Holistic Health Practices/Part 30

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What is polarity therapy?

Polarity therapy is the practice of channeling energy from the healer into the client to allegedly restore or balance the body’s repository of mystical energy (chi, prana) believed to flow between positive and negative “poles” in the body. Founded by occultist Randolph Stone, polarity therapy claims that “sore” spots are first located to determine where chi blockage exists; the Polarity Zone Chart then determines the organ or part of the body to which the “sore spot” responds. By channeling psychic energy through the therapist’s hands, the flow of chi is restored to corresponding body organs. These practices, plus the addition of other methods (e.g., acupressure, bioenergetics, yoga, self-hypnosis, energy astrology) and practices (e.g., diet, special exercises, mental affirmations), are believed to maintain physical and spiritual health.

The practices of polarity therapy have never been established to work on the basis of their stated principles. Further, as in therapeutic touch, most people have wrongly concluded that this is not an occultic method because of its innocent appearance. Yet polarity therapy is a form of psychic healing involving energy channeling and, potentially, spiritism. Along with other forms of psychic healing, the potential dangers include misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and occultic influences.

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