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Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen is a teacher and a long-time student of Tibetan Buddhism. He has been teaching various practices and retreats in Lama Tsultrim’s lineage in the US and abroad since 2006, offering a blend of incisive insight and genuine compassion. He co-leads the Boulder Tara Mandala Sangha with Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam, and serves as a member of the Tara Mandala Board. In addition to Lama Tsultrim Allione, Pieter studied with Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Adzom Paylo Rinpoche, and others. In the past, Pieter has brought innovative leadership to institutions such as Naropa University, where he served as Assistant VP for Academic Affairs, and Tara Mandala, where he served as Executive Co-director and Board Member. His years of leadership have been dedicated to creating healthy, creative, and effective organizations built on cultures of openness and authenticity. He is the founder and current CEO of Celsus Bio-Intelligence, a skin care company. Pieter received his Law degree in his native South Africa.
Authorized to teach:
Dentog Chigma Chöd Practice
Feeding Your Demons®
Kapala Training Level I
Kapala Training Level II
Kapala Training Level III
Namkhai Norbu Chöd
Prajña Paramita Meditation Practice
Three Yanas: Mahayana Retreat
Three Yanas: Sutrayana Retreat
Email: pieter@skymind.us
Website: www.skymind.us
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Events with Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen
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Open Dates
Join the Feeding Your Demons® Online Program and become fully certified to use this method in a professional setting with clients, or choose the à la carte options for personal growth and enrichment. Through compelling content and practice assignments, participants engage in a journey of increasing levels of personal transformation…
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Open Dates
Who can attend? Licensed therapists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers Mental health professionals seeking to expand their knowledge of innovative techniques for personal and professional development Clinicians looking for a research-validated, transformative approach to enhancing personal well-being and professional effectiveness Mental health providers who wish to cultivate a holistic approach…
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July 13 - August 31, 2024
“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…
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August 17 - October 25, 2024
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. Buddhist Track participants will also dive deeper into the practice lineage of Machig Labdrön with an introduction…
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August 17, 2024 - March 1, 2025
Key Features Developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione, Feeding Your Demons® is a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns, triggers, and neuroses that undermine the quality and enjoyment of our lives. Become fully certified to use this method in a therapeutic setting with clients. Taught by Lama…
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August 24 - October 25, 2024
Deepen your training and knowledge of Feeding Your Demons® in Level II. Learn how to work more extensively with your allies, trace your demons in your body, and map family demons and allies. Who can attend? Individuals who have completed FYD Level I or Kapala Training Level I and want…
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August 24, 2024 - March 1, 2025
Key Features Developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione, Feeding Your Demons® is a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns, triggers, and neuroses that undermine the quality and enjoyment of our lives. Become fully certified to use this method in a therapeutic setting with clients. Taught by Lama…
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September 4 - 8, 2024
In Kapala Level III, we will go deeper into Machig Labdrön’s teachings and receive a profound new practice of hers. Participants will also expand their FYD journey by working with collective demons, such as societal, cultural, and historical demons, and the demon of ego-clinging. NOTE: All participants are expected to…
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September 7 - November 1, 2024
Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a simple but profound five-step process that guides the practitioner to transform their demons into protective allies through a sequence of illuminating questions and visualizations. Created by Lama Tsultrim Allione, it employs principles of the Tibetan Buddhist practice Chöd, as originally articulated by the eleventh-century…
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September 7 - November 1, 2024
Feeding Your Demons® (FYD) is a simple but profound five-step process that guides the practitioner to transform their demons into protective allies through a sequence of illuminating questions and visualizations. Created by Lama Tsultrim Allione, it employs principles of the Tibetan Buddhist practice Chöd, as originally articulated by the eleventh-century…
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September 7, 2024 - March 1, 2026
Ideal for therapists, coaches, and facilitators who desire to add a powerful technique to their professional toolbelt, and for individuals who wish to work with their own ‘demons’ through contemplative practice. The Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification program offers a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns,…
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September 7, 2024 - March 1, 2026
Ideal for therapists, coaches, and facilitators who desire to add a powerful technique to their professional toolbelt, and for individuals who wish to work with their own ‘demons’ through contemplative practice. The Feeding Your Demons® Full Certification program offers a profoundly effective method for recognizing and transforming the deep-seated patterns,…
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September 27 - October 2, 2024
We invite you to join us at Tara Mandala in Colorado for a profound opportunity to learn the liberating practice of Dentog Chigma Chöd with Dorje Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam and Lopön Pieter Oosthuizen. The dynamic and transformative practice of Dentog Chigma, “liberation on one seat,” combines the melodic and rhythmic…