Aura-Soma

Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield · Vicky Wall · 1983 · Lincolnshire, UK

What it is

The company describes Aura-Soma as "a system of colour, plant and crystal energies" meant to "enhance happiness and vitality". Its main product is the Equilibrium range: two-coloured bottles with an upper oil layer and a lower water layer. The publisher's description of the Sourcebook gives 104…

Format

• Exploring the colours. The practitioner explores each bottle's upper and lower colours and its position in the sequence. The company says both colour placement and selection order "offer insight". The practitioner discusses what each bottle in its position might represent. The company's…

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Format, as published. The consultation is one-to-one with an "accredited Aura-Soma Practitioner". It lasts up to 90 minutes and costs from $95 in the US, or from £75 or local equivalent on the company's general consultation page. The company says it has practitioners in more than 40 countries. Company pages do not describe a multi-session course. A consultation is a single event, and a further consultation may be…
• Training and certification route. The organisation refers to its practitioners as "accredited". Training is run by the Aura-Soma Academy (historically ASIACT) through a courses-and-events listing and a membership and practitioner register on the Academy's site. The site's course listings include a course titled "Aura-Soma Practitioner Level 3". The full level structure, prerequisites, hours and assessment are; check…
• Combining with psychotherapy. The company's public pages do not say how to combine Aura-Soma with psychotherapy. For a licensed therapist, the safest structure has two parts:

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Does it use a device, heat, cold, water or a physical procedure? Has a medical professional checked that it is safe for you?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• unfinished emotional material at the end of a session; plan follow-up.
• the exercise replacing the agreed therapy; the client wanting a selection every session.
• conflicts of interest (APA 3.06), and clients who feel abandoned by the referral. Frame it as protecting the therapy.
• affirmations that feel false and backfire, especially with low self-esteem. Keep them modest and in the client's own words.
• freezing or perfectionism ("what if I pick wrong?"), and choices aimed at pleasing you. Check for colour-vision differences beforehand and adapt if needed.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.