Join movement expert Ido Portal and Tibetan Bön Buddhist teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche as they explore the profound connection between inner stillness and outer movement. In this live online dialog, discover how cultivating a deep sense of inner calm can inform and enhance our physical actions, leading to freer-flowing energy; enhanced well-being; more mindful, purposeful living; and personal transformation. Hosted by Alejandro Chaoul.

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About the Presenters

Ido Portal is a practitioner, teacher, educator, and consultant working with a transformation- and evolution-based approach through the medium of Movement in its various forms — physical, emotional, and mental. Ido is responsible for creating and promoting the worldwide phenomenon called Movement Culture, a modern paradigm shift in how humans perceive physical practices. This approach allows for a potent transfer of knowledge, tools, and methods across disciplines and expands the perception of movement beyond isolated terms such as “athlete,” “dancer, “fighter,” and “sports person.” Ido’s primary focus remains his own practice, with a secondary emphasis on spreading his teachings to an ever-growing community of practitioners worldwide. Over the years, Ido has collaborated with professional athletes from the MLB, NFL, European Champions League soccer teams, as well as actors, dancers, musicians, Olympians, UFC fighters, corporate giants, the film industry, and government bodies. More about Ido Portal

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is an acclaimed author and a respected teacher of students worldwide. He completed an 11-year course of traditional studies at the Bön Dialectic School at Menri Monastery near Dolanji, India, and was awarded his geshe degree in 1986. As the founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, he has established numerous centers and institutes of learning in the United States, Mexico, South America, Europe and India. He is renowned for his clear, engaging teaching style and his dedication to making the ancient Tibetan teachings highly accessible and relevant to the lives of Westerners. His many books include Awakening the Sacred Body: Tibetan Yogas of Breath and Movement and Spontaneous Creativity: Meditations for Manifesting Your Positive Qualities. Rinpoche now lives as a householder, and has been living and teaching in the West for more than 30 years. Learn more about Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.

Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D. (host) serves as director of research for Ligmincha International. He has studied in the Tibetan traditions since 1989, and for nearly 30 years in the Bön Tradition with Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. He holds a Ph.D. in Tibetan religions from Rice University and is the director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center of Houston. For the last 20 years he has been teaching and researching the benefits of Tibetan mind-body practices for people touched by cancer. He is a Contemplative Fellow at the Mind & Life Institute, and is the author of Chöd Practice in the Bön Tradition (Snow Lion, 2009), Tibetan Yoga for Health & Well-Being (Hay House, 2018), and Tibetan Yoga: Magical Movements of Body, Breath, and Mind (Wisdom Publications, 2021).