HealthPassport – How does a Polarity session take place?

Michelle Guay – There are two ways to practice Polarity:

• Receive a Polarity session:

The Polarity session is generally done clothed, in a lying position, in a calm and clean place. It happens that the client’s position is seated or half-seated according to his particular need. When he deems it useful, the therapist teaches Autopolarity movements, energetic and respiratory exercises. The practice of these exercises then helps to support the work done during the session with the therapist and accelerates the return to well-being. The energy of the person is put back into circulation with gentle touches on the body, following the networks of energy. While being well centered with the Great Life, in any case the speaker does not give his energy. The therapist is a place of passage of the energy of the person in order to restart the energy of the client. This one works with three essential elements: Health, Harmony and Life.

The objective is to promote strength, space and freedom so that Life can express itself. Remember: harmonized energy gives you the potential to move forward in life, and the strength to make living choices.

• Using Autopolarity

Autopolarity is a component that I have developed over the years. It is a technique that is within everyone’s reach and that is easy to use. The practice of Autopolarity can be done anywhere, at home, at school or at work. The interest of practicing it lies in its immediacy and its effectiveness, its ease of application, its free and the autonomy that it provides. The only instruments needed are your two hands. The only condition is to decide to execute the proposed movements and to let the work be done.

The technique is simple: place your hands or fingers in the places previously indicated by the therapist. There is nothing to visualize, to induce, just to listen to what is going on. The movements are done continuously in the order presented.

Health Passport – For what type of pathology is it recommended? What are these benefits?

Michelle Guay – The use of Polarity and Autopolarity is very broad.

On the physical, mental and emotional levels, the immediate benefits are relaxation and a great sense of peace. Polarity has an impact on the physiological level by regulating the neurovegetative nervous system and the adrenal cortex, which induces a feeling of inner calm and relaxation. This effect allows the body to restart its self-healing mechanisms.

The specific benefits relating to physical problems are varied and linked to each person’s experience. For more than 20 years, we have been carrying out exploratory clinical research on various issues within the professional training program in Polarity. We have followed adolescents, adults and the elderly for problems as varied as: burnout, hyperactivity, anxiety, back pain, insomnia, digestive problems, depression, fatigue chronic, menstrual pain, headache, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, trauma from sexual violence, chronic pain, cancer.

We must keep in mind the importance of preventive action at all levels: whether we are healthy or have health problems …

In another axis, Polarity and Autopolarity can also be used before or after a treatment such as for example a medical or surgical intervention, in parallel with an approach of support in relation of help and others.

HealthPassport – Can polarity help people with cancer? 

Michelle Guay – Polarity is a magnificent aid on different levels for a person with cancer: it helps the person to better manage the stress related to the cancer experience and the negative effects that result from it. The accompaniment by a therapist in Polarity is an invaluable support.

The use of certain Autopolarity protocols is very beneficial and important for the immune system, vitality, sleep, anxiety and pain. Polarity and Autopolarity support the person at the level of his vital energy, as it allows to receive a touch other than medical, a touch which soothes and comforts. These Polarity treatments are complementary to other healthcare.  

PasseportSanté – How to lower your stress level with polarity ?

Michelle Guay – First of all, breathing and doing Polarity energy exercises are excellent for lowering stress levels. One should integrate the practice of Polarity protocol on oneself daily, specifically at bedtime. Choose from the protocols that I suggest the one or those that suit you best. Having your vital energy balanced is the basis for better managing and lowering our negative stresses.

In the book, Polarity and stress: Insomnia, Fatigue, Anxiety, I present practical and concrete means related to Polarity therapy, including small Polarity protocols relevant to insomnia, fatigue and anxiety. They are easy. Using them will help you stay within the limits of normal, functioning physiology Insomnia, fatigue, and anxiety are often the first red flashes our bodies send us when we experience persistent stresses.

HealthPassport – Can everyone have a go at polarity?

Michelle Guay – Anyone can practice Autopolarity and Polarity. It would be great if the reflex was: “what can I do now with my hands to relieve myself, to be better in my body and in my head?” For example: use the Autopolarity of the immune system when we start a cold, a sore throat or a resistant infection and use the energetic exercises of polarity when we are tired, disturbed, anxious or that we have difficulties in level some sleep. You can find all this information in my first book theAutopolarity and in my third book Polarity and Stress.

Health Passport – If we come back to your last book: Polarity and Stress: Insomnia, Fatigue, Anxiety, what would you like to say to finish?

Michelle Guay – It is an essential book in everyone’s life. I help you discover concrete means linked to Polarity therapy (small Polarity protocols, exercises and elements of a healthy lifestyle linked to Polarity) to better manage the stresses that arise in life. I explain how, as global beings, all dimensions of our person are constantly interacting. We are a “Whole” made up of several parts, having energy as a basic structure. I give the keys to get out of the labyrinth of discomfort in order to place myself on the path of well-being. The goal when I wrote this book was to impart knowledge that allows autonomy and freedom, to help us sleep better, to maintain our shape and vitality, to help us maintain a confident and calm attitude in life. daily…