The Alchemy of Awareness: Transforming Burnout into Meaning and Purpose
With Eve Ekman and Alejandro Chaoul
January 30 - February 1, 2026
What lies behind today’s evidence-based mind-body practices for well-being, resilience, and purpose? This three-day workshop explores the deep lineages and sacred traditions from which many modern methods arise, guided by teachers who walk both worlds of rigorous science and timeless wisdom.
At MD Anderson Cancer Center, Alejandro Chaoul pioneered programs to support patients with chronic illness through Tibetan Yoga, meditation, and integrative medicine. At UCSF, Eve Ekman developed and researched secular, evidence-based tools to strengthen emotional resilience and prevent burnout among healthcare providers.
Together, they will share cutting-edge science and evidence-based practices alongside the sacred dimensions often missing from conventional approaches to healing and renewal.
Participants will explore:
- Tibetan Yoga of Renewal through breathwork practices
- Mapping emotions underlying stress
- Sacred syllables and mantra to protect the mind
- Meditations to uplift and expand heart and mind
This workshop offers practical, research-informed tools and a sacred perspective to rekindle creativity, ease emotional distress, and reconnect with meaning and purpose — for patients, providers, seekers, or anyone on the path of healing.
This workshop has two options on length of stay: a traditional weeklong of two nights or a long weekend of three nights. The extended stay workshop will include more workshop content which is reflected in the extended stay schedule.
About the Leaders

Eve Ekman
Eve Ekman, PhD, MSW, is a contemplative social scientist, teacher, and scholar focusing on emotional awareness, empathy, meditation, and interventions to alleviate burnout and promote well-being. Eve draws from interdisciplinary skills and first-person experiential knowledge from clinical social work, integrative medicine, contemplative science, and meditation. She did her MSW and PhD at UC Berkeley and […]
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Alejandro Chaoul
Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, PhD, has studied in the Tibetan traditions since 1989, and for over 30 years in the Bön Tradition with Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche. He holds a PhD in Tibetan religions from Rice University and is the scholar and founding director of the Mind […]
Learn more about Alejandro ChaoulCategories : Body & Somatic Wisdom, Crisis, Resilience & Regeneration, FF/FC, Psychology, Healing & Inner Development, Spiritual & Wisdom Traditions