FEEDING YOUR DEMONS: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict, by Tsultrim Allione, foreword by Jack Kornfield

FEEDING YOUR DEMONS: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict

by Tsultrim Allione, foreword by Jack Kornfield

Tsultrim Allione brings an eleventh-century Tibetan woman's practice (Chod) to the West, an accessible and effective approach for dealing with negative emotions, fears, illness, and self-defeating patterns. Allione, author of Women of Wisdom, explains that if we fight our demons they only grow stronger-- but if we feed them, nurture them, we can free ourselves from the battle. Through the practice outlined, we can learn to overcome any obstacle and achieve freedom and inner peace.

"Feeding Your Demons offers an original and powerful approach to challenging the forces at work in the shadows of our psyche. Tsultrim Allione has done a masterful job of translating ancient--and fascinating--methods to heal modern emotional troubles."--Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

"Tsultrim Allione shows us what life could look like if we were not struggling, not hating ourselves for our problems and frailties, but rather were relating to these challenges with awareness and compassion. She illuminates a clear and practical guide to transformation, based on her many years of exceptional meditation training."--Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

"Feeding Your Demons is a bold, beautiful, and original work. Bringing the wisdom of Tibet straight into our daily lives, Tsultrim Allione shares the accumulated fruits of her own deep understanding. She does this in a completely accessible way, taking the most profound insights and rendering them simply and straightforwardly without compromising them. This is an extraordinary accomplishment, a gift to all who read it."--Mark Epstein, M.D., author of Thoughts without a Thinker and Psychotherapy without the Self

Tsultrim Allione is one of the most widely known contemporary Western women teachers of Buddhism. She received her master's degree from Antioch University in Buddhism/Women's Studies and was one of the first Western women to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. She has been practicing Buddhism for over thirty years and has taught throughout the world.