There are several «pathways» to Telekinesis, what is usually presented as such is the highly compacted Bioelectricity of a person. Yep, Body Aura. You connect your Aura to an object and cause it to «levitate», or shift with an Intense Electromagnetic Pulse.
But yes, there are «alternative paths». For example, Compacting the Field of the object itself separately. Also, make an object easier with the Air Element, or weighting it with the Earth Element, which, of course, requires a great degree of talent.
Masters of Martial Arts can break boulders and make skin stronger to the point where it is impossible to cut with a sword. The same Chi Technique can be applied to Kinetic purposes, to objects. In all, it has different Methods.