Polarity Therapy
What is Polarity Therapy?
Polarity therapy is a natural system that seeks to balance
life energy within the body. Polarity therapy accomplishes this balance
in four different ways, including touch, self-awareness, diet and exercise.
Combining all of these elements allows the patient’s physical
and mental body to balance itself out and create better health and well-being.
The energy that Polarity therapy tries to balance within
the body is not unlike the life energy that is involved in many other
forms of massage therapy and other holistic healing methods.
What happens during Polarity therapy?
As mentioned above, there are four main aspects to Polarity
therapy. For the patient to achieve the full benefits that Polarity
therapy has to offer, all four of these must be addressed.
- Bodywork to rebalance energy—the
main difference between the energy in Polarity therapy and the energy
in other forms of therapy is that the energy itself is thought to
have a specific makeup that can be one of three things: positive,
negative, or neutral. The goal of Polarity therapy is to balance the
energy so that it remains in a neutral state.
This neutral state is accomplished using light bodywork (meaning that
the bodywork is non-manipulative). The Polarity therapy practitioner
will place his hands on the patient’s body, one hand at a point
on the body that is a negative energy center and one that is designated
a positive energy center. Unlike some forms of energy healing therapy,
in Polarity therapy, the practitioner does not give the patient any
energy. Instead, he merely directs the patient’s energy in the
correct direction. Once the neutral energy is restored, the energy
can then become free flowing again, which leads to health and well-being.
- Diet—the next step in Polarity
therapy is a short-term diet. This is a purification diet that is
intended for cleansing. This will be followed by a more appropriate
long-term diet.
- Exercise—the
third step in Polarity therapy is the exercise portion. Exercise is
as important in Polarity therapy as bodywork or diet, and is made
up of specific exercises known as Polarity Yoga. Polarity Yoga is
made up of a series of self-help techniques and poses that are designed
to create balance and relaxation within the body.
- Self-awareness—the final
portion of Polarity therapy is self-awareness. The therapist will
help the patient reach this goal using a variety of ways to help him
understand the source of his own tension, ways to eliminate this tension,
as well as other ways to sustain health and wellness.
Once all of the four main points have been addressed
using Polarity therapy, the patient can achieve happiness, better health,
and an overall sense of well-being. If these are benefits you would
like to experience, you can start by contacting a Polarity therapist
near you and scheduling your first appointment today!
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