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a health care modality focused on balancing the human energy system of
the whole person, body, mind and spirit. Based on the understanding
that when our vital life energy is flowing freely radiant health
prevails, Polarity Therapy utilizes the application of bodywork, diet,
exercise and personal awareness to clear obstructions or stagnation and
encourages a return to the body?s natural healing intelligence.
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The
human energy system is affected by touch, diet, movement and sound as
well as by attitudes, relationships and environment. Polarity addresses
these factors and returns us to a place of balanced wholeness inside
and out.
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The History of Polarity Therapy
Dr. Randolph Stone
DO, DC, ND (1890-1981) developed Polarity Therapy after a life long
study of medicine and healing therapies, both modern and ancient. He
synthesized the principles and application of physics, the universal
laws of pulsation - expansion/contraction (yin/yang), Ayurveda, yoga,
and ancient Hermetic philosophy along with his education in western
osteopathy, craniosacral therapy, chiropractic and naturopathic
medicines. Hand in hand with his health research, Dr. Stone pursued
consciousness and a spiritual life, as he believed all were deeply
entwined.
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In 1947 Dr. Stone published his first book "The new
Energy Concept of the Healing Art". By 1954 he had published seven
major works and had pioneered the techniques of craniosacral therapy
nearly thirty years before the first modern textbook on the subject.
Dr.
Stone practiced for over 60 years, all the while experimenting with
many diets, exercise programs and therapeutic methods in a constant
search for the most effective ways of achieving and maintaining optimum
health. In the latter years he split his time six months in America and
six months in India. He loved practicing in India where he felt he was
much needed and did so free of charge. Dr. Stone was well known there
for his success in treating patients with the most difficult cases that
other physicians had given up on, deeming them hopeless.
In 1973
at the age of 86 Dr. Stone suddenly gave up teaching, gave away all of
his personal possessions and retired to Punjab India. He died quietly
at 91 years old, still fit in body and mind.
The American
Polarity Therapy Association (APTA) was launched in 1984 to support the
continuation and expansion of Dr. Stone's work. In 1989 the APTA
published the Polarity Therapy Standards for Practice, setting the
foundation for certification and a code of ethics which all
practitioners and teachers are must adhere to.
Polarity Therapy
recognizes that human beings are energetic creatures with an
electro-magnetic nature inherent in our physiology. This energy flow
follows an elegant energy anatomy that organizes every level of
physical, emotional and mental function.
Dr. Stone was fond of
the saying "as above, so below, as within, so without". The balance of
the human energy system is the foundation of good health.
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