Meditation Mini-Retreat: Tools for Opening the Heart (In-Person)

Discover how the Tibetan understanding of well-being can enrich our mind-body practices, and our everyday lives. In the face of difficulties – a decision we don't want to make, a conversation we might be dreading – it's natural to feel threatened, and to want to feel safe. Sometimes, we accomplish this by hiding our deepest needs from ourselves and others – by closing our hearts – even when the changes we want mean when we need to bring those needs into the light. Join us as we learn tools for opening our hearts using different methods, including awareness of breath, visualization, sound, and movement. Together, we will take time to integrate the sense of completeness developed through these practices through group practice and discussion.

This program is being offered IN-PERSON, and will NOT be recorded.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.

Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, is the founder and director of The Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute. He has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism since 1989 studying with His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. He is currently supporting the Integrative Medicine Program of MD Anderson Cancer Center where since 1999 he has been leading people with cancer and their family members through mind/body/spirit techniques aimed at reducing stress and facilitating healing. Alejandro who received his PhD in religious studies from Rice University was recently named a fellow of the Mind and Life Institute and is a senior teacher of The 3 Doors.