A Practical Course with Christiana Polites

a self-paced course

Five 75 minute sessions

In this five session practice-focused course, we will be guided through traditional Tibetan yogic breathing and movement and meditation practices with an emphasis on self-healing. 

We will learn and practice:

  • Basic posture
  • Preliminary breathwork: Ninefold purification breathing and “Vajra Chanting”
  • Bumpachen vase breathing
  • 24 Nejang Yoga Exercises and their physical and energetic health benefits.
  • Exercises for the “five” limbs (head, arms and legs) to open the joints.
  • Simple Medicine Buddha meditation and elimination of obstacles practice from the Yuthok Nyingthig tradition.

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    WELCOME

    • Course Overview & Welcome

    • Navigating this Online Learning Platform

    • Classroom Etiquette and Technical Requirements
  • 2

    LIBRARY

    • Course Materials & Images

    • Ninefold Purification Breathing Demo
  • 3

    LIVE PRACTICE SESSIONS

    • Session One

    • Session Two

    • Session Three

    • Session Four

    • Session Five

Your Instructor

Christiana Polites

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.

Testimonials

5 star rating

Nejang Yoga

Sean Mazzarella

Awesome Instructor and awesome yoga. I've been in the arts for 40 years, this is one of the top!

Awesome Instructor and awesome yoga. I've been in the arts for 40 years, this is one of the top!

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5 star rating

Incredible self-healing yoga

Alex Porte

Truly grateful for the transmission of the Néjang system. It has arrived at a perfect time in my life which is calling for deep physical and energetic healin...

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Truly grateful for the transmission of the Néjang system. It has arrived at a perfect time in my life which is calling for deep physical and energetic healing. Néjang yoga greatly accomplishes this in a deep but balanced way. ChristianaLa is a highly knowledgeable teacher of all elements of Yuthok's teachings and one can truly feel her passion and joy when teaching. Thank you!

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