A Guide to Polarity Therapy: The Gentle Art of Hands-On Healing

This book is the clearest introductory polarity book I have found. Seidman gives a good introduction to the very detailed energy-based healing system of Polarity. This book is a good place to begin studying polarity. The original texts written by Dr. Stone quickly move into esoteric principles, and other polarity books either simplify things so much that not much polarity is included, or the books suffer from difficult explanations of the concepts.Seidman's book uses illustrations to show hand positions, and clear explanations of what to do and how polarity is thought to work. The overall holistic view is also covered in this book, as approaches to diet and an introduction to ayurvedic principles as understood by the founders of polarity are explained. By using this book, someone could give a polarity session going through the positions as listed, and once the practitioner has gained more experience they would be able to create unique sessions using the positions based on a clients individual needs.Much of the information that is not polarity specific positions can be found in other energy-based systems and texts. I think it is really handy to have it all in one little volume so that if I want to focus on polarity, i need only look in one place. I really enjoyed the refexology chart of the foot that is given. It is comprehensive enough to find most organs reflex location on the foot, without being so complicated that I can't be sure where the same point would be on a real foot with its slight variation from the book picture.This book is a good one to have in the library of any massage therapist or bodyworker. The most recent edition I have found was revised in 1991. The needs of the general public always change some, as well as what foods we may have available to us. This leads the book to being a little bit dated since it has been 20 years since its last revision. This is really a small quibble, but it is one that keeps this book form being five stars today. I am sure it would have been five stars in the 90's, and it is certainly still full of good information.

Timely service and as described. I really prefer to know the editions publish date as I seek issues from 1999 and newer if possible. Picture helps but not always what I get.

great bacic information for the beginner and useful as a reference with good protocol for polarity sessions to balance the bodies chakra systom

Timely service and as described. I really prefer to know the editions publish date as I seek issues from 1999 and newer if possible.

I was satisfied

Best book on Polarity Therapy!

Yes, this is a good book. But in terms of the ability to present the concepts in a clear way, especially for someone new to the subject, this is not quite as good as  The Polarity Process: Energy as a Healing Art .My major concerns with this book are it's scope and lack of real information at times. For instance there are statements made like fire and air produce shaking. Ok, WHY? And how or when is this important to know? Then we hop over to techniques like head/neck manipulation to get at the cerebral spinal fluid. Yes, I understand Dr Stone was a chiropractor and that CSF is a core component in his work. However, for someone who is learning about PT there are many bits like this that are a distraction to trying to memorize the elements, their functions, and the associated body zones that are treated. So the scope of the book is too wide, too much mentioned without being explained, and too much that is ancillary to learning PT.The inclusion of techniques like the cerebral spinal pump are a little misplaced in a book. Generally folks who are not certified in PT should not be moving a clients body around at all, no manipulation or movement. The issues around liability and actual skill should keep such manipulation out of any book that is not clearly a course certification textbook. Also some of the finger placements (palm contact on fire line versus finger tips give this book more of a Reiki feel than PT). After reading Franklyn Sills book if you are interested in PT you should seek out a teacher and see what they recommend. Learning PT to the point of certification is a significant task.You definately do NOT want to start with Randolph Stones books without some kind of orientation like these. There is also this book  Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness  but it is a VERY hard read that most people without long experience with Yoga terms will be stumped trying to read.

This is an excellent book for the professional who has not yet had the opportunity to study this technique. Concise and practical, it is easy to teach oneself the applications of Polarity Therapy. My clients have benefited from the knowledge I gleaned from its pages and it enhanced my practice to be able to help them on another energetic level. This is a very readable and practical introduction to this work.

Expected more complete system view/ suggestions/ experiences on working with clients