As a scientific inquiry in health care is increasingly attuned to a holistic context, greater appreciation for integrative approaches to body, mind, emotions, and spirit has evolved. One result is the development of new "specialty" fields such as psychoneuroimmunology.
Many of these newer approaches to health care are reflective of the ancient medical wisdom throughout many cultures, with a core idea being an energy-based understanding of healing and transformation.
Polarity Therapy is one of these approaches, having a well developed theoretical foundation combined with a broad spectrum of techniques used to facilitate client growth.
A significant body of literature suggests that changes in the human energy field are responsible for both degeneration into disease as well as healing, recovery, and personal psycho-spiritual development. Becker & Seldom (1985) and Kiawe (1989) provided excellent compendia of the empirical research on the human energy field.
While substantial documentation of the human energy field exists, too little is currently known about the mechanism for movement of energy in the body. Eabry (1993) summarizes recent studies suggesting biogenic magnetite may be an important factor in energy currents in the body. Kiawe (1989) theorizes that subtle forces may be at work as well.
Polarity Therapy has a comprehensive understanding of energy dynamics in the body and therapeutic interventions in those dynamics. Stone (1986) provided a detailed description of both the theory and techniques in Polarity Therapy based on a lifetime of experience and exploration in energy-based medicine.
Sills (1989) further clarified and explicated the model. Metz (1992) demonstrated the alignment of Polarity Therapy principles with those of quantum physics.
