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What Is Colour Therapy
What Is Colour Therapy
Color Therapy
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Colour Therapy uses the energy relating to each of the seven spectrum colours of
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Each of the spectrum colours is
simply light of varying wavelengths, thus each colour has its own particular energy.
These energies resonate with the energy of each of the seven main chakras/energy
centres of the body. If you imagine the chakras as a set of cogs/wheels,(the word
chakra is Sanskrit for wheel), they are rather like the workings of a clock or an
engine; each cog/wheel needs to move smoothly for the clock/engine to work
properly. Thus good health and wellbeing is achieved by a balance of all these
energies. Balance of the energy in each of the body’s chakras is very important for
health and wellbeing. Colour therapy can help to re-balance and/or stimulate these
energies by applying the appropriate colour to the body and therefore re-balance our
chakras.
Red relates to the base chakra, orange the sacral chakra, yellow the solar plexus
chakra, green the heart chakra, blue the throat chakra, indigo the brow chakra
(sometimes referred to as the third eye) and violet relates to the crown chakra.
Colour is absorbed by the eyes, skin, skull and our ‘magnetic energy field’ or aura.
Colour energy affects us on all levels, that is to say, physical, spiritual and emotional.
Every cell in the body needs light energy - thus colour energy has widespread effects
on the whole body. There are many different ways of giving colour, including;
Solarized Water, Light boxes/lamps with colour filters, colour silks and hands on
healing using colour.
Colours have many uses as they have differing qualities. For example:- red, orange
and yellow are warming and energising colours whereas blue, indigo and violet are
cooling and calming colours. Green is known to be a balancing colour between the
warm and cool colours.
Colour therapy can be shown to help on a physical level, which is perhaps easier to
quantify, however there are deeper issues around the colours on the psychological
and spiritual levels. Our wellbeing is not, of course, purely a physical issue. That is to
say, we are body, mind and spirit and none of these areas function entirely alone;
each has an effect upon the other. This is why Colour Therapy can be so helpful
since colour addresses all levels of our being.
As a child we associate with colour as part of our first learning processes. These first
associations contribute to our consciousness. As we get older we attach many
different feelings, memories and meanings to certain colours and this can then
become a feature in our subconscious. We can build up prejudices to colours which
have happy, sad, or frightening connotations for us.
All life experiences make an impression upon us. Some experiences will be positive
and some negative. It is these negative experiences which can manifest themselves
physically over time as dis-ease. As an example:- perhaps we have, over the years,
been in a situation where we have felt unable, for one reason or another, to speak
our mind, or to express our own truth. This can manifest as a problem in the throat
chakra. The throat chakra relates in the spiritual aspect to self expression. Thus, if
our self expression has been blocked, the energy in this area will not be free flowing
and in turn this can lead to a physical manifestation of dis-ease.
Noting strong colour preferences can also be a helpful aid to finding possible
problems and working with the appropriate colour/colours to help to dispel negative
feelings, free blocks and re-balance the body emotionally, spiritually and, in turn,
physically.
Colour Therapy is a totally holistic and non-invasive therapy and, really, colour
should be a part of our everyday life, not just something we experience for an hour or
two with a therapist. Colour is all around us everywhere. This wonderful planet does
not contain all the beautiful colours of the rainbow for no reason. Nothing on this
earth is here just by chance; everything in nature is here for a purpose. Colour is no
exception. All we need to do is to heighten our awareness of the energy of colour
and how it can transform our lives. A professional therapist will help you to do this.
The capacity for health and wellbeing is within us all.
Colour therapy is safe to use alone or alongside any other therapy whether orthodox
medicine or another complementary therapy and is safe and helpful for adults,
children, babies and animals too.
If you can imagine the chakras/energy centres as a set of cogs/wheels, they are
rather like the workings of a clock or an engine; each cog /wheel needs to move
smoothly and at a similar speed for the clock/engine to work properly. Thus good
health and well being is achieved by a balance of all these energies (or the smooth
running of the cogs/wheels).
Colour therapy can help to re-balance these 'wheels' by applying the appropriate
colour to the body and therefore re-balance our chakras. Listed below is each of the
spectrum colours and the chakra which it relates to. Violet has the shortest
wavelength and red the longest wavelength.
Colours and related Chakras
Colour Chakra
Violet Crown
Indigo Brow
Blue Throat
Green Heart
Orange Sacral
Red Base