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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 = [[Pierre Pannetier]] | seealso= [[Reiki]], [[Therapeutic touch]]}}
{{Energy therapy}}
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According to proponents, blockages in the flow of energy lead to pain and [[disease]] or may be experienced as stuck emotions and lack of vitality. The aim is to re-establish "balance" or "correct" the energetic flow. In addition to polarity bodywork,{{clarify
|date=November 2011}} specific polarity [[yoga]] exercises, counseling/positive thinking, and nutritional recommendations are claimed to enhance vitality.

==Practice==

Polarity therapists claim to work with the reciprocal, complementary or "polarized" forces, which they describe with the traditional Chinese words yin and yang.{{fact|date=November 2011}} Although the concept of polarity implies two forces in opposition, these dualities are said by some{{who|date=November 2011}} to be mediated by a subtle third neutral factor, leading to the idea that phenomena are essentially triune in nature.{{fact|date=November 2011}} In Ayurveda, the three factors are known as ''Rajas'', ''Tamas'', and ''Satva''.{{fact|date=November 2011}}

Polarity therapists claim expertise in "energetic anatomy"{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} and claim to work with these [[energy medicine|energetic patterns]] (similar to [[acupuncture]] [[Meridian (Chinese medicine)|meridians]], and marma points).  The [[caduceus]], representative of the ida and pingala, is another aspect of the nadis/chakra system that is thought to be manipulated during certain types of polarity treatments.{{fact|date=November 2011}} Various esoteric energetic patterns inherent in the body, referred to in [[Kabbalah]], and other traditions, such as the five-pointed star and six-pointed star, are traced on the body, allegedly to integrate consciousness and fully connect various part of the being.{{fact|date=November 2011}} According to Stone, the purpose of life is "the fulfillment of consciousness".<ref>Chitty, J. and Muller, M.L.: Energy Exercises, page 123-124. Polarity Press, 1990.</ref>

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