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{{Infobox Alternative Medicine | image=Yin and Yang.svg | claims = Healing can be achieved through manipulation of complementary (or polarized) energies.|topics = [[Energy (esotericism)]], [[Energy medicine]]|origyear = 1940s| origprop = [[Randolph Stone]] | laterprop = [[Gary Schwartz]] | seealso= [[Reiki]], [[Therapeutic touch]]}}
{{Energy therapy}}
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Subsequent proponents such as [[Gary Schwartz]] claim their ideas about a human energy field are "validated" by other believers in the [[paranormal]].<ref>Schwartz, G. & Russek, L.: "The Living Energy Universe," pages 274, 104. Hampton Roads, 1999.</ref>

==Practice==

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Polarity therapists claim to work with the reciprocal, complementary or "polarized" forces, which they describe with the traditional Chinese words yin and yang.  Although the concept of polarity implies two forces in opposition, these dualities are said by some to be mediated by a subtle third neutral factor, leading to the idea that phenomena are essentially triune in nature. In Ayurveda, the three factors are known as ''Rajas'', ''Tamas'', and ''(contracted; show full)

Polarity therapy has four distinct areas of technique, by which proponents believe life force energy can be influenced:  touch (massage, acupuncture), stretching and exercise, diet, and mental-emotional process. 
Polarity practitioners registered with the [http://www.polaritytherapy.org/ American Polarity Therapy Association] should be knowledgeable in all four areas. However, although most current APTA trainings cover the standard curriculum, some practitioners have different interpretations of Stone's work, and therefore different emphasis and styles of practice.

===Other systems===

Polarity Therapy has many branches from its early beginnings, which produce dramatically different practitioners. Many hybrids and other systems of polarity therapy have evolved out of the initial work of Stone, and as such consistency among different schools and consistency in treatments is variable in the field, but still is possibly the most Holistic Therapy today.{{cn}}

==Scientific investigations==

Research and testing on polarity therapy has been carried out by advocates or practitioners, and most evidence is [[Anecdotal evidence|anecdotal]]. There is no conclusive [[empirical evidence]] for the efficacy of the technique or its underlying ideas.<ref name=InteliHealth /><ref name=QW />

==See also==
* [[Ayurvedic]]
* [[Meridian (Chinese medicine)]]
* [[Craniosacral therapy]]
* [[Kabbalah]]
* [[Naturopathic]]
* [[Osteopathic]]
* [[Radionics]]
* [[Randolph Stone]]
* [[Theosophy]]
* [[Vibrational Medicine]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.polaritytherapy.org/ American Polarity Therapy Association]
* [http://www.ukpta.org.uk/ UK Polarity Therapy Association]
* [http://polaritytherapyonline.com/ Articles, Views & Reviews on Polarity Therapy]
* [http://www.energyschool.com/CSES_Home/Resources.html Energy School bibliography] - Documents on Stone and articles on PT.
* [http://www.polaritynetwork.com/ The Polarity Network - Global Community for Polarity Therapy]
* [http://www.heartmath.org/templates/ihm/downloads/pdf/research/publications/electricity-of-touch.pdf The Electricity of Touch]- Scientific article from The Institute of HeartMath, California

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