What
is Colour Therapy:
Imagine
the difference between driving a bright red car and a navy blue one,
or how it feels to see a bright blue versus a dark night sky. The
color of the clothes we wear, the color themes in our homes, and the
colors in the natural environment influence us in profound ways.
Color
affects us in both subtle and obvious ways throughout each day of
our lives. We respond differently to various colors almost by
instinct, and the colors around us affect everything from our mood
to our energy levels.
Color
therapy can help balance our emotional lives, relieve stress and
tension and enable the body to heal itself of discomforting symptoms
and illnesses.
How
Does Color Therapy Heal?
Color
balances the flow of energy throughout the body. Color’s affect the
vibrational energy that flows throughout every organ and system of
the body. Color can be used to calm and soothe or stimulate and
enhance mental, physical and spiritual energies. Wellness is
achieved as energies throughout the body are balanced through color
therapy.
Scientists
explain the effects of color on our moods, thoughts and behavior in
terms of physiological processes. Colors are light energies of
certain wavelengths, and studies have confirmed that exposure to
colors has a direct effect on the pituitary and pineal glands.
Stimulation
of these glands affects hormonal production and their release, and
this affects the systems of the body in a variety of ways. As an
example, scientific studies conducted in 1942 demonstrated that the
sympathetic nervous system is stimulated by exposure to red light,
and the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated by exposure to
white and blue light.
Although
color is visible light energy, scientists believe it is not
necessary to see color in order for it to affect the body. The body
can sense and react to color through energy vibrations, so even the
blind are affected by color.
Color
therapists and scientists may not agree on precisely how color can
help improve physical and mental health, but they do agree that the
effects colors have on people are significant. Color has real
physiological effects on people, and it can be used to help treat a
variety of conditions as well as to promote general health.
