Nejang:
Tibetan Healing Yoga
PRACTICAL Workshop with Christiana Polites
SUNDAY APRIL 2nd, 2023
9am - 1 pm
PRICE:
$60: In Person at Pure Land Farms
$40: Online Livestream
All participants (both online and in person) will receive a video recording of the class
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.
In this workshop we will learn the fundamental theory of Tibetan healing and subtle anatomy, key points of posture and breath, and practice the the twenty-four Nejang Yoga exercises while exploring their specific therapeutic applications according to Tibetan medicine and the original 14th century root text.
This is a gentle yoga practice that is suitable for most, regardless of age, physical condition or spiritual background. Please wear comfortable loose fitting clothing.
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 Executive Director of Pure Land Farms and the Sowa Rigpa Institute. She teaches foundational courses on Tibetan Medicine, yoga and rejuvenation and guides retreats and practices in the Yuthok Nyingthig meditation tradition at Pure Land Farms, online and internationally.
Nejang: Tibetan Self-Healing Yoga by Dr. Nida Chenagtsang is available in print and digital format from Sky Press.
“What I love about Dr. Nida’s work is that it’s so real, down-to-earth, appropriate, courageous and straightforward.
Learning and developing habits based on the self-knowledge inculcated by the practice of Nejang is a big step toward feeling better, more well, more capable, and more free. Start caring for your body as if it were one of the favorite stuffed animals you used to play with and cuddle with as a child!
Enjoy this little book on Nejang, Tibet’s gift to you of a basic self-care operating instruction manual!”
- From foreword by Professor Robert Thurman: