January 7, 2024 In partnership with the Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute, start the new year off with meditation in our new wellness series to honor the end of our 'Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits' exhibition.
How the act of hand-washing can help you cope with COVID stress
FacebookTwitterEmail Meditation doesn t always have to be formal, says Alejandro Chaoul, director of the Mind Body Spirit Institute at the Jung Center Houston.Courtesy Alejandro Chaoul
A spike in COVID-19 cases combined with the holidays make for an extraordinary amount of stress. For ways to deal with it, I called Alejandro Chaoul. For decades, working with MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, he’s researched the therapeutic effects of meditation and Tibetan yoga; and he’s the founding director of the Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute. Chaoul spoke with me sitting cross-legged on the floor of his wife’s family’s house in Costa Rica, where the family was quarantining.