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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}}
(contracted; show full)phasized that the energy concept had a larger context; he referred to it as the "Breath of Life"<ref>Stone, R.: "Polarity Therapy Vol. I", page 2. CRCS, 1986.</ref> and used [[esotericism|esoteric language]] (such as ''ki'', ''ch'i'', ''prana'' and ''life force'') from spiritual traditions (especially mystic [[Christianity]],<ref>Stone, R.: "The Mystic Bible." RSSB, 1956.{{pn
|date=November 2011}} Initially trained to be a Lutheran priest, Stone has Biblical references throughout all of his books.{{fact|date=November 2011}}</ref> [[Ayurveda]],<ref>Morningstar, A,: The Ayurvedic Guide to Polarity Therapy. Lotus Press, 2002.{{pn|date=November 2011}} This presents Polarity concepts from the perspective of the Ayurvedic health care system{{fact|date=November 2011}}</ref> [[Taoism]], [[Hinduism]],<ref>Burger, B.: Esoteric Anatomy. North Atlantic Books, 1998.{{pn|date=November 2011}}</ref> [[Buddhism]],<ref name="sills" >Sills, F.: The Polarity Process. North Atlantic, 2002.{{pn|date=November 2011}}</ref> [[Sufism]] and [[Yoga]]<ref>Wehrli, K.: The Why in the Road. Earthlit Press, 2005.{{pn|date=November 2011}}</ref>) to describe polarity therapy.

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==

(contracted; show full)of Rochester]] have suggested that polarity therapy may be effective in controlling symptoms of cancer-related fatigue.<ref name=Roscoe>{{cite journal |pages=8–13 |doi=10.1177/1534735404273726 |title=Treatment of Radiotherapy-Induced Fatigue Through a Nonpharmacological Approach |year=2005 |last1=Roscoe |first1=J. A. |journal=Integrative Cancer Therapies |volume=4 |pmid=15695472 |last2=Matteson |first2=SE |last3=Mustian |first3=KM |last4=Padmanaban |first4=D |last5=Morrow |first5=GR |issue=1}}{{MEDRS
|date=November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Mustian>{{cite journal |pages=27–37 |doi=10.1177/1534735410397044 |pmc=3085180 |title=Polarity Therapy for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study |year=2011 |last1=Mustian |first1=K. M. |last2=Roscoe |first2=J. A. |last3=Palesh |first3=O. G. |last4=Sprod |first4=L. K. |last5=Heckler |first5=C. E. |last6=Peppone |first6=L. J. |last7=Usuki |first7=K. Y. |last8=Ling |first8=M. N. |last9=Brasacchio |first9=R. A. |journal=Integrative Cancer Therapies |volume=10 |pmid=21382958 |issue=1}}{{MEDRS|date=November 2011}}</ref> Another study has suggested that polarity therapy may be a feasible and culturally acceptable approach to reducing stress, depression, and pain in [[Native American]] populations.<ref name=Korn>{{cite journal |pages=368–77 |doi=10.1093/geront/gnp032 |pmc=2682170 |title=A Randomized Trial of a CAM Therapy for Stress Reduction in American Indian and Alaskan Native Family Caregivers |year=2009 |last1=Korn |first1=L. |last2=Logsdon |first2=R. G. |last3=Polissar |first3=N. L. |last4=Gomez-Beloz |first4=A. |last5=Waters |first5=T. |last6=Ryser |first6=R. |journal=The Gerontologist |volume=49 |issue=3 |pmid=19377083}}{{MEDRS|date=November 2011}}</ref>

A 2007 review of the literature on the use of several [[alternative medicine]] treatments, including polarity therapy, concluded that insufficient data exists to recommend any specific complementary medicine modality for cancer-related fatigue.<ref name=Sood>{{cite journal |pages=8–13 |doi=10.1177/1534735406298143 |title=A Critical Review of Complementary Therapies for Cancer-Related Fatigue |year=2007 |last1=Sood |first1=A. |last2=Barton |first2=D. L. |last3=Bauer |first3=B. A. |last4=Loprinzi |first4=C. L. |journal=Integrative Cancer Therapies |volume=6 |pmid=17351022 |issue=1}}</ref>

The claim that blockages in the flow of energy lead to pain and disease directly contradicts the [[germ theory of disease]].{{fact|date=November 2011}}

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

==Books==
Between 1947 and 1954, Stone published seven books describing polarity therapy principles and applications. These were subsequently consolidated into three volumes:<ref>Stone, R.: "Polarity Therapy, Vol. II", page 227 ff. CRCS, 1986.</ref> 

*''Polarity Therapy Vol. I'' CRCS (1986)  ISBN 978-1570670794
*'' Polarity Therapy Vol. II'' CRCS (1986)  ISBN 978-0916360252
*''Health-Building'' The Book Publishing Co. (1999) ISBN 978-1570670817

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.polaritytherapy.org/ American Polarity Therapy Association]
* [http://www.ukpta.org.uk/ UK Polarity Therapy Association]

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