Abstract
This paper addresses the emergence of subtle energy awareness in the therapeutic culture of our time. It presents a variety of clinical examples of bioenergy interventions that produced shifts in clients’ energy fields and chakras. It considers how new ways of working based on subtle energy can contribute to the evolution of Psychosynthesis theory and practice.

Contents: Introduction Depth work with subtle energies Illustrative client experiences Session 1: Energetic scar dissolves in river of light Session 2: The war is over Session 3: Grace Session 4: Body electric Session 5: Heart healing Working with the chakras Session 6: Energy knot in the belly Session 7: Yellow ball of light in belly Session 8: Rings of light Session 9: Plugging in to the earth current Session 10: Red light of a root chakra shakti Session 11: Releasing the energy of shame Conclusions References

This article is adapted from an article published in Conversations in Psychosynthesis: Psychosynthesis and the Body. Vol 6, June 2006, pp. 16-45. ISBN # 0-9788265-5-8.

The original article was based on a keynote presentation by Martha Crampton at the Psychosynthesis Conference held in Minneapolis, June 17 to 19, 2005. It expands the original presentation with case material and further elaboration of the ideas.

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Martha Crampton, PhD currently conducts a private practice of psychotherapy and life coaching in Manhattan. She studied psychosynthesis with Roberto Assagioli in Florence, Italy and founded the Canadian Institute of Psychosynthesis in Montreal. For ten years she directed the New York Open Center’s program in Integrative Therapy, offering training in holistic depth psychology and psychoenergetic approaches. Dr. Crampton is licensed in Canada as a Clinical Psychologist and in New York as a Mental Health Counselor. She is also certified as a Life Coach.