Polarity therapy is the art and science of stimulating and balancing the flow of life energy within the human being. The term Polarity relates to one of the fundamental laws of nature, namely the attraction and union of opposites through a balanced middle point. The human body is an energy system like a battery or a magnet. It has a positive, negative and neuter poles of currents of energy that flow through them.
Polarity Therapy concerns itself with the flow of a very subtle high-frequency energy which in the east is called prana or chi, but which is perhaps best referred to in this context as life-energy. The bodywork of Polarity therapy consists of specific manipulations aimed at releasing tension and holding in the physical body and then balancing the life energy. It should not be confused with massage as the client's body is not stroked or kneaded rather a Polarity therapist will use different kinds of touch to interface with the body in different ways. These range from working with the hands off the body, through a molded contact with body which is sometimes combined with gentle rocking that helps to release physical tension patterns and encourage the energy to move, to a deeper, more penetrating touch which can break up chronic, deep congestion in the tissues and enliven the area.