning and inform wise action. Sign up for The Systems Sanctuary Newsletter

Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher Chandra Easton about her new book Embodying Tara: 21 Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom, the background of Green Tara, why there are 21 different manifestations, the inspirations for the book. Chandra's lifelong relationship with Green Tara, and we take an especially deep dive into manifestation number thirteen, the so-callled "Demolition Tara."Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton has taught meditation and yoga since 2001. She has had the good fortune to study with many Tibetan and Western Buddhist teachers such as H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Karmapa, Lama Tsultrim Allione, B. Alan Wallace, and Jennifer Welwood. She is currently the Assistant Spiritual Director & Head Teacher at the Tara Mandala Retreat Center. Chandra has published several books, including her new book Embodying Tara: 21 Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. http://www.chandraeaston.com/You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom, Feeding Your Demons and Wisdom Rising Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine. She was the first American to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1970 in India and Nepal, returning to the USA. She later disrobed and became a widely known Buddhist teacher. She was has written about women and Buddhism particularly in the Tibetan tradition and has been outspoken about issues of patriarchy and the need for the presence of the feminine and women in Buddhism. Her bestselling book Feeding Your Demons has been the subject of several scientific studies and has been proven effective for depression, anxiety and addiction. Lama Tsultrim is the founder of Tara Mandala, a 700-acre retreat center  near Pagosa Springs, Colorado. In 2007 she was recognized in Tibet as the emanation of the renowned 11th-century Tibetan yogini, Machig Labdrön. She received the “Outstanding Woman in Buddhism” award in 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.https://www.taramandala.org/about/lama-tsultrim-allione/bio/_______________________________________________________PATREON / GIFT - Please support the show by joining our East Forest COUNCIL on Patreon.  Monthly Council, live-streams, demos, and more. NEW ALBUM OUT NOW - "Music For The Deck of the Titanic - Deluxe Edition" - LISTEN / BUYhttps://eastforest.orgUPCOMING LIVE - http://eastforest.org/ticketsMarch 20-24 - Treefort Music Fest / Yogafort, Boise, IDApr 4-7 - Summit at Sea, International WatersJune 18-July 1 - Esalen Institute Retreat, Big Sur CACOMMUNITY - join at EastForest.orgMUSIC by East Forest: Spotify / AppleMEDITATIONS by East Forest on Spotify & AppleSHOP: http://eastforest.storeConnect with the Forest - Mothership: http://eastforest.orgIG:  @eastforest | FB/TT/YT:  @eastforestmusic

In this episode, join Lama Tsultrim as she shares the profound sitting meditation technique taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1973. The session begins with a guided practice of the nine purification breaths, as detailed in Episode 20. Lama Tsultrim then addresses frequently asked questions about meditation, offering valuable insights and clarifications for both new and experienced practitioners. BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Nina Rao and Chandra Easton join Raghu to talk about embodying the goddess Tara through chanting.Interested in seeing Nina and Chandra? Here are two upcoming events on the East Coast: Tibet House, NYC, May 11 and Kripalu, MA, May 12-17Raghu, Nina, and Chandra spend this episode discussing:Chandra's Buddhist upbringingThe deity Tara and the sacred feminineNina and Chandra's collaboration with chanting and mantrasAn acapella chant offered from NinaTara for harmonyTantra and spirituality for the peopleThe 21 praises to TaraDurga, Saraswati, and other feminine deities we can invoke through mantrasThe eighth Tara as a fierce and invincible embodimentThe mara of doubtAbout Nina Rao:Nina Rao is a devotional singer. She tours with Krishna Das, playing cymbals, singing, and acting as his business manager. Nina has two of her own albums, “Antarayaami – Knower of All Hearts” and “Anubhav”. Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and beyond. Together with Chandra and Genevieve Walker, Nina operates the 21 Taras Collective. You can keep up with Nina on her website or find her on Instagram @nina_rao and on Facebook @NinaRaoChant.About Chandra Easton:Chandra Easton is a teacher, scholar, practitioner, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism. She has taught Buddhism and Hatha Yoga since 2001. In 2015, she was given the title of Vajra Teacher, Dorje Lopön, for Tara Mandala Retreat Center by Lama Tsultrim Allione and H. E. Gochen Sang Ngag Rinpoche. Seeking to bring forth the voice of the empowered feminine in Buddhism, Lopön Chandra regularly leads retreats and classes on Tara for various organizations, develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, and teaches nationally and internationally. She has also co-written melodies and recorded music for the twenty-one-Taras mantras found in her new book, Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. You can find Chandra on Instagram & Facebook @loponchandra.“The main purpose of doing this aspect of the 21 Tara's practice through chanting and more of a kirtan style is to uplift people, just like kirtan does. To bring joy, open people's heart to the blessings of these Taras and to Devi and to the universal way. And also to help them remember the mantra, because some of them are pretty long they can be a little challenging to remember.” – Chandra EastonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this potent episode, Lama Tsultrim offers a heartfelt response to the conflict in Gaza, advocating for an immediate ceasefire and the restoration of peace. She guides listeners in a meditative visualization, embodying Green Tara and her mantra, to channel and send blessings of peace, safety, and relief to those affected by the turmoil in the Middle East and beyond. This episode is a powerful call for compassion and healing in times of global distress.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Enjoy this deeply meditative episode and listen as Lama Tsultrim Allione invites us all to meditate on our true nature, the natural world around us, and these pith instructions on non-dualism from the Semde lineage. Lama Tsultrim integrates meditative instruction on the five elements from the profound teachings on non-dualism. Journey as she takes us back to Oddiyana, the birthplace of this tantra, to ponder the fundamental scripture of the Semde, or “Nature of Mind”. While doing so, "Meditate on these teachings and sit with them, walk with them, talk with them, cook with them. Just be there."BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom Rising

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For this week's Wisdom Rising podcast, Lama Tsultrim Allione guides us on a meditative examination of the Great Mother and her manifestation around us. “The Great Mother is the ground of being itself, the pure potential from which everything arises.”Within this short meditation, Lama invites you to explore the dimensions of the sacred feminine, the three kayas, and joyfully reflect on all of the dakinis, or women, in our lives. Connect with other female energies and the Sambhogakaya aspect of the feminine, which is in the dimension of luminosity; for it is in the Sambhogakaya that we have the dakinis: the embodiments of wisdom.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

What if instead of trying to avoid or attack the people or situations in life that we don't like, we chose to "invite them all to dinner”? In Tibetan Buddhism, this counterintuitive approach is known as "feeding our demons." In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Lama Tsultrim Allione about making the choice to turn toward what we usually avoid—and the healing and integration this choice can lead to.  Give a listen to this inspiring conversation on the need to reclaim the sacred feminine at this time in history; the dakini principle in Tibetan Buddhism; balancing the energies of the masculine and feminine; the courage to stand up to authority; cultivating self-trust; the Great Mother of pure potential; the union of wisdom and skillful means; becoming an emanation of an ever-evolving mind stream; the legendary yogini, Machig Labdrön, and learning to move toward what we usually avoid; the practice of "feeding your demons"; creating wholeness by integrating the shadow; working with grief and loss; and more.

Lama Tsultrim Allione discusses the ambiguities around a right to choose in today's world and as Buddhist woman.“From the Buddhist point of view, life begins at conception. Killing is negative karma, however, the circumstances of a pregnancy need to be balanced when thinking about abortion.” In this episode, Lama Tsultrim reflects on her own experience with abortion, and the importance of a woman's rights in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 turnover of Roe v. Wade. Lama Tsultrim also shares practices to heal and process parenthood, providing tools to better hold ourselves, and all beings, with compassion.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

In this episode, Lama Tsultrim is joined by Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton to discuss Easton's new book, Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. During this intimate and far-reaching discussion, the Tara Mandala teachers discuss the innate, expansive power of the twenty-one Taras, their experience channeling their wisdom, and how they look to each of the Taras for comfort during difficult times.BIO: Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton is a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. She serves on Tara Mandala's Prajna (Teacher) Council, Executive Committee, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Council. She develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, as well as teaches nationally and internationally. She is the author of Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom (2023).BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

In this episode, Lama Tsultrim Allione interviews special guest, Dr. Dan Siegel, about his book, IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging.Dr. Siegel defines the term intraconnectedness, which begins a lively and timely discussion on the meaning and its practical applications in our world.Dr. Siegel also speaks about his interactions with His Holiness the Dalai Lama several times on integrating compassion and science, and how HH encouraged Dr. Siegel to do this work. Dr. Siegel beautifully combines ancient wisdom traditions with modern scientific findings, and how they are ultimately pointing to the same thing.Bio: Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, autobiographical memory and narrative.Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. An award-winning educator, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of several honorary fellowships. Dr. Siegel is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization, which offers online learning and in-person seminars that focus on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes. His psychotherapy practice includes children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. He serves as the Medical Director of the LifeSpan Learning Institute and on the Advisory Board of the Blue School in New York City, which has built its curriculum around Dr. Siegel's Mindsight approach.Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal...

Lama Tsultrim Allione invites listeners to do a guided process of Feeding Your Demons® around the difficulties connected to the holiday season.Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

In this episdoe, Lama Tsultrim Allione provides practical instruction for the Nine Purification Breaths as well as a instruction for the shiné practice (Shamatha, Skrt.) In the Vajrayana tradition, there are different methods of pre-practice breath and this approach was developed by Lama Tsultrim herself. Dip into this space with her for cleansing, and learn about accessing and clearing channels, the foundation for clear mind and body.Alternating, we start on the left. Depending on your sex or inclination, instructions are within. In the Tibetan tradition of salong, Tibetan yoga, the Nine Breaths are a visualization gateway of purification to ready for practice. The Nine Breaths are also a tool if you are anxious, and it will calm the prana within the body. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

Ethan is joined by friend and Yearlong Buddhist Studies teaching colleague Lou Sharma to discuss her funny pandemic invention called DRAIN meditation, the pros and cons of the strategies we employ to deal with ourselves when the world is on fire, and the pitfalls of corporate life and trying to teach both mindfulness and ethics in the corporate world. For more info visit EthanNichtern.com and DharmaMoon.com Lou Sharma is a meditation teacher and brand strategy consultant based in Charlotte, NC. She has practiced meditation for over 15 years, and studied Buddhism within Tibetan Buddhist traditions, including the Magyu lineage of Lama Tsultrim Allione. She is a graduate of Dharma Moon's Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training and she is also part of the teaching faculty for Dharma Moon's Yearlong Buddhist Studies program.

Lama Tsultrim describes the cremation ceremony of Lama Tsering Wangdu (1935 -2023), which was held at Tara Mandala on November 22, 2023. Lama Wangdu Rinpoche was a lineage holder of the Longchen Nyingthig, Shije, and Chöd traditions. This auspicious event included traditional Tibetan practices and miraculous signs from beyond. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

Anne-Marie's is the founder of Village Deathcare 501c3 whose inspiration and purpose is incorporating deathcare into community. Of Irish Celtic and Finnish Sámi (indigenous Finno-Ugric) roots, she draws from her work as a death doula, a nurse assistant, life-long meditator, Reiki Master Teacher and mother of three. She is a certified Feeding Your Demons facilitator, Life Cycle Celebrant (certificate in funerals) and trained Home Funeral Guide. She is a core designer and advisor to a virtual reality therapeutics company developing a program for those working through end-of-life challenges. She lives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont where she practices magic, community deathcare, trains her Siberian Husky and delights in her family's love. Anne-Marie's first book Death Nesting which was self-published in 2019 won an Independent Publisher Book Award. Death Nesting was picked up by the publishing house Inner Traditions and will be release in 2023. She is a Reiki Master Teacher, meditation and basic goodness instructor and has nearly two decades of training in Shambhala Buddhist teachings and working with children and teens (ages 3-18) as a teacher at Karmê Chöling Meditation Center. She has completed Dying With Confidence training in Phowa with Anyen Rinpoche, “This Sacred Journey: Living Purposefully and Dying Fearlessly” with Pema Chodron, is a Chöd practioner, and is certified through Lama Tsultrim Allione as a facilitator in the Buddhist track of Feeding Your Demons, where her focus is on opening conversations with death. Anne-Marie has passed the National Home Funeral Alliance proficiency test, and regularly supports families through Family Directed funerals, home burial and green burial. https://www.annemariekeppel.com/bio/ #death #doulas #spirits #guides #heaven YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLiberatedHealer IG: theliberatedhealer IG: Gina Cavalier Website: www.theliberatedhealer.com Facebook: @theliberatedhealer Linked-IN: @theliberatedhealer Tiktoq: ginacavalier_Liberated Twitter: GinaMCavalier Rumble: TheLiberatedHealer Link Tree: linktr.ee/gina_the_liberated_healer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lama Tsultrim responds to listeners' questions and recounts the magical story of her journey to being recognized as an emanation of Machig Labdrön. She also discusses practicing with the mirror-like nature of mind and shares her insights into the existence of other dimensions.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

This captivating dialogue between Lama Tsultrim Allione and Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel explores the significance of darkness and uncertainty in spirituality, touching on themes of Dark Retreat, wrathful female deities, lucid dreaming, Shamanic Zen, and more. Further delve into darkness as a cosmic landscape for transformation with Zenju Osho at her upcoming Dharma Talk in January 2024, where she will expand on the “deep, sacred, natural, organic process of darkness within our lives.”To register for Darkness: The Landscape of Transformation, visit this link » bit.ly/Zenju-DTBIO: Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, born to parents who migrated from rural Louisiana at the start of WWII, has walked through many different doors spiritually and academically. Ordained in the Suzuki Roshi lineage, she holds a Ph.D. and is a gifted poet and accomplished author, embodying a rich tapestry of experiences and wisdom gained through her unique journey.Her transmissions come through her books The Shamanic Bones of Zen, The Deepest Peace, Sanctuary, The Way of Tenderness, and the Black Angel Cards: 36 Oracles and Messages, her first visionary experience. She also teaches from her experience of African and Native American indigenous ceremony and her own awakening on the intersection of spirituality and systemic oppression.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

In this engaging episode Venerable Sogan Rinpoche answers questions posed by Lama Tsultrim Allione and shares intimate stories about his life in Tibet, his extraordinary spiritual training and his deep karmic connection to the treasure revealing dakini, Sera Khandro Dewé Dorje.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. BIO: Ven. Sogan Rinpoche (Tulku Pema Lodoe) was born in 1964 in Tibet. He was recognized by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama as the 6th Sogan Rinpoche. After many years of study, pilgrimage and solitary retreat, Rinpoche left Tibet to continue his studies in India. In 2004 Rinpoche established The Sogan Foundation (TSF), a secular non-profit organization which serves as a vehicle for alleviating the suffering of the poor and the marginalized.Rinpoche now travels throughout North America and in Europe to teach Buddhism. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

In this episode, Lama Tsultrim Allione sits down with Andrea Miller at The Lion's Roar Podcast to reflect on women in Buddhism today. Lama Tsultrim discusses various dimensions of the sacred feminine and the interconnectedness of women and practice. She shares personal insight into the unique challenges that women face today.Lion's Roar magazine celebrated their 30th anniversary this year, and in celebration interviewed various women teachers and scholars in the Buddhist world. Hear Lama Tsultrim Allione's entire interview here.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Lama Tsultrim is joined by her long-time friend and the founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society, Jack Kornfield. Together, they explore the difference between mindfulness and awareness, what it means to go beyond Samsara and Nirvana, the meaning of enlightenment and more. Jack describes how meditation can free us from our patterns, increasing our ability to love and, in turn, enabling us to become loving awareness itself. He also talks about the transition from monastic life into intimate partnership and the important role that therapy has played in his own life. About Jack Kornfield: Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practice to the West, has taught internationally since 1974, and is the author of 16 books which have sold 2 million copies.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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

Diving into treasured memories, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Krishna Das, and Raghu Markus explore the ways that the guru can move through a family.Ram Dass' Love Serve Remember Foundation and the Alan Watts Organization invite you to open your mind, open your heart, and tap into the living truth of Alan Watts and Ram Dass. Learn more about this special 4-week Virtual Course:"The Presence of the Way: The Dharma of Alan Watts and Ram Dass"In this episode from The 2023 Summer Mountain Retreat, Raghu Markus, Krishna Das, and Lama Tsultrim Allione explore:Being taken care of by the guruThe myth and magic of Maharaj-jiHealing traumatic relationshipsStories of Raghu & Krishna Das' parents in IndiaThe transformations that came from meeting Maharaj-jiHow the guru moves through the familyLama Tsultrim Allione's story of becoming a monkHow our entire family can be changed by our individual devotionTales of Dzogchen Master, Adzom Paylo RinpocheThe fierce grace of the guruBreaking the wheel of abuse “The guru is a physical embodiment of awakeness, of full awakeness.” – Lama Tsultrim AllioneAbout 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 the three-story temple and library dedicated to the divine feminine in the Buddhist tradition near Pagosa Springs, in southwest Colorado. She leads a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Learn more about Lama Tsultrim Allione's work at Tara Mandala“When we recognize the things we have done to ourselves, what our own karmas have impelled us to do and our own upbringing and we see how helpless we are, then we look at other people, even people who have supposedly hurt us, and we see they are also pushed around by their own karmas. That's when we get some compassion. ” – Krishna DasAbout Krishna Das:Layering traditional Hindu kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Grammy nominee, Krishna Das has been called yoga's “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das – known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD – has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling chant artist of all time. His album ‘Live Ananda' (released January 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.KD spent the late '60s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass' own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji.Krishna Das now travels the world sharing his kirtan practice and wonderful stories of his life, of Maharaji-ji, of his life on the Path and discusses bringing chanting into our lives through retreats and workshops. To date, KD has released 15 well-received albums, most recently Trust in the Heart released in October 2017.For more on Krishna Das events, music, and other offerings visit: KrishnaDas.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is part 2 of my interview with Erik Jampa Andersson. In this fascinating interview, we continue to discuss his new book Unseen Beings: How We Forgot the World Is More Than Human. In this episode, we get way more esoteric. Erik explains exactly who unseen beings are, and why we need to understand that we share the world with more than humans. We talk about the Nagas - find out who these serpentine beings are. We discuss spirits and mantras, particularly how certain mantras are spells used in literal combat. We both share a ton of Naga stories and experiences from the one Prashant Iyengar shared with about Patanjali to how the Nagas became guardians of the Chod founder's tradition and many more. Plus there's a bonus episode right after this one on the importance of ritual and we dive much deeper into mantras are spells.  HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE INCLUDE: Find out who the unseen beings are and why it matters that we learn to identify them.   The importance of Nature spirits and learning to understand who the serpentine Naga beings are. Critical connections between human health and environmental health. Erik shares the story of Machig Labdrön, the founder of the practice of chöd: Tibetan Buddhist Mahamudrā chöd lineages. Erik draws on traditional eco-philosophies and Buddhist wisdom, asking us to rethink the very nature of our existence on this incredible that we share planet. If you loved this episode, please subscribe to my podcast, write a review, and follow me on Instagram. You can find me online at tatyannawright.com and theconsciousdiva.com MORE ABOUT ERIK: Erik Jampa Andersson, founder and director of Shrimala, is a London-based practitioner, teacher, and scholar of Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa), Tibetan Buddhism, and Environmental History.  He is a graduate of the Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine and is currently finishing an MA in History at Goldsmiths University. He is the author of Unseen Beings: How We Forgot the World is More than Human (Hay House, May 2023). A Buddhist practitioner since 2005 (at the age of 14), Erik found an early home in the Tibetan tradition under the close guidance of Lama Tsultrim Allione, founder of Tara Mandala retreat center in Colorado, and has studied with an array of teachers from Tibet and the Himalayas. While pursuing a degree in religious studies at Naropa University, he was inspired to change course and enrol in a five-year Tibetan Medicine program at the Shang Shung Institute, in which he was trained extensively under notable senior physicians including Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo, Dr. Namgyal Tsering, Dr. Nyima Tsering, and other Sowa Rigpa experts in America and Asia. RELATED LINKS: https://www.shrimala.com/about https://www.erikjampa.com https://www.taramandala.org/blog/erik-jampa-dec-2022 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/erikjampa/

Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teachers as well as short meditations and experiential practices. In this episode: Is there anything that is impermanent? Drop in and rest in your own boundless, luminous nature as Lama Tsultrim introduces you to the state beyond arising and cessation.BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

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Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teachers as well as short meditations and experiential practices. In this episode you will learn the difference between mindfulness and awareness as she shares simple and profound teachings on the stainless nature of your mind to heal trauma and realize your own self-cognizing wisdom. BIO: 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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Buddhist teacher, author, and founder of Tara Mandala retreat center, Lama Tsultrim Allione, talks with Lion's Roar magazine's editor Andrea Miller about the meaning — and urgency — of embracing the sacred feminine as a way to resist the destructive aspects of patriarchal society. Plus, a reading of "Green Tara: You Are the Divine Feminine" written by Lama Döndrup Drölma from the September 2023 "Women of Wisdom" issue of Lion's Roar magazine. Explore what's inside the issue on lionsroar.com

Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teachers as well as short meditations and experiential practices introducing you to the timeless nature of awareness, from the Semde Lineage of Dzogchen. Including teachings on the mandala, working with the elements, the fourth time, and sacred union.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). Over 55 years of practice as a monastic and a laywoman, Lama Tsultrim has fully embraced the arc of Buddhism coming to the West as well as fully embracing her experience as a woman emerging from a patriarchal structure into a — of empowerment and agency. She founded the first Western Buddhist center dedicated to the Sacred Feminine in the Buddhist tradition, and leads several long term practice paths including, Magyu, the mother lineage. She emphasizes the need for emotional development to accompany spiritual practice, leading a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world.

Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Lama Tsultrim is joined by world renowned musician Krishna Das in a heartfelt conversation about parenting, the challenges of motherhood, incarnation, and shared memories from past adventures. Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

For the first time Lama Tsultrim speaks publicly about her family lineage of Buddhism and the research she has been doing in particular around her grandmother who was the fifth person to receive a PhD from Harvard Radcliffe. While working on her memoir, "Places She Lives", Lama Tsultrim has been tracking the origins of Buddhism in America, leading back to Thoreau and Emerson.Learn more about our Lama Tsultrim Allione, read transcripts and get more resources athttps://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Lama Tsultrim offers an introduction to the Heart Sutra, the most famous of all Mahāyāna sutras, presenting its historical background and exploring its relationship to Western science and delves into a guided meditation on emptiness and awakening. Learn more about our Lama Tsultrim Allione, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Lama Tsultrim Allione is joined by Elissa Epel, PhD.author of the NY Times best selling book The Telomere Effect and professor at UCSF in the Department of Psychiatry where she does mind-body research, examining effects of mindfulness and contemplative interventions (mindfulness, meditation retreats, breathing) on aging and emotional well being. Lama Tsultrim and Elissa discuss Western and Buddhist views of stress reduction, followed by a fascinating discussion on how to turn stress into a positive strong force with our beliefs, to metabolize stress in our body, and dissolve stress in nature and positive supportive environments. Learn more about our guests, read episode transcripts, and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.

Lama Tsultrim interviews longtime friend, Robert A.F. Thurman, who shares a fascinating story about his experiences in Mt. Kalaish as well as his experience as a monk in India in the 1960s. Dr. Thurman offers a beautiful teaching on the explanation of Emptiness, based upon a quote from Nagarjuna which says, “Emptiness is the womb of Compassion.” Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at:https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-libraryConnect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom RisingFollow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube.Learn more about Lama Tsultrim.