Polarity Therapy
What is Polarity Therapy?
A blend of modern science and complementary medicine; Polarity Therapy is a comprehensive health system involving energy-based bodywork, diet, exercise and self-awareness. Scientifically, it works with the Human Energy Field, electromagnetic patterns expressed in mental, emotional and physical experience.
When energy is unbalanced, blocked or fixed due to stress or other factors, pain and disease arise. Blockages generally manifest in sequence from the subtle to the dense levels of the field. Polarity Therapy seeks to find the blockages and release energy to normal flow patterns and to maintain the Energy Field in an open, flexible condition.
Following the integrative energy-based therapeutic methods of Dr. Randolph Stone (1890-1981), Polarity Therapy is a natural health care system based upon the universal principles of energy: attraction, repulsion, and neutrality. The interrelation of these principles forms the basis for every aspect of life, including our experience of health, wellness and disease. With this understanding, Polarity Therapy addresses the interdependence of body, mind, and spirit; the importance of relationships; the value of creating a way of life in harmony with nature. As part of the larger field of Energy, Therapy Polarity complements existing systems with an integrated, holistic model. Polarity Therapy is a transformative influence for change in healthcare, wellness education, and complementary and alternative medicine.
Polarity Therapy: Nutrition
The Polarity Therapy approach to Nutrition is based on the energetic properties of foods in contrast to nutritional systems which measure specific components. For example spicy and hot foods like peppers, cayenne spice, onions, etc. are considered fiery foods, whereas squashes, melons and cucumbers are considered water foods – fire has a different energy than water and will affect the body differently. In addition, Polarity Therapy employs foods for specific beneficial effects, particularly cleansing and rebuilding through specific high-energy foods, herbal properties, good food combinations and matching foods with specific constitutional and activity needs.
The fundamental concepts of Polarity Therapy nutrition include:
Energy is what sustains us. Polarity Therapy nutrition emphasizes foods which are fresh and vital, preferably as close to their natural living state as possible.
The Polarity "Health-Building" Diet emphasizes good food combining (proteins eaten separate from starches) and absence of specific problem foods such as heated oils, processed foods, refined sugar and intoxicants including caffeine.
The Polarity "Purifying" Diet is very effective for cleansing, and is recommended periodically or whenever a specific health problem has surfaced. A purifying diet includes fresh and cooked fruits and vegetables, with plenty of fluids.
Dr. Stone was enthusiastic about sprouted seeds and beans. The sprouting process intensifies the energetic vitality of any food. Sprouted foods offer the contain the most energy because they haven’t spent their allotted supply by growing to their adult state.
Polarity classifies foods by energetic properties. Foods are often recommended according to the life situation which is present at a specific time, and according to the constitution of the person.
Somatic Process (Touch)
Polarity Therapy is best known for its energy-based approaches to somatic contact (touch).
The fundamental concepts of Polarity Therapy touch:
The hands are Energy Conductors. As a Polarity Therapy practitioner I have learned the pathway locations and use conscious touch to facilitate energy movement.
You respond not only to touch itself, but also to my energy and consciousness. By creating an environment of safety and recognition, I support your self-healing process.
Energy can be palpated by both you and I. You may feel relaxation, tingling, wavelike movement, stillness, and similar phenomena during the contact. I may feel warming and softening, pulsation, relationship between the two hand contacts, stillness, energetic shaping, and related subtle sensations, as the Polarity contact is held.
Each individual has a subconscious inner intelligence and self-regulating capacity which emerges with awareness of energy movement. In the Polarity Therapy session, I may employ verbal skills to support your increasing self-awareness of energy movement.
A common energetic situation encountered in Polarity Therapy sessions is what Dr. Stone called "fixation at the negative pole." This phenomenon reflects the universal tendency to become attached to events, people or things, experiences and thought-forms and thereby experience reduced flexibility, adaptability, and forgiveness. Polarity Therapy contacts are often oriented to relieving this condition by supporting the full cycle of energy out from the core to the periphery, and then especially, the return current back to the source.
A Polarity Therapy education explores the relationships of the chakras and their parallel lines of current flow human energy fields flow in 3 different patterns, North and South also known as long line currents, east and west known as transverse current and spiral current starting at the navel and circling outward, the "five pointed-star" pattern of the torso, the "Interlaced Triangles" of the Craniosacral system, positive-neutral-negative polarized relationships throughout the body, and similar energy mappings which are the basis for hand placement. "God Geometrizes" was one of Dr. Stone's themes, and Polarity Therapy contacts often have recognizable patterns of symmetrical relationship.
Polarity Therapy has a special affinity with Craniosacral Therapy. Dr. Stone's osteopathic training led him to a deep appreciation for the "Breath of Life" intelligence which is conveyed by the cerebrospinal fluid. Dr. Stone's statements about CSF are entirely consistent with and supportive of the revolutionary findings of William Garner Sutherland, DO (1880-1954), the pioneer of fluid-based Craniosacral Therapy. In the Polarity Therapy model, Craniosacral techniques address the "Primary Energy," core layer of the Energy Anatomy Esoteric anatomy, Wireless Anatomy and Energy Zones.
Polarity Communication and Facilitation
The fundamental concepts of Polarity Therapy communication and facilitation:
HEALING. Polarity Therapy has specific touch and verbal tools for nervous system support and healing. These are invaluable in dealing with post-trauma symptoms, in which the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems may be disabled due to overwhelming threat in the near or distant past.
RELATIONSHIPS. Polarity Therapy is a very effective support for relationships. Emphasis is on clear commitments, acceptance of responsibility and effective communication between partners, all based on energy principles.
STRESS MANAGEMENT. Polarity Therapy is very effective for building inner resources to manage stress. As a person is more able to sense and appreciate subtle inner energetic experience, he or she is more capable of self-regulation and less likely to be affected by external factors.
The Polarity principles of expansion and contraction, or yang and yin, are universal in human experience, and may support healing in areas such as trauma resolution, relationship dynamics and personal empowerment.
The Polarity model has identified specific links between body and emotions, including the mental-emotional attributes of the elemental chakras and the psychodynamics of yang and yin experienced internally (as mental-emotional health and coherence), and externally (in relationships).
Polarity Therapy emphasizes personal responsibility. Practitioners support clients in taking charge of their lives and finding their own solutions.
Polarity Yoga
In Polarity Therapy, great emphasis is put on self-help and personal responsibility. Clients are encouraged and supported in taking charge of their health physically, mentally and emotionally.
Polarity Therapy exercises offer many self-managed energy-balancing strategies which facilitate the movement of energy in the body-mind. These movements and postures are reminiscent of the techniques of traditional Hatha Yoga and related systems, but generally are easier to do and are specifically designed for energy balancing benefits.
The fundamental concepts of Polarity Yoga are:
Energy fields and pathways respond to posture, movement and sound.
An exercise system is especially valuable for cultivating empowerment. Polarity Therapy always emphasizes personal responsibility, but with exercises each person is even more clearly in charge of his or her own process.
The goal of Polarity Yoga is not only accomplishment of the posture, but also appreciation of the energetic experience. Cultivating sensitivity to energy movement and patterns is a constant theme in this system.
These exercises relate to the mind as well as body. The goals are not just physical, but rather on integrated body-mind-spirit balancing effects.
Many of the exercises acknowledge Dr. Stone's emphasis on "fixation at the negative pole" and work with flexing and energizing the lower half of the body.
The exercises are a great teaching tool to provide students with experiential recognition and understanding of energy patterns and pathways in the body.
Auricular Therapy
The World Health Organization (WHO), announced, in 1990, that Auricular therapy is “probably the most developed and best documented, scientifically, of all the “micro-systems” of acupuncture and is the most practical and widely used.”
Conditions Auricular Therapy Can Help
By stimulating the ear using ear seeds placed at specific points along the ear, one can help treat a number of conditions. The microsytem in the ear connects with the entire body and almost everything can benefit from the use of auriculotherapy. Some common conditions that auricular therapy treats include:
Chronic pain
Sciatica
Headaches
High blood pressure
Nausea
Addiction
Detoxification
Swelling
Functional disorders
Allergies
Endocrine disorders
and general wellness care among many other benefits.
Auriculotherapy may be the answer you’ve been looking for.
Traditional allopathic (Western) medicine looks to the ear as an organ that allows us to hear and helps with balance. Your outer ear however, has a much greater importance. It has a system of complicated nerve connections that allows for constant communication between the brain, ear and the body. When there is a problem , an imbalance in your body, our device can electrically detect it on the ear acupuncture points that correspond to the organs or tissue involved. By stimulating these acu-points we energetically trigger a natural healing response.
There are no direct nerve connection between the ear and the body but the nerve from the ear connect to the reflex center of the brain . When a specific acu-point is stimulated on the ear the neurological reflex sends messages down to the spinal cord and then to the nerves that connect to the corresponding part of the body.
Sound Healing
Thoughts are energy forms. When thought energy interacts with a crystal singing bowls, those thoughts are changed to more harmonic forms, which change brainwave frequencies, showing possible alterations in consciousness. Thus, the power of positive intention, affirmation and meditation combined with the use of crystals provides remarkable healing results.
Scientific studies show that sound can produce changes in the autonomic, immune, endocrine and neuropeptide systems. Every atom, molecule, cell, gland, and organ of the human body absorbs and emits sound. The entire body, as well as our brain waves in a relaxed state, vibrates at a fundamental frequency of about 8 cycles per second, literally entraining and attuning us to the basic electromagnetic field of the earth itself!
What is sound?
Everything that moves vibrates, from the smallest molecule to the universe itself. As long as it is vibrating, it is making some kind of sound. We may not perceive the sound, as it may be below or above the threshold of our hearing. The human ear can hear sound vibrations between 20 and 20,000 cycles per second, although we also perceive sound by skin and bone conduction, ingesting and consuming it with the whole body.
Many cultures and religions revere sound so deeply as to believe it called the universe into being. For the Hindus, all was dark and quiet in the universe, until the first movement in the universe created the sound "AUM". It is the mother tone, containing the frequencies of all other sounds.
What are crystal bowls?
Crystal bowls are made from 99.992% pure crushed quartz and heated to about 4000 degrees in a centrifugal mold.
They are available in clear or frosted bowls in a variety of sizes, ranging from 6 to 24 inches in diameter. The bowls emit a powerful, pure resonance. The larger bowls are much more reverberant, with the tone lingering longer, simply because of the size and amount of crystal. The clear bowls, somewhat more expensive, are more readily available in smaller sizes.
The size of the bowl does not necessarily determine its note, although the larger bowls sound lower octaves and notes. Each bowl is tested with digital technology to identify its sound. One will have a sense of which tone "feels" most congruent with individual needs or desires. The notes, C, D, E, F, G, A, B correspond with one’s energy centers or chakras.
Some bowls harmonize with other bowls, and when both are played simultaneously, the effect is exquisite and synergistic.
Sound is useful for chakra resonance when coupled with clear intention. This may account for a number of existing systems which utilize different notes for the chakras and work."
It is said that Tibetan singing bowls are forged with a prayer in every hammer blow, infusing them with a million prayers of pure intention for the highest good.
Crystal bowls, too, containing the qualities of amplification, storage, transfer, and transformation, are powerful tools in effecting change in one’s life. It is important to approach the use of the bowls with a reverence for the potential contained in combining intention with the properties of crystal.
Water Yoga
Why Water Yogas?
Water yoga is a great aqua fitness pool workout that harnesses the power of water from a pool to increase balance, assist with muscular strength for those looking for water therapy to heal from from injuries, and guide body and mind into a calmer, more present state of being.
Looking for something relaxing or fun to do on a Bachelorette party weekend in Scottsdale or Phoenix? A bachelorette yoga class is the perfect complement to a girl's weekend away in sunny Arizona. Start your day with some yoga zen or request a power class for more active ladies. A yoga class is ideal to help stretch and recover from a night out of celebrating or activities. Arizona has amazing outdoor weather to hold a yoga class outdoors on the lawn in winter, We can also bring a canopy gazebo for shade outdoors. If it's too hot outdoors (May to September) - try our Water Yoga class in the pool!
When it gets too hot in the desert for outdoor yoga, we take to the water! If you have a pool at your home or AirBnb, try one of our aqua classes! Our teachers offer Water Yoga and Barre!
Water Yoga - Aqua Zen: relaxing, revitalizing and refreshing.
Bubbly Barre - tone and workout.
We drive out to your location - whether it be an AirBnb, hotel or a public outdoor space you need us to find close to your accommodation! We bring yoga mats for everyone. We cater yoga classes to all levels of yoga students. If you have a mixed group of yoga girls, we can teach an all-levels class for beginners with intermediate or advanced options. Pregnant ladies in the class? No problem! Our teachers offer pose modifications for these ladies. We also also have a playlist of relaxing yoga tunes to upbeat vinyasa flow beats.
Yoga
Looking for something relaxing or fun to do on a Bachelorette party weekend in Scottsdale or Phoenix? A bachelorette yoga class is the perfect complement to a girl's weekend away in sunny Arizona. Start your day with some yoga zen or request a power class for more active ladies. A yoga class is ideal to help stretch and recover from a night out of celebrating or activities. Arizona has amazing outdoor weather to hold a yoga class outdoors on the lawn in winter, We can also bring a canopy gazebo for shade outdoors.
Yoga Class that comes to you!
Yoga classes designed for you either you are a beginner or an advanced yogi. The goals are not just physical, but rather an integrated body-mind-spirit balancing effect and having Fun!
Yoga offers several methods for attaining clarity of mind, strength of body and connection to one’s higher self.
Classes focus on breathing, postures, stretching, relaxation, and meditation.
We drive out to your location - whether it be an AirBnb, hotel or a public outdoor space you need us to find close to your accommodation! We bring yoga mats for everyone. We cater yoga classes to all levels of yoga students. If you have a mixed group of yoga girls, we can teach an all-levels class for beginners with intermediate or advanced options. Pregnant ladies in the class? No problem! Our teachers offer pose modifications for these ladies. We also also have a playlist of relaxing yoga tunes to upbeat vinyasa flow beats.
WATSU® THERAPY
What is WATSU®?
WATSU® is a form of water therapy, which is also called hydrotherapy. It involves stretches, massages, and acupressure in warm water.
The term Watsu comes from the words “water” and “shiatsu.” Shiatsu is a type of traditional Japanese massage that uses acupressure to promote relaxation. In Japanese, shiatsu means “finger pressure.”
What is WATSU® used for?
As a therapeutic treatment, WATSU® is used to alleviate pain and tension. People also use it to enhance physical movement and joint mobility.
It may provide relief for people with:
muscle tension
chronic pain
discomfort during pregnancy
stress-related conditions
neurological conditions (like multiple sclerosis)
injury rehabilitation
What does a typical WATSU® session involve?
Your WATSU® session will be customized to your specific condition. It will involve massages, stretches, and movements designed to alleviate your symptoms.
Although WATSU® sessions will vary depending on specific needs, here’s what you can typically expect during a session:
Your therapist might have you wear floating devices on your arms or legs.
You’ll enter the water and float on your back. The back of your head and knees will typically rest in your therapist’s forearms.
Your therapist will slowly rotate, moving your body in large circles.
Your therapist will alternate between extending their arms and drawing them in, moving you back and forth in the water as they do so.
Your therapist will extend your arms and legs in gentle, repetitive patterns. They might also bend, lift, or twist different parts of your body.
They may rest your head on their shoulder and move you in large circles.
Throughout the session, your therapist will massage pressure points on your body.
Usually, a single session lasts for about an hour.
How does it work?
WATSU® therapy is done in a pool or hot tub. The water is heated to 95°F (35°C), which is close to the same temperature as your skin.
During WATSU®, a therapist gently moves your body in water. This is known as passive hydrotherapy, because you don’t need to actively perform the movements.
Your WATSU® therapist is in the water with you. They move your body in specific motions, which may include:
gentle twisting
rocking or cradling
massaging pressure points
The goal is to release tightness in your muscle and fascia tissue.
It’s meant to promote a healthy flow of energy, or qi.
WATSU® is typically done in a peaceful setting to increase relaxation.