375 Panterkill Road PO Box 70 Phoenicia, NY 12464 United States
July 10 - 13, 2025
About this Retreat
Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, is the Scholar and Founding Director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center of Houston, where he brings Tibetan yogic practices for helping health-care professionals flourish by reducing stress and burnout, and improving health and resilience while nourishing the human spirit.
Since 1995, he has been teaching Tibetan meditation and Tibetan yogic practices under the auspices of the Ligmincha Institute in various parts of the United States, Latin America, and Europe.
Alejandro is also adjunct faculty in the Integrative Medicine Program, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where since 1999, he has conducted research using mind-body techniques with cancer patients, and gave group and individual meditation classes for cancer patients and their support system, as part of the Integrative Medicine Center. He also holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Texas Medical School’s McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, where he teaches medical students in the areas of spirituality, complementary and integrative medicine, and end of life care.
Alejandro Chaoul is the author of Chod Practice in the Bon Tradition and Tibetan Yoga for Health and Wellbeing, Tibetan Yoga: Magical Movements of Body, Breath & Mind, and has also published in the area of religion and medicine, medical anthropology, and the interface of spirituality and healing. He has recently been recognized as a Fellow at the Mind & Life Institute.
Details of this retreat
Beginners and experienced students alike are invited to this Tibetan Yoga retreat with master yogin Alejandro Chaoul as he focuses on exploring the different dimensions of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and space), in their internal and external dimensions.
In this four-day retreat, we will learn, practice, and refine the Tsa lung (channels & breath) movements from the Bön Ma gyu (Mother Tantra) from the chapter of the elements, in their external, internal and secret practices. This distinctive Tibetan practice of yoga known as Tsa lung combines physical movements, breath retention, and awareness, giving you the opportunity to experience connecting with your subtle body as a mandala with its channels and chakras.
Alejandro will also share some of the studies used in clinical research at MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, which relate to these practices. As Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, who was also an advisor to these studies, mentions, these are “a wonderful support for all spiritual practitioners, not just for those with an interest in physical yogas,” or those with illnesses.
By harmonizing the winds (lung, prana, or chi) and guiding their flow through physical and energetic dimensions, Tsa lung Trul khor can clear long-held blocks in your body, energy, and mind, supporting your healing as well as the spontaneous arising of primordial awareness during formal meditation and in everyday life.
Weather permitting, we will practice inside and outside. Join us for this special retreat in a special land of healing!
Beginners and experienced students alike, including those touched by cancer, are invited to this Tibetan Yoga retreat. Join us for this special retreat in a special land of healing!
* Banner image of a Lukhang mural © Thomas Laird, 2018. As published in Murals of Tibet, TASCHEN.
Schedule
Thursday, July 10
3 - 6 pm Arrival & Check-in
6 - 7 pm Dinner
7:30 - 9 Welcome Program
Friday, July 11
7 - 8 am Early Morning Program
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 12 pm Morning Program
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4 Free Time for Relaxation and Spa
4 - 6 Afternoon Program
6 - 7 Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Evening Program
Saturday, July 12
7 - 8 am Early Morning Program
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 12 pm Morning Program
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4 Free Time for Relaxation and Spa
4 - 6 Afternoon Program
6 - 7 Dinner
7:30 - 9 pm Evening Program
Sunday, July 13
7 - 11 am Check-out of Rooms
7 - 8 am Early Morning Program
8 - 9 am Breakfast
9:30 am - 12 pm Morning Program
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Departure
*Please note that the schedule is subject to change at any time.
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