I have found the perspective of Feeding Your Demons to be insightful and wise and the technique itself to be invaluable. Over the years I have explored and benefited from both meditation, yoga and breathing practices from the East as well as various psychological insights and practices from the West. With Feeding Your Demons, I am experiencing the result of a beautiful melding of the wisdom of both orientations.

Even before trying the process itself, I found that just reading the book brought a way of seeing myself and my life that was richly rewarding. I felt some doubt about my ability to do the technique, though, because I don't visualize easily or well (visualization being part of the process). But the good news is that even without clear visualization, I have grown to trust and feel comfortable with my own way of experiencing the technique (it is usually more a feeling sense than `seeing') because of the positive changes that have come from each session!

Thank you Tsultrim!

Since she first glimpsed Buddhist lives and practice over 40 years ago at age 19, Lama Tsultrim has devoted herself not only to her own practice but also to finding ways to bring this joy, compassion and devotion to others. In this jewel of a book she offers those experiences to benefit people who may never resonate with Buddhism or Tibet, but who do notice our lifes' continuing struggles, the world's distresses, and our deep longing for ways to nurture less conflict and more hope. The book offers a way for anyone to turn toward that distress and longing, elegantly and skillfully placing this remarkable meditation practice in a modern, Western framework. So whatever your own spiritual inclinations are, whatever form your personal 'demons' may take, however you're thinking about war and peace and disharmony in the world, you'll find an ally here - in the practice, in the stories, and in the remarkable woman who brought us this book.

Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 5/08
In her book, Feeding Your Demons,with much authority and personal experience, Tsultrim Allione, shares ancient wisdom from the Buddhists. Allione defines demons not as a Gargoyle type spirit but as an obstacle or hindrance that holds us back from living a full life. Depression, anxiety, illnesses are a few of the obstacles she calls demons. She adapts Buddhist methods into a simple 5-step process.
1. Find the demon.
2. Personify the demon and ask what it needs.
3. Imagine yourself as the demon.
4. Feed the demon and meet the ally.
5. Rest in awareness.
I understand the principles behind the 5-step concept even if I do not agree with it. My liberation comes from above. However, Allione takes a mysterious subject and simplifies it. All in all, Feeding Your Demons is an unique concept. Its basis is ancient, but practiced by many New Agers.

Lama Tsultrim Allione has masterfully adapted the ancient Tibetan practice of chod and it's powerful gift of transformation so simply and directly that it will serve those who might be drawn to the book's evocative title, while also providing support and a fresh approach to long time spiritual practitioners. Simple, concise and carefully honed through Tsultrim's own many years of practice, this book and the practice which it transmits is a liberating gift for all those whose lives are devoted to freedom. Blessings and Gratitude...

I saw a magazine cover yesterday in a supermarket: "We can win the war against global warming!" it declared. "Really?" I wondered. "Has war ever brought us anything but more suffering?" I was much more sensitive to this fundamental question since I have just finished reading Lama Tsultrim's book on an alternative to war - whether we are talking about inner war against our bodies, our diseases, our fat(!), or our thoughts and feelings or outer war against our mothers and fathers, our children, neighbors, other groups of people, or even the natural world around us whether near or far who "threaten" us. In the animal kingdom - we are told - the only two choices when one feels threatened are "fight or flight", and that is the way we have been mostly operating for quite awhile now. Thank God there is another way, and Lama Tsultrim describes it in practical terms with lots of examples from real life. Now if we can just get our politicians to read this and try it....

This book offers a profound approach to resolving that with which we struggle inside (and outside too). I have been working with this process--so clearly explained by the author--and have found it to be extremely effective. The premise is simple: anything you fight and/or banish to your shadow will just find ways to haunt you even more, so why not find a way to provide it with the attention and compassion it really needs. This process has helped me to resolve and transform some deep-seated fears and issues. If peace begins within, this book goes a long way towards helping change what is frustrating in the world. I give it my highest recommendation.

I found this book to be incredibly powerful and transformative. A captivating and smooth read with a great message. The technique outlined in the book is simple yet profound, and was really effective for me. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in shedding old patterns and becoming happier in general (and who isn't!).

I have found this to be a highly effective, fascinating way of working with my emotions. I don't know about you but I have some inner demons, some forces that exert power over me whether I want them to or not and lead me toward a negative place. Tsultrim Allione's method of feeding these "demons" has given me a way of contacting those places in my mind and sort of sitting down to tea with them. It's a way of making friends, of coming to understand what they are all about. The end result is that the demon is no longer an enemy but becomes an ally. Or else just goes away and leaves me alone. I love the peaceful aspect of this method, the nonviolence. It's like the Mahatma Gandhi of self help.