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The American Polarity Therapy Association

Sat, 2006-06-10 13:12 — David Herron
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The American Polarity Therapy Association
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The American Polarity Therapy Association provides information on all aspects of the practice and study of Polarity Therapy. Welcome to our home page, and enjoy browsing for news, practitioners and approved trainings.

The American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA) is the professional organization for Polarity practitioners, teachers and students in the U.S. and throughout the world.

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.

Complementary Medicines

Wed, 2006-05-31 18:58 — David Herron
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Complementary Medicines
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Complementary, Alternative and Holistic all refer to the same definition i.e. alternative forms of medicine and treatments. Complementary therapists aim to treat, help and cure many types of illnesses and ailments. The site aims to provide a detailed description of all complementary, alternative and holistic therapies to enable everyone to read and learn more about Complementary Medicine. We are also providing a search engine to enable anyone to search for a therapist by area, therapy or ailment.

Polarity Therapy

Tue, 2006-05-30 20:41 — David Herron
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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.

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