Feeding Your Demons

Feeding Your Demons is a “psycho-spiritual” process derived from the ancient Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd. Instead of trying to overcome our ‘demons’ using force or aggression, we develop a compassionate attitude and make offerings to them, imagining that we are feeding them in order that they may become our allies and not our enemies.

“The process of feeding our demons is a method for bringing our shadow into consciousness and accessing the treasures it holds rather than repressing it. If the shadow is not made conscious and integrated, it operates undercover, becoming the saboteur of our best intentions, as well as causing harm to others. Bringing the shadow into awareness reduces its destructive power and releases the life energy stored in it. By befriending that which scares us most, we find our own wisdom.” - from the book Feeding Your Demons by Lama Tsultrim Allione

The practice has five steps, which take you through the entire process of transforming demons into allies, whereby the energy that is caught up in inner conflict becomes liberated and available to us as a resource.

Content of Introductory Daylong Workshop

The context of the practice.

A full introduction to the 5 step method of ‘feeding your demons’.A guided practice.

Demonstration of the pairwork.

Opportunity to practice pairwork.

Handouts of 5 step process for individual and pairwork; also ‘tracking forms’.

Participants who have completed a level 1 workshop can buy a fyd CD which gives a guided practice for you to do at home.

Opportunities for questions and clarification throughout the day.

We are aware this is very close to Christmas. If we don’t have enough bookings by the 10th December, we will have to cancel the event - so if you’d like to attend, please book in advance.