Description: "In Tibetan Yoga, discover ancient Tibetan yogic practices that integrate body, breath, and mind on the journey to personal cultivation and enlightenment. Tibetan Yoga offers accessible instructions for performing the ancient yogic techniques of Tibet's Bèon religion. This is Tibetan yoga, or trul khor, a deeply authentic yogic practice. Drawing on thirty years of training with Bèon's most senior masters as well as advanced academic study, Dr. Alejandro Chaoul offers expert guidance on practices that were first developed by Bèon masters over a millennia ago, framing them according to the needs of contemporary yoga practitioners and meditators. No matter their level of experience, dedicated practitioners of Tibetan yoga will discover its ability to clear away obstacles and give rise to meditative states of mind. In this book you'll learn what it means to practice for the benefit of all beings, and to experience your body as a mandala, from center to periphery. These movements help you live in a more interconnected mind-breath-body experience, with benefits including better focus, stress reduction, the elimination of intrusive thoughts, better sleep, and general well-being"--
Brief description: Dr. Ale Chaoul is the director of Tibetan Yoga Wellbeing, dedicated to educating individuals and communities about the ancient practice of Tibetan yoga and its transformative power to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. He also serves as the scholar and founding director of the Jung Center's Mind Body Spirit Institute (MBSI). Dr. Chaoul holds a doctoral degree in religious studies from Rice University, where his dissertation focused on the application of Tibetan yogic practices in contemporary medical settings.
For the last thirty years Ale has studied with many Tibetan teachers in India, Nepal, and the United States, including H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and is an adjunct faculty member at the Integrative Medicine Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center and at The University of Texas McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics. Since 1995, he has taught Tibetan meditation and yogic practices under the auspices of Ligmincha International across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. He is the author of Chod Practice in the Bon Tradition (Snow Lion, 2009), Tibetan Yoga for Health and Wellbeing (Hay House, 2018), and Tibetan Yoga: Magical Movements of Body, Breath, and Mind (Wisdom Publications, 2021). Dr. Chaoul has also been recognized as a Fellow at the Mind & Life Institute.Review Quotes: "It's wonderful when thirty years of study and practice flow into words that bring an ancient and magnificent tradition to life. These colorfully named practices address bodily and emotional stumbling blocks to optimal living. They combine unique sounds, imagery, and movement as pathways toward a more natural and fundamental sense of being. Clear and authentic."--Anne C. Klein (Rigzin Drolma), professor, department of religion, Rice University and founding teacher, Dawn Mountain