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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]]}}
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(contracted; show full)erapy Association: Standards for Practice (Fourth Edition), page 2. APTA, 2003.</ref> practitioners of polarity therapy seek to balance and restore the natural flow of energy which, it is claimed,{{Who|date=December 2008}} flows from the universe and into the body through the [[chakras]].  The aim is to re-establish "balance". In addition to polarity bodywork, specific polarity [[yoga]] exercises, counseling/positive thinking, and nutritional recommendations are claimed to enhance vitality.
    

Between 1947 and 1954, Stone published seven books describing polarity therapy principles and applications. These were subsequently consolidated into three volumes: '''Polarity Therapy''' Vol. I and Vol. II (CRCS, 1986), and '''Health-Building''' (The Book Publishing Co., 1999), '''Principles of Polarity Therapy'''.<ref>Stone, R.: "Polarity Therapy, Vol. II", page 227 ff. CRCS, 1986.</ref>

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Polarity therapy is often connected with other forms of [[alternative medicine]], such as [[Oriental medicine]], [[Ayurveda]], [[craniosacral therapy]] and [[osteopathy]], which all claim to explore the subtle energetic factors in health conditions from their particular cultural viewpoints. Many chiropractic, osteopathic, and cranial manipulations and naturopathic perspectives and techniques are explored in Stone's writings and diagrams.
    

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.  

===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.{{cnCitation needed|date=July 2011}}

==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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