Retreat—A-Tri Trul Khor, Part 3

Retreat—A-Tri Trul Khor, Part 3 with Alejandro Chaoul

Prerequisites: Open to all past attendees of A-Tri Trul Khor training, Parts 1 & 2.

The 16 principal movements of the A-Tri Trul Khor are dynamic exercises that work to clear obstacles related to body, breath and mind, strengthen awareness, and bring us in the natural state of mind.

Part 1 brought us into connection to the subtle body through the external Tsa Lung and the Nine Breathings of Purification as well as the preliminary movement of the A-Tri Trul Khor. In

Part 2 went deeper into the practice connecting through the breath with the breathing practice of Jam Lung and the remaining fifteen Trul Khor exercises.

Part 3 will emphasize the subtler aspects of practice – the role of the mind. Included in this retreat are the secret tsa lung exercises, deeper experience with the Jam lung practice, and more exploration of the Bön A-tri Tibetan Yoga. The goal of the retreat to provide the skills, knowledge and experience for students to engage with trul khor as an ongoing practice. This retreat is also the springboard (and prerequisite) for those wanting to enter the Trul Khor instructor training program.

Schedule:
Thursday
4:00-6:00pm: Onsite registration
6:00-6:45pm: Dinner
6:45 – 7:00: Break
7:00-8:30 p.m.: Teaching

Friday
8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Teaching
11:00–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Teaching
12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Teaching
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Teaching
5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. Dinner

Saturday
8:30–9:30 a.m.  Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Teaching
11:00–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Teaching
12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Teaching
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Teaching
5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. Dinner

Sunday
8:30–9:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:30–11:00 a.m. Teaching
11:00–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Teaching
12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. Lunch

About the Teacher
Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, Ph.D., is a senior student of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. He completed the seven-year program at Ligmincha Institute in 1999 and also graduated as a teacher from the Three Doors Academy in 2011. Under the auspices of Ligmincha, since 1995 he has been leading meditation and trul khor (Tibetan yoga) retreats throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. He also serves as a board member of the Ligmincha Texas Institute for Tibetan Meditative and Healing Arts. Alejandro received his Ph.D. in Tibetan religions from Rice University and is a faculty member at the University of Texas (UT) M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where his team collaborates with Ligmincha in research funded by the National Cancer Institute to investigate possible benefits of Tibetan mind-body practices with different cancer populations, and teaches Bon meditation for patients and others. He also teaches in the area of spirituality and health and end-of-life care at UT’s Medical School in Houston and leads meditation for medical students, staff and faculty.

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