(Currently a Work-In-Progress)
My Polarity Level 1 Resources:
Disclaimer: I only ever completed Level 1 Polarity, and that is the level I teach at. I'm by no means an expert and there may be errors. Please see above link to provide feedback.
The Big Ones:
- American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA): Website
- International Polarity Education Alliance (IPEA): Website, FB Group
Practitioners:
- Jessica Dickson, Radiant Heart Healing Arts, Westbrook, ME: APTA, Website, FB
- Maura Clark, LCSW, Therapy with Maura: Website, FB
- Jody Alexander, Camden Maine Massage Therapy: Website
- Jess Devine, Devine Energy and Body Works, South Portland, ME: Website. FB
- Laura Share, Elemental Work, Portland & Bustins Island, Maine: Website
The Gunas & Other Vedic Principles:
- "The Gunas: Nature's Three Fundamental Forces" by Rolf Sovik, PsyD, via Himalayan Institute
- "The 3 Gunas of Nature (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas)" by Timothy Burgin via YogaBasics.com
- "What Are the 3 Gunas? Sattva, Tamas, Rajas" by Steph Ball-Mitchell, via Online Yoga School
- "The Three Maha Gunas: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas" from Ayurgamaya.com
- "Relationship between Vedic personality traits (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas) with life satisfaction and perceived stress in healthy university students" via AYU (An international quarterly journal of research in Ayurveda)
Books on My Wishlist:
- Pranotherapy - The Origins of Polarity Therapy and European Neuromuscular Technique by Phil Young, Dr. Randolph Stone and Dewanchand Varma
- The Ayurvedic Guide to Polarity Therapy: Hands-on Healing A Self-Care Guide by Amadea Morningstar
- The Scientific Basis of Integrative Health by Leonard Wisneki
- A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature by John Dowson
Vibes, Chakras, and Other Information:
- The Hippies Were Right: It's All about Vibrations, Man! by Tamlyn Hunt, 2018
- The Rainbow Body: How the Western Chakra System Came to Be by Kurt Leland, Quest magazine, Spring 2017; republished Fall 2025
Some of my Charlie Day-esque "IT'S ALL CONNECTED" Rabbit Holes:
- Wikipedia's Article on Tantra: you may start to see references to it in various Indian Vedic practices, but it's dense, complicated, and Westerners have conflated aspects of it with sexual practices; I can't give you a brief summary, you'll have to read it on your own.
- Wikipedia's Article on Theosophy: why/how Western White people appropriated Eastern traditions and tried to make something new.
- Phil Hine of enfolding.org, connecting Chakras to Theosophy, also appears to have some interesting articles on polarity and heteronormativity, but I haven't finished reading them yet -- I had held off because of his use of the word "tantric" (see above).
