Polarity
Therapy is a comprehensive health system involving energy-based
bodywork, diet, exercise and self-awareness. It works with the
Human Energy Field, electromagnetic patterns expressed in mental,
emotional and physical experience. In Polarity Therapy, health
is viewed as a reflection of the conditiion of the energy field,
and therapeutic methods are designed to balance the field for
health benefit.
Polarity Therapy was developed by Randolph Stone, DO, DC, ND (1890-1981),
who conducted a thorough investigation of energy in the healing
arts over the course of his 60 year medical career. Drawing information
from a wide range of sources, he found that the Human Energy Field
is affected by touch, diet, movement, sound, attitudes, relationships,
life experience, trauma and environmental factors. Since Polarity
Therapy lends an energy-based perspective to all these subjects,
the scope of Polarity practice is often very broad, with implications
for health professionals in many therapeutic disciplines. As a
result, Polarity has strong, mutually supportive connections to
many other holistic health systems.
Basic characteristics of the Human Energy Field are described
in many sources, both ancient and modern. For example, the
term "Polarity" refers to the universal pulsation
of expansion/contraction or repulsion/attraction known as
Yang and Yin in Oriental therapies. Similarly, Polarity integrates
the "Three Principles and Five Chakras" of Aryuvedic
tradition, and has been called the modern manifestation of
ancient Hermetic Philosophy. At the same time Polarity Therapy
also enjoys rich ties to modern science, which has confirmed
its essential theme of energetic relationship as the basis
of all phenomena.
The Application of Polarity Therapy
In the Polarity model, health is experienced when energy
systems function in their natural state; energy flows smoothly
without significant blockage or fixation. When energy is
unbalanced, blocked or fixed due to stress or other factors,
pain and disease arise. Blockages generally manifest in
sequence from the subtle to the dense levels of the field.
Polarity Therapy seeks to find the blockages and release
energy to normal flow patterns, and to maintain the Energy
Field in an open, flexible condition.
In a typical Polarity Therapy session, the practitioner
assesses energetic attributes using palpation, observation
and interview methods. Sessions usually take 60-90 minutes,
do not require disrobing, and involve both touch and verbal
interaction. Touch contact may be light, medium or firm.
In the session, the practitioner supports the client in increasing
self-awareness of subtle energetic sensations, which are
often experienced as tingling, warmth, expansion or wavelike
movement. The results of Polarity Therapy sessions vary,
and may include profound relaxation, new insight into energetic
patterns and their implications, and relief from numerous
specific problematic situations.
In the healing arts, Polarity Therapy is special in its
comprehensive exploration of multiple dimensions of the human
condition, and in its effective bridging of the full spectrum
of experience, including body, mind and spirit. Applying
the Polarity Therapy system can take diverse forms, always
based on the underlying intention to support the client's
inherent self-healing intelligence as expressed in its energetic
patterns.
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