Guide to Polarity Therapy 4 Ed, A: The Gentle Art of Hands-On Healing [Paperback]

Maruti Seidman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2000

Now in an expanded edition, this book explains the polarity system of healing, which combines diet, exercise, hands-on techniques, and positive attitudes to tap into spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional energies. Twenty-one different healing treatments are described in detail.

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"Maruti Seidman’s A Guide to Polarity Therapy provides a wonderful introduction to Polarity Therapy, and can be used to learn the theory and basic techniques of this gentle yet powerful bodywork system."
—Massage Magazine, July/1990

"This is a wonderful book for those interested in learning about the subtle internal energy systems of the body. Maruti has given us a clear and concise teaching to assist in harmonizing and revitalizing the energies of the body, as well as a means of understanding how to accomplish that goal."
—David Dancu, N.D.

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provides a wonderful introduction to Polarity therapy and can be used to learn the theory and basic technique of this gentle yet powerful bodywork system --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books (January 6, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556433298
• ISBN-13: 978-1556433290
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.6 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guide to Polarity Therapy, May 31, 2000

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This review is from: Guide to Polarity Therapy 4 Ed, A: The Gentle Art of Hands-On Healing (Paperback)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Polarity PLUS, January 10, 2007

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J. Rue (Milford, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Polarity Therapy 4 Ed, A: The Gentle Art of Hands-On Healing (Paperback)

Maruti has an incredible grasp of alternate & complimentary aspects of Energy Work. Polarity and Reiki run hand in hand.

This work is throrough and consise, with clearly illustrated examples, background information on the principles of Polarity Healing, origins and practical application.

Add to this my own personal experience with Maruti and how he helped my own mother effect her own healing lo` those many years ago, I can attest this information is invaluable to anyone interested in enhancing their knowledge, technique and skill in Energy Medicine.

Many Blessings!
Jody Rue

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly readable introduction to Polarity, December 28, 2011

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Lisa Linnell-Olsen (Fairbanks, AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide to Polarity Therapy: The Gentle Art of Hands on Healing (Paperback)

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.