In this Introduction to Polarity Therapy, you’ll have the opportunity to experience the full palette of Polarity principles and practices, including:
1. Polarity Therapy’s unique understanding of consciousness transmutating or “stepping down” into form, in this basic sequence:
- Primary Energy (consciousness)
- The 3 Principles (+ 0 -)
- The 5 Elements (Ether, air, fire, water, earth)
- The Autonomic Nervous System (sympathetic, parasympathetic, social)
- The structural body
2. Polarity Therapy’s 4 therapeutic modes
- Exercise/movement (Polarity Yoga aka Energy Exercises)
- Diet and nutrition (General maintenance, Health-building and Purifying diets)
- Polarity Self-awareness coaching
- Polarity bodywork (Tamasic/deep touch, Rajasic/medium touch with movement, Satvic/still touch
3. The Polarity Therapy General Session (one of countless options)
You’ll learn and practice in a relaxing environment we strive to create, emphasizing safety, comfort, curiosity, partnership, fun and engaged learning.
You can take this workshop with no obligation to join our full Polarity Therapy Level I training, which begins May 1-3, 2025 in Petaluma. However, if you do enroll in full Polarity training, you can use your Intro class days as make-up days for any days missed during the training.
Location and Other Particulars
Introduction to Polarity Therapy will be held:
At The STAR Institute
2 Padre Parkway, Suite 302-B
Rohnert Park, CA
Dates: January 30-February 1, 2025
Time: Class is held from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily.
Cost: Tuition is $525, or $510 if you bring a massage table for use in class.
About the Presenter
Gary Peterson is a Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST ®) and Registered Polarity Practitioner (RPP) who has been teaching and practicing energy therapies for over 40 years. He teaches Craniosacral Therapy trainings, Polarity Therapy trainings, Settling ® trainings and Working with Babies classes at various locations around the United States, as well birth surround workshops and other therapeutic work for the nervous system.
His teaching and private practice are inspired by his strong desire to understand and alleviate the deep causes of suffering found with stress and trauma to the nervous system. He is especially motivated to help babies, moms and their families to resolve the crippling effects of traumas and stresses that happen during gestation, birth and early neonatal life.
Gary studied Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Franklyn Sills, a pioneer in the field of Craniosacral Biodynamics and author of several books in the field. Gary also studied Prenatal and Birth Therapy with Ray Castellino, himself a pioneer in the field of resolving birth traumas and imprints for babies and their families. He was also the Executive Director of the American Polarity Therapy Association from 1993-2000.
Gary’s first book, Settling: Simple Ways to Calm Your Nervous System, will be published soon. This self-help manual gives you a set of vital skills for regulating your nervous system in order to experience greater health, balance and relaxation.
Gary and his wife Bonnie have 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren, and live in Sebastopol, CA.
Questions? Feel free to contact Gary at gary.peterson@starinstitute.us
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$525 without table • $510 with massage table discount