Teachers

Chögé Lisa Erickson

Lisa Erickson is a Chögé, meaning ‘virtuous teacher of dharma’, in Tara Mandala’s Teacher’s program. She is a certified Feeding Your Demons facilitator and teacher, and offers frequent Feeding Your Demons daylong workshops, as well as incorporating it into her private session work as an energy worker. Lisa has been part of Tara Mandala’s Magyu program since its inception, and is currently a Kalyanamitra, or mentor, in the program. Lisa coordinates and offers Prajna Paramita and Chod practice through the South Bay Los Angeles Tara Mandala sangha, and Dakini mandala and Feeding Your Demons practice through Tara Mandala’s online Aging and Illness in the Dharma sangha. Lisa is co-direcror for the Mandala Method Certification Program, teaching in the mandala courses and co-leading the Certification training process. Lisa is also certified in mindfulness meditation instructions, trauma sensitivity, and multiple energy healing modalities. In her private practice she is an energy worker specializing in women’s energetics, life transits, and sexual trauma healing, and has published two books through Llewelllyn Publishing on these topics. She is a practitioner with The Breathe Network, a non-profit dedicated to supporting holistic healing and healers for sexual trauma survivors. Lisa worked for 15 years in the technology industry as a programmer and project manager, and brings this experience to her current endeavors.

Events with Chögé Lisa Erickson

Journey into the Union of Sacred Feminine and Masculine
January 31 - March 1, 2025

“In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the pinnacle spiritual experience is described as the union of the feminine, symbolizing wisdom, with the masculine, symbolizing skillful means.” ~ Lama Tsultrim Allione   Venture into  the Yab Yum Mandala to explore divine union beyond gender identifications, experiencing and integrating the feminine and masculine we…

Mandala Method Sacred Feminine image Journey Into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine Mandala Method
March 24 - May 16, 2025

“The mandala is a template or blueprint of wholeness. It has a center and four directions. Associated with each direction is a color, an element, an obstructed pattern and a wisdom. It is a way to understand yourself and also your world.” – Lama Tsultrim Allione  We invite you to…

Tigle Mandala Image Mandala Method Certification Capstone
October 3 - 5, 2025

***Registration for this retreat is restricted.***  Please only register if you are part of the fall 2025 cohort of the Mandala Method Certification Program. This Capstone retreat is the culminating program for this cohort. Participants should have completed all required partner practices of: Guided Journey with Dakini  Guided Journey with…

Mandala Method Sacred Masculine image Journey into the Mandala of the Sacred Masculine Mandala Method
October 17 - November 7, 2025

“The mandala is a template or blueprint of wholeness. It has a center and four directions. Associated with each direction is a color, an element, an obstructed pattern and a wisdom. It is a way to understand yourself and also your world.” – Lama Tsultrim Allione  The Mandala of the…