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stroked, the client might sense feelings like joy, satisfaction, and determination. The following exercise can be used to clear negative emotions and also accentuate those supportive of success. First, ask a client to focus on the goal or passion already communicated. Then, ask them to sense the bodily areas that become tense, dense, or painful. These bodily zones aren't "bad." Rather, imagine them as blocking rather than enabling success. To assist the client in freeing up these potentially useful energies, help them picture the transfer of these stuck energies to their feet. You can track the path of this occurrence with your hands. From a subtle energy point of view, our earthly powers rise up through the feet into the legs and, furthermore, into the hips and up the spine. This means your next step is to assist the client in shifting the energies now gathered in their feet into the rest of their body. Move your hands while describing the progress of this once-stuck energy. The previously negative energies will merge with the already-present positive energies to invite a free flow of power. Practice Two: Further Activate the Passion Once the energy of the past is readied for action, it's time to amplify the client's passion for optimum performance. In the previous step, your client transformed their negative energy and powered up their success energy. Now, it's time to get them more excited about their desire. This work is best accomplished through attending to the heart chakra. Chakras are subtle energy organs that transform physical to subtle energy and vice versa. The heart chakra lies in the middle of the chest and is the core of the subtle anatomy. It is fed by energies drawn from the earth and received from the heavens— and is also the font of the heart's desire within a person. An overarching passion, whether it involves becoming a hockey player or motivational speaker, is comprised from dozens—if not hundreds—of mini-passions. My youthful hockey player wanted to enjoy hockey at a high level, but also yearned to develop courage, tenacity, and other qualities. What about the client who wants to be a speaker? They want to talk in front of a crowd, but maybe they also dream of encouraging change, assisting the needy, or benefiting youngsters. Then again, perhaps sub-goals include buying a big house or transforming into a philanthropist. To reach the heights of a passion, it's imperative to stimulate the many sub-passions. To accomplish this goal, I ask that a client focus on the center of their heart. As a bodyworker, you can rest a hand on their sternum or massage the dorsal vertebrae. Then, ask them to state aloud—or ruminate silently—about all the reasons they long to achieve a specific goal. Most likely, you'll feel this area of the body warm up as the hidden energies emerge. Practice Three: Living—and Succeeding—In the Present The final subtle energy technique is one I encourage a client to use outside my office—and especially before they take an action toward their goal. This subtle energy technique involves establishing a vertical beam of gold light from above the head to anchor under the feet. In some circles, this shaft of subtle energy is called a hara line. Emanating from the heavens, it passes through the center of the spine and in-body chakras and lodges in the center of the earth, simultaneously connecting the self to the spiritual realms and material world. Gold is the energy of divine power; therefore, this hara line draws on the highest of energies to reinforce a person's purpose and actions. It also serves as a protection, fueling positive energy and deflecting negativity. I suggest you initiate this practice by asking a client to visualize a gold stream of light falling from the stars to enter the top of their head. Help them sense this flowing down their spine and attaching them to the middle of the earth, assuring grounding. Then, request that they visualize this light expanding beyond their body, to the outer bounds of their energetic fields, or to about 6 feet around them. Ask them to practice the establishment and use of this hara line so that if they construct it before an important activity, such as playing in a hockey game or giving a speech, they are comfortable with it. The first time my young hockey player established a hara line before a game he scored more goals than ever before. He then began creating a hara line before taking tests or talking to girls. Guess what? Every area of his life improved. Encourage your clients to refrain from comparing their successes and the timing of them with those of others. As wisely stated by Marty Rubin, "The last goose in the column is flying just as high." Cyndi Dale is an internationally renowned author, speaker, and intuitive consultant. Her popular books include The Subtle Body Coloring Book: Learn Energetic Anatomy (Sounds True, 2017), Subtle Energy Techniques (Llewellyn Publications, 2017), Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras (Llewellyn Publications, 2016), The Intuition Guidebook: How To Safely and Wisely Use Your Sixth Sense (Deeper Well Publishing, 2011), Energetic Boundaries: How to Stay Protected and Connected in Work, Love, and Life (Sounds True, 2011), The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy (Sounds True, 2009), and The Complete Book of Chakra Healing (Llewellyn Publications, 2009), as well as nearly 20 additional books. To learn more about Dale and her products, services, and classes, please visit www.cyndidale.com. ENERGY WORK 102 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k s e p t e m b e r / o c t o b e r 2 0 1 9