Tibetan Yoga: Awaking the Sacred Body with M. Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D. Friday Community Lecture, July 27, 2012 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Mayo Auditorium Saturday Workshop, July 28, 2012 9 am- 4:00 pm, MN Landscape Arboretum The distinctive Tibetan practice of Yoga, known as Tsa Lung (vital breath and channels), incorporates breath, awareness, and physical movement. Tibetan Yoga can clear long-held blocks in the body, energy, and mind, and support spontaneous arising of awareness during formal meditation and everyday life. M. Alejandro Chaoul, PhD is an Assistant Professor, Integrative Medicine Program, Department of General Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Associate Faculty, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Dr. Chaoul is a long-time student of Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. He served on the afternoon panel at the "Second International Tibetan Medicine Conference: Healing Mind and Body," on May 9, 2011, at the University of Minnesota. The Tibetan Yoga lecture and workshop are sponsored by the Tibetan Healing Initiative at the Center for Spirituality & Healing: http://www.csh.umn.edu/thi/. Sponsorship The University of Minnesota is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.