Polarity Therapy is a multidimensional system of healing that combines Ayurvedic principles, bodywork, counseling, awareness skills, diet and polarity stretching exercises to balance the flow of energy within the body. This Holistic therapy developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, a naturopath, chiropractor and osteopath works on both body, mind and spirit to help the client to heal himself naturally and take responsability for his own health and wellness.
The most basic principle is that energy precedes form and the concept of involoution and evolution (Energy focuses inward to be transformed into form and then flow back out from form to energy or "source"). The model of how the energy goes from involution to evolution is based on models of ayurveda and osteopathy. These models define the paths of energy, the potential blockages and how, through exercises, nutrition, change of attitude and polarity bodywork techniques, the flow of energy can be corrected. The theory states that be correcting the flow of energy, the form will follow.
Polarity therapy has four distinct areas of focus: Bodywork, energy exercises, energetic diet and thoughts and attitudes or beliefs.
Polarity practitioners that are registered with the American Polarity Therapy Association are supposed to be knowledgeable in all four areas. The reality is that most practitioners tend to favor one area over others. So, the work may vary considerably depending on the practitioner.