http://www.polarityeducation.org/

 

     Non-local Polarity is available. Sessions can be provided over the telephone or computer screen. During the session you may experience a conscious dream-like state that leaves you feeling rested and at peace. Additional experiences may include seeing colors as the session unfolds while you are becoming more and more energized. You may feel lighter as your body shifts from the physical to a more fluid-like state of Being. Polarity can align your physical body to your energy centers which help you feel better with less pain in your joints and greater flexability and improved range of motion. 

 

     Polarity Therapy was founded by Dr. Randolph Stone and is based on traditional healing methods from the ancient past that were practiced in Asia. Polarity is a health program of therapeutic bodywork, gentle excerise, nutrition and meditation. Polarity is a natural health care system based upon energy flow. The interrelationship of energy principles forms the basis for every aspect of life, including our experience of health, wellness and disease. We can remove blocks within your body to promote flow of energy, pain can be reduced and transmuted into positive energy leaving us with a rich sense of well-being. We can also learn and practice meditation and focusing to promote greater awareness of our inner wisdom.

 

 

 

Reading List

 

Polarity Therapy by Randolph Stone DC. OD. ND.

 

Health Building by Randolph Stone DC. 

 

The Polarity Process by Franklyn Sills, RPP

 

Energy Exercises by John Chitty & Mary Louise Muller

 

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Self of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, PHD

 

The Verbally Abusive Relationship.by Patricia Evans

 

MAP: Medical Assistamce Program by Machaelle Small Wright

 

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate, MD

 

Dental Herbalism by leslie Alexander PhD

 

Job's Body by Deane Juhan

 

The Holographic Universe by  Michael Talbot

 

Wholeness and the Implicate Order by David Bohm

 

Mass Dreams of the Future  by Chet Snow and Helen Wambach

 

Visceral manipulation by Jean Pierre Barral  & Pierre Mercier

 

Essentials of Human Embryology by William J. Larsen

 

Contributions of Thought by William G. Sutherland, D.O.

 

Life in Motion

The Osteopathic Vision by Rollin Becker, D.O.

 

Waking the Tiger

Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine

 

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy by Michael Shea

Color Atlas of Head and Neck Anatomy
McMinn Hutchings Logan

 

Cranial Therapy and the Energetic Body
Roger Gilchrist MA., RPP

 

Craniosacral Biodynamics by Franklyn Sills, RPP

The breath of life, biodynamics and fundamental skills

Health Building Dr. Randolph Stone D.O.,DC.

 

The Big Book

Alcoholics Anonymous

The conscious art of living well
CRCS Publications

 

Teachings in the Science of Osteopathy
William G. Sutherland D.O.
Rudra press

 

The Atlas of Human Anatomy
Netter, M.D.
Novartis Pub.

 

The Heart of Listening by Hugh Milne
A visionary approach to Craniosacral work

 

The Ayurvedic Cook Book by Amadea Morningstar
Personalized Guide to Good Nutrition and Health
Lotus Press

 

Chi Nei Tsang by Mantak & Maneewan

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Public Disclosure

 

Richard W. Crandall is registered with the State of Vermont Secretary of State in accordance with the Vermont State Registration Requirements for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Touch Professionals.

1. Professional qualifications and experience:

·       ●  Completed Cranial Therapy and the Energetic body Training with Roger Gilchrist 2002

·       ●  Completed Polarity Holistic Bodywork and Massage Training at Nancy Risley’s school of Polarity Realization Institute 1998

·       ●  Opened Awakenings Craniosacral 1998

·       ●  Member of the Associated Bodyworkers and Massage Professionals (ABMP), North American Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association (BCST) and International Polarity Therapy Education Alliance (PTP).

 

2. Actions that constitute unprofessional conduct:

Unprofessional conduct means the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a and the following:

(1) engaging in activities in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2605 (voyeurism);

(2) engaging in a sexual act with a client;

(3) conviction of a crime committed while engaged in the practice of massage or the practice of bodywork;

(4) performing massage or bodywork that the massage therapist, bodyworker, or touch professional knows or has reason to know has not been authorized by a client or the client's legal representative; and

(5) engaging in conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public. (Added 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. April 1, 2021.)

§ 129a. Unprofessional conduct

(a) In addition to any other provision of law, the following conduct by a licensee constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license or other disciplinary action. Any one of the following items or any combination of items, whether

the conduct at issue was committed within or outside the State, shall constitute unprofessional conduct:

(1) Fraudulent or deceptive procurement or use of a license.

(2) Advertising that is intended or has a tendency to deceive.

(3) Failing to comply with provisions of federal or State statutes or rules governing the practice of the profession.

(4) Failing to comply with an order of the board or violating any term or condition of a license restricted by the board.

(5) Practicing the profession when medically or psychologically unfit to do so.

(6) Delegating professional responsibilities to a person whom the licensed professional knows, or has reason to know, is not qualified by training, experience, education, or licensing credentials to perform them, or knowingly providing professional supervision or serving as a preceptor to a person who has not been licensed or registered as required by the laws of that person's profession.

(7) Willfully making or filing false reports or records in the practice of the profession, willfully impeding or obstructing the proper making or filing of reports or records, or willfully failing to file the proper reports or records.

(8) Failing to make available promptly to a person using professional health care services, that person's representative, or succeeding health care professionals or institutions, upon written request and direction of the person using professional health care services, copies of that person's records in the possession or under the control of the licensed practitioner, or failing to notify patients or clients how to obtain their records when a practice closes.

(9) Failing to retain client records for a period of seven years, unless laws specific to the profession allow for a shorter retention period. When other laws or agency rules require retention for a longer period of time, the longer retention period shall apply.

(10) Conviction of a crime related to the practice of the profession or conviction of a felony, whether or not related to the practice of the profession.

(11) Failing to report to the Office a conviction of any felony or misdemeanor offense in a Vermont District Court, a Vermont Superior Court, a federal court, or a court outside Vermont within 30 days.

(12) Exercising undue influence on or taking improper advantage of a person using professional services, or promoting the sale of services or goods in a manner that exploits a person for the financial gain of the practitioner or a third party.

(13) Performing treatments or providing services that the licensee is not qualified to perform or that are beyond the scope of the licensee's education, training, capabilities, experience, or scope of practice.

(14) Failing to report to the Office within 30 days a change of name, e-mail, or mailing address.

(15) Failing to exercise independent professional judgment in the performance of licensed activities when that judgment is necessary to avoid action repugnant to the obligations of the profession.

(16)(A) Impeding an investigation under this chapter or unreasonably failing to reply, cooperate, or produce lawfully requested records in relation to such investigation.

(B) The patient privilege set forth in 12 V.S.A. § 1612 shall not bar the licensee's obligations under this subsection (a) and a confidentiality agreement entered into in concluding a settlement of a civil claim shall not exempt the licensee from fulfilling his or her obligations under this subdivision (16).

(17) Advertising, promoting, or recommending a therapy or treatment in a manner tending to deceive the public or to suggest a degree of reliability or efficacy unsupported by competent evidence and professional judgment.

(18) Promotion by a treatment provider of the sale of drugs, devices, appliances, or goods provided for a patient or client in such a manner as to exploit the patient or client for the financial gain of the treatment provider, or selling, prescribing, giving away, or administering drugs for other than legal and legitimate therapeutic purposes.

(19) Willful misrepresentation in treatments or therapies.

(20) Offering, undertaking, or agreeing to cure or treat a disease or disorder by a secret method, procedure, treatment, or medicine.

(21) Permitting one's name or license to be used by a person, group, or corporation when not actually in charge of or responsible for the professional services provided.

(22) Prescribing, selling, administering, distributing, ordering, or dispensing any drug legally classified as a controlled substance for the licensee's own use or to an immediate family member as defined by rule.

(23) For any professional with prescribing authority, signing a blank or undated prescription form or negligently failing to secure electronic means of prescribing.

(24) For any mental health care provider, use of conversion therapy as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 8351 on a client younger than 18 years of age.

(25) For providers of clinical care to patients, failing to have in place a plan for responsible disposition of patient health records in the event the licensee should become incapacitated or unexpectedly discontinue practice.

(26) Sexually harassing or exploiting a patient, client, or consumer, or doing so to a coworker in a manner that threatens the health, safety, or welfare of patients, clients, or consumers; failing to maintain professional boundaries; or violating a patient, client, or consumer's reasonable expectation of privacy.

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(b) Failure to practice competently by reason of any cause on a single occasion or on multiple occasions may constitute unprofessional conduct, whether actual injury to a client, patient, or customer has occurred. Failure to practice competently includes:

(1) performance of unsafe or unacceptable patient or client care; or

(2) failure to conform to the essential standards of acceptable and prevailing practice.

(c) The burden of proof in a disciplinary action shall be on the State to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the person has engaged in unprofessional conduct.

(d)(1) After hearing, and upon a finding of unprofessional conduct, a board or an administrative law officer may take disciplinary action against a licensee or applicant, including imposing an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000.00 for each unprofessional conduct violation.

(2)(A) Any money received under this subsection shall be deposited in the Professional Regulatory Fee Fund established in section 124 of this chapter for the purpose of providing education and training for board members and advisor appointees.

(B) The Director shall detail in the annual report receipts and expenses from money received under this subsection.

(e) In the case where a standard of unprofessional conduct as set forth in this section conflicts with a standard set forth in a specific board's statute or rule, the standard that is most protective of the public shall govern. (Added 1997, No. 40, § 5; amended 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 27, 2002; 2003, No. 60, § 2; 2005, No. 27, § 5; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 35, § 2; 2011, No. 66, § 3, eff. June 1, 2011; 2011, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2017, No. 48, § 4; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 1, 2019; 2019, No. 30, § 4.)

How to File a Complaint:

Complaints can be filed using our online platform. You may file as a guest, registered user or licensee. No registration is required. https://sos.vermont.gov/opr/complaints-conduct-discipline/

4. How to get more information about the profession and registered professionals from OPR:

Visit https://sos.vermont.gov/massage-therapists-bodyworkers-and-touch-professionals/.