COLOURS : THE FRAGRANCE OF LIFE
Tip tip tap…what colour do you want? Remember this game that we all have played at some point or the other. Though a simple children’s game, yet goes a long way talking about personalities, thoughts, attitudes, behaviours, moods, emotional state etc. And what could be better if we understand the play and magic of colours right from childhood.
Light consists of the seven colours rather seven energies, namely, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Each of the colours is deeply related to various areas of our body and will affect us emotionally, physically and mentally. By learning how each colour influences us, we can effectively use colours to lift up our spirits, pep-up our emotions and give a shot of that extra energy much needed after a long exhaustive day.
Colour Therapy works when we match the frequency wavelength of a colour with the frequency wavelength of a particular disease, virus or infection. To understand it better, imagine you are listening a radio. Your mind wants to listen to a particular radio station and your hand therefore tunes into that particular radio frequency. Similarly with colour therapy, we match the frequency of the colour used with the frequency of the disease.
Colour therapy uses colour to re-balance the chakras (our energy centres) that have become depleted of energy. Colour has a profound effect on us on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. If our energy centres become blocked or depleted, then our body cannot function properly and this, in turn, can lead to a variety of problems on any level.
Advance Pranic healer and tarot card reader Nandita Pandey says, “Pranic Healing uses the technique of healing through colours and is effective in healing wounds, burns, clots, kidney stones, fractures and chronic arthritis.
One must be very careful when doing one’s house. Colours play a major role in governing the temperament and psyche of a person who is using it.
That is why hospitals are advised to have green curtains and carpets as green is considered to be a healing colour. For those with a hectic schedule should incorporate the colour blue in their life, this will help them tranquilize.”
Each of the spectrum colours is simply light of varying wavelengths, thus each colour has its own particular energy. The energy relating to each of these spectrum colours resonates with the energy of each of the seven main chakras of the body.
Good health and well-being is achieved by a balance of all these energies. Colour therapy can help to re-balance chakras by applying the appropriate colour to the body. Listed below is each of the spectrum colours and the chakra it relates to. Violet has the shortest wavelength and red the longest wavelength.
There are seven main energy centres (chakras) of the body which resonate with the seven rainbow colours.
Anyone who is familiar with Acupuncture will realise that there are, however, a large number of minor chakras throughout the body totalling something in excess of 300.
Chakras are like spirals of energy, each one relating to the others. Chakra (pronounced sha-kra) is the Sanskrit word for ' wheel'.
If you can imagine the main 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).
The animation is purely an impression of the Chakras.
 Violet Crown Chakra: Associated with cerebral cortex and the central nervous system. Violet is a powerful aid to spiritual enhancement. It cuts through illusion and inspires healing and divine love.
 Indigo Brow Chakra: Associated with the pituitary gland, nose, ears, and left eye. Clarity and truth are achieved by the alleviation of fear. Indigo calms and clears the mind and strengthens the metabolism.
 Blue Throat Chakra: Associated with the thyroid, throat and mouth. Blue is calming and bringing peace, reducing fear and dispersing anger. It reduces inflammation and fevers. Use it for self-purification.
 Green Heart Chakra: Associated with the heart, circulatory system, arms and lungs. Green stimulates muscle tissue while strengthening the blood. Centres you while encouraging well-being.
 Yellow Solar Plexus Chakra: Associated with adrenal, stomach, liver and muscles. Yellow assists in raising self-esteem. Gives hope, warmth and energy. Good for the kidneys, colon, liver, gall bladder and digestive organs.
 Orange Sacral Chakra: Associated with the ovaries, testicles, genitals, womb and bladder. Orange is beneficial for the whole of the digestive system. Inspires you to be brave.
 Red Base Chakra: Associated with the spinal column, adrenals colon, legs and bones. Red regenerates and purifies the blood. It balances passion and sex drive, bringing love and compassion.
Now go for this simple exercise
The best way to get the most benefit from colour is to meditate upon it. Focus on the colour and try to be one with it. But before that, you must clear your mind of all thoughts and try not having any emotions swinging up your heart.
When the mind is in such a stance, it will definitely benefit not just from colours but from mere silence as well. Take a few deep breathes from your stomach and stare at your chosen colour. Feel as if you are breathing the colour and feel it sink into your skin through the pores.
Keep your breaths deep and slow and concentrate on your breathing. Stare at the colour for approximately 15 minutes in the beginning, increase the time duration each session. And for those who find it hard to meditate, remember that practice alone will make you perfect at this art.
Enjoy listening to your breath; perhaps have some soothing music to tranquil you initially. Using the seven colours of the spectrum, Colour Therapy aims to balance and enhance our body’s energy centres / Chakras and also to help stimulate our body’s own healing process.
Look around your home. Is there a dominant colour featuring all over. Now peek into your wardrobe, do you find one or two particular shades repeating themselves. Well, this is your chance to analyse the colour of your life and also to bring in more of them to usher in growth and positive attitude.
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