Last updated: December 17, 2024
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.
E-mail: christiana@yangchenma.org
