Christiana polites
Tibetan Nejang Healing Yoga and Meditation

Nejang (Tibetan གནས་སྦྱངས་) is a gentle healing yoga practice consisting of twenty four simple physical exercises which use breath work and self-massage to open the channels, balance the internal energies, relax the mind, and nourish the inner organs. With roots in the Kalachakra tradition, such exercises have been prescribed  by Tibetan physicians for centuries to improve health and vitality and to support spiritual practice. Christiana Polites guides us in a practice of this unique yoga, including instruction in breathing, movement, and closing meditation on the Pure Land of the Medicine Buddha.

Christiana Polites received her Bachelor of Arts in the Comparative Study of Religion at Harvard University and has been immersed in Eastern spiritual traditions for over twenty years.

She has studied both Tibetan and Chinese Daoist healing arts and received a Masters in Acupuncture from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She has traveled extensively around the world, seeking out authentic living lineages in both the healing and spiritual sciences.

Christiana is the owner of Sky Press: publishing house on books on Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism and co-founder (with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang) and executive director of Pure Land Farms: Center for Tibetan Medicine, Meditation & Rejuvenation in Topanga, California. She teaches workshops on Tibetan medicine and rejuvenation and guides retreats and practices in Tibetan healing yoga and meditation at Pure Land Farms and internationally.

Christiana founded Yangchenma Healing Arts in 2015 in Ubud, Bali, known as the ‘land of medicine’ and the epicenter of Bali, Indonesia’s arts and culture scene.

In 2019, Yangchenma moved to Pure Land Farms, joined forces with Simone Giuliani, music producer, director, and composer and re-emerged as Yangchenma Arts and Music.