DR. ALEJANDRO CHAOUL is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Education at the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he conducts Tibetan meditation and movement classes, clinic, and research to assess the effects of Tibetan yoga practices and mind-body techniques in people with cancer and their caregivers. He is also a Senior Teacher at The 3 Doors, an international organization founded by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche with the goal of transforming lives through meditation. Dr. Chaoul has studied in the Tibetan tradition for over 25 years with His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima, Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak, and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. He has completed the seven-year training at Ligmincha Institute and holds a Ph.D. in Tibetan Religions from Rice University. Dr. Chaoul is director for research of Ligmincha International, and teaches meditation and Tibetan Yoga workshops nationally, as well as internationally in Latin America and Europe. He is the founding director of the Mind, Body, Spirit Institute at The Jung Center of Houston and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute.
He is the author of Chöd Practice in the Bon Tradition, and you can visit him online at alechaoul.com.