Image © Andrew Guenther Feeding Your Demons with Vajralila and Sudakini
Kunselling, Wales
Saturday 27th 10:30 to Sunday 28th 16:00
September 2025
We are honored to announce a weekend workshop working with the Feeding Your Demons method developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione. The workshop will be led by two of her senior students, Vajralila and Sudakini, both qualified psychotherapists.
Feeding Your Demons
Feeding Your Demons is a therapeutic 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.
More detail is available in this article by Lama Sultrim Allione.
For information about the Feeding Your Demons online programme follow the link. Please note that, although the International Dzogchen Community UK are very pleased to host this workshop, we are not responsible for its content.
The Workshop
The workshop will start on Saturday 27th September 2025 at 10:30am and finish on Sunday 28th September at 4pm. The location is Kunselling, the retreat centre of the UK Dzogchen Community near Hay-on-Wye and Brecon in South Wales. We’ll provide directions when you register.
Registration is through the booking form at the bottom of this page. Payment details and a breakdown of the event costs are given below.
Any queries relating to this workshop should be directed via email to the organiser Alexander Studholme
alexander.studholme@dzogchencommunityuk.org
Event Costs
When you first book a place, but are not ready to pay in full, please make a non-refundable deposit of £30. The balance is due to before the start of the event.Please use the form again with the same name and email address to make any further payments.
The suggested donation for the workshop is £ 50. If you have made a deposit, it will count towards this. You may consider paying more. This donation directly supports our teachers and helps subsidise other community activities and initiatives.
The cost of the accomodation per night is as follows:
Non-member £27
Ordinary/ Concessionary £14
Global sustaining/KSL package £12
Caravan or Van, non-member £10
Caravan or Van, member £5
The cost of the food per meal is as follows:
Breakfast £5
Lunch £7
Supper £7
Through the booking form you can pay by PayPal or credit card. Payment by direct bank transfer has to be done separately as follows:
HSBC
Dzogchen Community UK
Sort code 40-02-03
Account number 01077384
IBAN: GB44HBUK40020301077384
BIC/SWIFT: HBUKGB4105R
Please specify what you are paying for (FYD). You still have to submit the booking form to register.
Vajralila
Vajralila has been a practicing Buddhist for over 30 years and a student of Lama Tsultrim since 2008. She subsequently went on to train in teaching the Feeding Your Demons practice and she and Sudakini have been authorised by Lama Tsultrim to teach this work since 2010. Vajralila works as a a Lifespan Integration Psychotherapist and is one of the UK trainers as well as a consultant and supervisor.
Sudakini
Sudakini Davies has been a practicing buddhist for more than 30 years and a student of Lama Tsultrim since 2008. She is an experienced Movement Psychotherapist, IFS (Internal Family Systems) practitioner and Couples Counsellor with a background in professional dance performance and teaching. Her work as a dancer and therapist has been deeply informed by her longstanding Buddhist practice. Sudakini sees clients for one-to-one FYD sessions as well as co-teaching groups with Vajralila; she has been authorised by Lama Tsultrim Allione to teach Feeding Your Demons® since May 2010.
Date
- Saturday - Sunday 27 - 28 September 2025
Time
- 10:30 - 16:00
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Organizer
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Alexander Studholme
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Email
alexander.studholme@dzogchencommunityuk.org
Speakers
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Sudakini
Sudakini Davies has been a practicing buddhist for more than 30 years and a student of Lama Tsultrim since 2008. She is an experienced Movement Psychotherapist, IFS (Internal Family Systems) practitioner and Couples Counsellor with a background in professional dance performance and teaching. Her work as a dancer and therapist has been deeply informed by her longstanding Buddhist practice. Sudakini sees clients for one-to-one FYD sessions as well as co-teaching groups with Vajralila; she has been authorised by Lama Tsultrim Allione to teach Feeding Your Demons® since May 2010.
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Vajralila
Vajralila has been a practicing Buddhist for over 30 years and a student of Lama Tsultrim since 2008. She subsequently went on to train in teaching the Feeding Your Demons practice and she and Sudakini have been authorised by Lama Tsultrim to teach this work since 2010. Vajralila works as a a Lifespan Integration Psychotherapist and is one of the UK trainers as well as a consultant and supervisor.
