Energy-based bodywork rooted in the five elements (ether, air, fire, water, earth) and the body’s electromagnetic field. Developed by Dr. Randolph Stone as a synthesis of Eastern and Western healing traditions.
THE WORK
Polarity therapy works with your body’s natural polarities—positive, negative, and neutral energy patterns—to restore balance and vitality. The underlying principle is learning to move freely between different states and energies rather than getting stuck in one place. Instead of avoiding difficult experiences, we develop the capacity to hold space for whatever is present and support the natural flow between them.
I work with specific energy centers and pathways related to the five elements, using three different qualities of touch based on the Ayurvedic gunas:
Sattva (neutral) – gentle, receptive touch that calms and balances
Rajas (positive) – stimulating, directive touch that energizes and moves
Tamas (negative) – deep, releasing touch that grounds and disperses
Sessions can be in-person or at a distance, and often include movement suggestions or nutritional guidance based on your elemental constitution. While polarity can be a standalone session, its principles are woven throughout all my work—informing how I read energy, work with touch, and understand constitutional patterns.
THE FIVE ELEMENTS
Drawn from Ayurveda and Yogic philosophy, each element governs different aspects of your physical and emotional wellbeing:
Ether – 5th chakra (throat), tone: space, body: joints | expansive, subtle, equanimous
Air – 4th chakra (heart), tone: information, body: nervous system | moving, light, joyful
Fire – 3rd chakra (solar plexus), tone: action, body: digestion | active, penetrating, transformative
Water – 2nd chakra (pelvis), tone: connection, body: circulatory system | fluid, emotional, cleansing
Earth – 1st chakra (root), tone: grounding, body: structure | stable, dense, foundational
In polarity therapy, imbalances in these elements create specific patterns of stagnation or excess. I assess which elements are out of balance and work with corresponding body areas, energy currents, and polarities to restore harmony between them.
WHAT IT ADDRESSES
Polarity works with your life process—the underlying patterns that shape how you move through the world. It’s a particularly powerful disruptive tool when you’re feeling stuck in repetitive cycles, experiencing chronic symptoms that don’t respond to other treatments, or when life feels stagnant despite your efforts to change.
Because it addresses your energetic constitution and how energy moves through your system, polarity can catalyze shifts in anything that stems from being stuck in patterns or out of alignment with your natural flow. This includes physical symptoms, emotional patterns, and life circumstances that keep repeating despite your conscious intentions to change them.
The approach includes bodywork, but also looks at diet, movement, and lifestyle patterns that support or drain your elemental balance.
Sessions are 60 or 90 minutes, in-person or online. This work complements other modalities well and can include recommendations for polarity exercises, dietary suggestions, or simple practices to support your energetic balance between sessions.