Polarity Therapy — Five Elemental Poles
Polarity Therapy — Five Elemental Poles is a Modern / Stone — polarity elemental poles body system as transmitted through the lineage Randolph Stone's Polarity Therapy combines Ayurvedic, Chinese and Western naturopathic vocabulary into a model of energy movement between positive, negative and neutral poles. This map represents five elemental pole pairs and a neutral centre as an editorial front-view teaching diagram, not as anatomy or a clinical claim.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Randolph Stone, Polarity Therapy, Vol. 1 (Cranial Academy / Polarity Press, 1986) — Stone's foundational presentation of positive, negative and neutral poles, five-element correspondences, and energy-flow practice; see sections on the three currents and five elements.
Known lineage variants
- Polarity Therapy is a twentieth-century synthesis, and schools differ in pole naming, hand placements, and whether currents are treated as literal, subtle or metaphorical.
- The paired coordinates are editorial teaching anchors rather than textually fixed anatomical locations; uncertainty radii are widened accordingly.
- The model has not established biomedical efficacy and must not replace medical assessment or treatment. The overlay is an iconic attention aid, not evidence of a measurable field.
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Ether positive pole — Upper spacious current
- Ether negative pole — Grounding spacious current
- Air positive pole — Head and breath movement
- Air negative pole — Lower movement pole
- Fire positive pole — Transformative upper pole
- Fire negative pole — Transformative lower pole
- Water positive pole — Receptive chest pole
- Water negative pole — Receptive pelvic pole
- Earth positive pole — Dense upper pole
- Earth negative pole — Dense grounding pole
- Neutral centre — Balancing still point
Frequently asked
What is Ether positive pole?
This anchor represents the expansive or positive end of Stone's ether polarity. It is a symbolic teaching location above the head, not a cranial structure.
What is Ether negative pole?
This lower anchor depicts the complementary grounding pole of the ether pair. Its foot-level placement is an editorial projection of polarity language, not a claim about a measurable current.
What is Air positive pole?
The air pair is rendered with an upper pole associated with movement and breath. This coordinate is a schematic anchor for Stone's elemental vocabulary.
What is Air negative pole?
This lower point completes the schematic air polarity. It indicates a direction of attention in the diagram rather than a diagnosed respiratory or abdominal condition.
What is Fire positive pole?
The upper fire point symbolises the active, transformative side of the fire element in Stone's synthesis. Its solar-plexus region placement is a modern schematic, not an anatomical statement.
What is Fire negative pole?
This point completes the fire pair as an attention route through the trunk. It does not assert that polarity practice changes metabolism or treats disease.
What is Water positive pole?
The water pair is shown with an upper receptive pole near the chest. This is a visual translation of elemental language and not a claim about cardiac physiology.
What is Water negative pole?
This pelvic anchor depicts the complementary lower water pole. The placement is an editorial body silhouette projection and should not be used for diagnosis.
What is Earth positive pole?
The earth pair is represented by a dense upper abdominal anchor. It is a symbolic pointer to stability in Stone's elemental framework, not a visceral map.
What is Earth negative pole?
This lower earth point depicts grounding and density in the five-element teaching model. It is not a claim that a field terminates at the feet.
What is Neutral centre?
Stone describes a neutral pole as a point of balance between positive and negative currents. The centre is shown at the heart region as a readable editorial focus, not as a universally prescribed hand position.>