Polarity Therapy

A Deeper Look At What Polarity Therapy Is All About

Dr Stone's Polarity TherapyDr. Stone was born on 26th February 1890, in Engelsberg, Austria. In 1909, at the age of nineteen, he decided to become a doctor. He studied osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, naprapathy and neuropathy, and won degrees in all of them. He passed his State Board Examinations in 1914; wass granted an Other Practitioners License, which permitted him to perform all methods of drugless healing without surgery; set up practice in Chicago; and started teaching at the newly formed Eclectic School for Doctors.For sixty years, Dr. Randolf Stone ran a successful practice in Chicago. Throughout this period he studied many ancient traditions of natural healing — ayurvedic, yogic, cabalic, alchemic — and developed his unique system of polarity therapy. He says: ‘’I have stumbled onto a science which blends the old concept of energies in the constitution of man and have linked it with the scientific research in space.” Hand in hand with his health research, Dr. Stone pursued his spiritual quest. For him the two were inextricably intertwined. ‘’As above, so below; as within, so without” he often told his students.Dr. Stone’s polarity therapy is by no means the sole healing system which balances our inner energy.

Polarity Therapy is the art and science of stimulating and balancing the flow of life energy within the human being. The term Polarity relates to one of the fundamental laws of nature, namely the attraction and union of opposites through a balanced middle point.

The human body is an energy system like a battery or magnet. It has positive, negative and neuter poles and currents of energy that flow through them. Polarity Therapy concerns itself with the flow of a very subtle high-frequency energy which in the East is called prana or chi, but which is perhaps best referred to in this context as life-energy.

Dr. Stone called his therapy ‘polarity’ because it balances the electromagnetic currents of energy which flow backwards and forwards between the positive and negative poles of the human body, which is like a living magnet. Without polarity we can have no life on this material plane, no energy flow, no breathing in and breathing out, no feelings of hot or cold, pleasure or pain, love or hate. For life to flow, there must be poles for it to flow between, just as planet Earth needs it’s North Pole and South Pole.Dr. Stone explains:Polarity is the law of opposites in their finer attraction from centre to centre. Unity is the merging of these currents into one Essence. Creation brings forth opposites by its centrifugal force like a fountain spray of manifestation flowing out to the limits of the cosmos and of each pattern unit. Centres of energy are essential for creation of life forms and their generation. It is essential that energy be concentrated and work according to definite patterns and designs or exhaustion would take place.’Dr. Stone’s law of polarity is a cosmic law, which is expressed in the microcosm (the human body) in the same way that it is impressed on the macrocosm the creation above and beyond the human body). The energy centers of your body are but pale reflections — smaller, Iess dynamic dynamos — of the energy centers of the astral, causal and spiritual planes above it. They have the same design and share the same primal source of energy—God, Tao, Love, Life, call it what you will. Which means, says Dr. Stone, that we and every other human being have the possibility of access to these higher energy centres.

The balanced touch of polarity therapy works on various levels of related energy patterns in your body: nervous system, cranial, spinal and musculo-skeletal. The therapeutic touch of the polarity therapist is generally gentle, non-invasive and sensitive to the client’s process. The therapist uses both hands, each on specific polarity points, as may be needed to balance the energy currents in the client’s body. This has nothing to do with faith healing or the ‘laying on of hands’. The principles of polarity therapy as taught by Dr. Stone are applicable to any system of healing and are thoroughly explained and illustrated in his books, published during his lifetime.

Balancing the Chakra's

To maintain good health the life energy must flow freely and easily through the entire body. There should be no areas of excess or depletion. The complete energy system must be balanced however and the balance looked for is not a static one but rather a dynamic uninterrupted cyclic flow of energy.

Polarity Therapy uses four different approaches to balancing the life energy: body work, nutrition, exercise and counseling. A typical polarity session will consist of a body work treatment and a combination of work in the other three areas.

The polarity approach to health and well-being is a positive one that seeks to give the client a number of tools to use in maintaining a balanced way of life. It encourages self responsibility and ultimately greater self-esteem.

The body work of Polarity Therapy consists of specific manipulations aimed at releasing tension and holding in the physical body and then balancing the life energy. It should not be confused with massage as the clients body is not stroked or kneaded rather a Polarity therapist will use different kinds of touch to interface with the body in different ways. These range from working with the hands off the body, through a moulded contact with body which is sometimes combined with gentle rocking that helps to release physical tension patterns and encourages the energy to move, to a deeper, more penetrating touch which can break up chronic, deep congestion in the tissues and enliven the area. As well as discovering where the body needs releasing at a physical level, the Polarity therapist is always tuning into the underlying energy patterns and flows and encouraging their movement. The therapist will sense where and how the body needs to be touched by a developed sensitivity of his/her own senses so that by listening, observing and palpating, the most effective mode of interaction can be employed to best effect.

For the client, the experience of a body work session can be varied. As the therapist works the client can experience deep relaxation, release of pain, greater range of movement, changes in breathing, shifts in the nervous system, sensations of heat or cold, spontaneous movement and the surfacing of memories which can also lead to a powerful emotionally expressive release of energy blockages characterized by an outburst of tears or laughter. Just as each client is unique so too each polarity session is different as both client and therapist adjust to the needs of the energy at any one time. As the energy which may have been locked in the body for a long time due to physical damage, fear or emotional holding releases, that body part and its associated experiences are accepted and re-integrated and profound healing takes place.Diet and nutrition

Polarity Therapists recognize that the life force can not flow freely through a congested, toxic body and so one of the first things a Polarity therapist may recommend is that the client should follow a simple purifying diet and cleansing regime for a few days. It is not a starvation diet, the client can eat as much as they like of certain permitted foods. These consist mainly of fruit and vegetables (steamed or boiled) salads, soups, herbal teas and a morning cleansing drink.

The purpose of this diet is twofold. Firstly, it eliminates any harmful products that have built up inside the body due to poor quality digestion and secondly, it provides the body with good quality nutrients for rebuilding damage tissue.

Working with an understanding of the energetic qualities of food, a practitioner will often suggest modifications to a client's diet to support the energy balancing done during the body work session. Over and above any chemical or energy balancing of the diet, a positive mental attitudes towards eating is essential if the body is to digest food properly.Polarity Yoga exercise

Polarity Yoga consist of a group of simple exercises which were developed by studying the movements and positions that we instinctively adopt when we wish to relax, ease pain in our bodies or wake ourselves up.

The postures are not held statically, but use gentle rocking and stretching movements combined with vocal expression. Indeed it is these features that distinguish Polarity Yoga from classical Hatha Yoga and other forms of exercise. The body movement and use of the voice stimulate the flow of life energy. A Polarity therapist will teach a client the most beneficial exercises for them. These exercises need only be done for a few minutes each day to be fully effective.

A common thread running through all the different aspects of Polarity Therapy is the belief that life energy is the link between the mind and body. The mind can have a direct and dynamic effect on the life energy in the body, and Dr. Stone took this to it's logical conclusions when he said " as we think, so we are". If we think negative thoughts about ourselves or react negatively to our environment then our physical bodies will suffer. A polarity session will lead the client towards greater self awareness, understanding and self acceptance. It will encourage a more positive attitude towards their own body and to life itself.

As the life energy is so intimately related to body, mind and emotions, Polarity therapists are prepared to treat a wide spectrum of problems ranging from problems of a structural nature, physical aches,pains, and stress to deep seated problems of a more psychological or emotional nature.

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