Course information on Color Therapy, Color Psychology:
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Color
Color Therapy is an approach that has been used since the earliest of times, and which is currently expanding in recognition by leaps and bounds. The history of Color has its roots in ancient Egypt. Early research into the benefit of Color was conducted by Goethe, then Babbitt, Rudolph Steiner and Ghadiali, and more recently by Theo Gimbel, Vicky Wall, Max Luescher, Mikhael Aivanhove, Faber Birren et al.
Nature has provided us with Color to nourish both the body and the spirit. It nourishes our body, providing a necessary energy that is needed and beautiful part of life. As highly Colorful beings, our forms are made up of ever-changing vibrating Colors and we respond to Color actively or passively in all that we do.
Color is the tiny visible portion of the vast spectrum of electromagnetic energy which is one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. Light functions at the subatomic (quantum) level of matter as well as filling the whole space (as microwave background radiation - -an echo of the Big Bang of cosmic creation). All life on earth depends on the nutritious energy of light from the sun, which is conveniently stripped of dangerous levels of ultraviolet radiation by the earth’s atmosphere. Light, as bio-photons, is also working within the body’s cells as communication, and outside the body to infuse the auric field. As the energy field extends outside the body, it can be sensed by the practitioner, and it is the goal of therapy to sensitively clear and re-balance the energies as a means of similarly affecting the mind and body of which it is the subtlest part.
An individual’s life and psychology is symbolically related to Colors and the Colors occur in the aura. You may be ‘seeing red’ or ‘feeling blue.’ You may be ‘in the dark’(depressed) or fired with enthusiasm, bright spark. Growing spiritual awareness is linked with pale hues and the golden-white light that unifies all Colors and represents the unity or Source of all.
HOW COLOR AFFECTS US:
Our
surroundings have a strong affect upon us. They can slow us down, speed us up,
make us feel happy or create gloom and melancholy. Our surroundings are color.
Color is life.
For instance, the reason why color affects us so, is that it vibrates at
certain frequencies in its many tints and hues, so as to work on our nervous
system and works with our chemistry and emotions.
Yellow can make you feel
jumpy, spontaneous, optimistic or high spirited. Blue
may calm you down, get you flowing and feeling confident. Red
could activate you to get up and at something, give the urge with a need
for achievement, help you to be vital and forceful. Brown
might root you, make you feel at home, comfortable and secure. Black could
intimidate you, try to overpower you and you might experience or exude a sense
of mystery and intrigue. Green no
doubt will balance you, gives you a feeling of coordination and that everything
is just as it should be. Purple
or violet will tend to
have a sleepy or dreamy effect on you, putting you in another world reality of
either magic or beauty. They also give you a feeling of worthiness. White shocks
into wakefulness and alertness. It engenders honesty ad clarity. It demands a
lot of you. Orange is
your color of sociability. It will get you chatting, eating or just moving
about with enthusiasm.
Many restaurants that want a quick turn over of business have an orange
decor. It speeds up the digestive metabolism so you will want to eat more. It
also gives you that sense of sociability and helps loosen your inhibitions.
But you
will likely not linger there. Orange
is just too pushy and stimulating to let you be static for too long. The blue
restaurant decor has a more comfortable atmosphere. You will likely want to
linger and sip the best wine in the house. Blue
tastes happen to be expensive.
So if you are looking for a quiet place to relax, you likely don't choose one of
the earth vibrations of red,
yellow or orange.
You might choose a blue, green
or pastel.
In color therapy lights are used on the body to achieve the same above effects.
Blue calms, red
stimulates, orange
activates metabolism, yellow
stimulates the digestive system for better assimilation and elimination, purple
soothes anxieties and green heals
and balances.
But you don't have to shine a light on yourself to experience color therapy.
Everytime you have on an article of clothing that is in harmony with your
vibrations, you are strengthening your 'aura' and adding to your energy supply
or just getting that energy flowing. Or maybe you are activating it to help you
work out some negative feeling or toxic material. (Colored clothing will do the
former more dramatically than the latter. Lights work on the physical more
quickly than pigment colors.)
And then again, in clothing, some colors are supportive to us, others negative
and others, as suggested above, help us to 'work things out'. You will know
intuitively just what is happening to you color-wise if you stop a minute
before you put on your clothing and tune in to how a certain color is going to
make you feel that day. You will likely be right most of the time.
And what is really interesting, you may find you can wear a certain color of
clothing, but you cannot sustain the vibration of that color in your
environment. Purple may
feel great with a piece of clothing on, but purple
decor may be hostile to your present state. And so it is with all the colors.
Often enough, though the same color you wear and the same color you decorate
with is compatible to you.
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