About Kevin Polak

Healer.
Author.
Teacher.

Thirty years of practice rooted in the body, grounded in scripture, and expressed through frameworks that anyone — anywhere in the world — can use.

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Kevin Polak — healer, author, teacher
"The body already knows. The mind just needs to catch up."
— Kevin Polak
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Thirty years.
One direction.

Kevin Polak has spent more than three decades asking one question: why do people get stuck? Not in theory — but in the lived, somatic reality of the body. The held breath. The braced shoulders. The belief that became a wall.

His work began in movement and bodywork, deepened through the Chinese healing traditions — Five Elements, mudras, meridian theory — and widened through Western frameworks: Transactional Analysis, the Drama Triangle, NLP, Byron Katie, the Dilts Pyramid. Not as systems to follow, but as lenses to see through.

He has lived and worked across Asia for over two decades, most recently in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he runs his private practice, creates his books and courses, and operates KEVINCARES LTD — the company through which all his work is offered to the world.

His approach is simple: meet the body first. Everything else follows.

Kevin Polak in session
Kevin in session · Chiang Mai
Kevin Polak
The teacher
Kevin Polak — in session
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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East meets West.
Body meets mind.

Kevin draws from both traditions — not to blend them into something vague, but to use whatever is most honest for the person in front of him.

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Somatic Foundation

Every session starts with the body. Not with what you think you feel — but what the body is actually doing. Breath, tension, posture, impulse. The body doesn't lie.

Eastern Wisdom

Thirty years working with Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Five Elements, 520 hand mudras, meridian theory, and the ancient understanding that illness lives in blocked energy before it lives in the body.

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Western Frameworks

The ABC model, Transactional Analysis, the Dilts Pyramid, VAKOG, the Drama Triangle, Byron Katie's 4 questions. Real psychological tools, not motivational shortcuts.

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Scripture as Anchor

Ancient wisdom from Proverbs, the Psalms, and Eastern traditions runs through Kevin's work — not as religion, but as the distilled experience of thousands of years of human suffering and healing.

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Global Reach

Kevin's work is available in English, Chinese (Mandarin), French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch — because the need to be known crosses every border.

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Written Practice

Books, courses, and guided workbooks that deliver the same depth as a private session — in a format anyone can return to, alone, at their own pace, anywhere in the world.

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One step
at a time.

Every decade deepened the work. The body, the books, the courses, the students — all pointing toward the same thing.

1990s

The beginning

Kevin begins training in bodywork and movement — discovering that the body holds what the mind cannot yet speak.

2000s

Asia calls

Kevin moves to Asia. Immersion in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Five Elements system, and twenty years of practice in China and Thailand begin.

2010s

The books arrive

The Healing Hand (520 Mudras) and Enlightened Essence are published — in English and Chinese. Polak Therapy Exercises follows.

2020s

Digital expansion

ADEPT is published. KNOWN, VERDICT, Flip That Script, and Kevin's Cards are built and launched globally across six languages.

Now

Chiang Mai

Kevin operates from Chiang Mai, Thailand — running private sessions, creating products, and reaching people across six languages and five continents.

Kevin Polak — Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Kevin Polak — workshop
The published works
30+ Years of Practice

Three decades working with individuals one-on-one — through the body, the mind, and the spirit.

520 Mudras Documented

The complete Five Elements mudra system, documented in The Healing Hand. "520" in Chinese means "I love you."

6 Languages

All major work available in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch.

4 Published Books

ADEPT · Enlightened Essence · The Healing Hand · Polak Therapy Exercises — all in English and Chinese.

12 Days of KNOWN

The complete inner journey — science, scripture, and daily exercises that uncover who you really are.

The Work Continues

New books, new courses, new tools — all rooted in the same thirty-year commitment to real healing.

Kevin Polak
Kevin Polak
Kevin Polak
Kevin Polak — workshop
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Ready to start?

A private session, the KNOWN journey, a book, or the VERDICT test. Every door leads inward.

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