BASIS OF COLOUR THERAPY :
The Colour therapy is based on the Sunlight, composed of the seven principle colors of the rainbow. The therapy enables one to feel liberated from repressed emotions and continuous stresses, creating equilibrium with the human body, mind and nature. The main colours are in the sequence of VIBGYOR (Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red), and all these basic seven colors of are found to possess potential healing properties, including the black and white to maintain the balance of the mind and body. These seven colours are associated with their numerological numbers, planets and the twelve Zodiac signs. Throughout history, harnessing the nutritional aspects of colour provides the well balanced emotional, physical, anti-aging and spiritual benefits.
The children, to have a healthy body and mind, they need healthy cells. In order to have healthy cells, we must increase their energy levels by nourishing and invigorating them with the energizing properties carried in specific colours and light.
The blue colour of the sky or sea has healing and soothing effects on the nerves. The blue colour acts as a nervine tonic strengthening nerves. The green colour of the garden or trees is a mood elevator and a very potent healer, helping fast to heal wounds and surgery and is soothing to the eyes. The surgeons use green clothes in the operation theatre, ands so the patients. The post surgical eye care too has green colour. The Yellow is a healing colour with penetrating effects. Thus the yellow Sun-beams will energize and even repair cells in the body.
TOOLS IN COLOUR THERAPY :
Some of the tools and accessories used in color therapy are colour gemstones, coloured candles, coloured wands, coloured prisms, coloured fabrics, coloured bath-treatments, coloured water and the coloured eye-wear. Also through precision illuminators and mineral based glass lenses which are non-invasive and can naturally influence the body's energy system as these allow the colour energy to be emitted more effectively.
IDENTIFY YOUR COLOURS THROUGH MEDITATION :
Here is an invigorating meditation. Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes, stay in the push-button i.e., Gyan-mudra position, visualize in your mind's eye, the frontal lobe area the seven colours of the rainbow like VIBGYOR-in the series one by one. Out of the 7 colours, it will be one or the two colours which will be identifiable with a marked attention. Note that this is the key, and you have found your OWN CHOICEST COLOURS-FOR HEALING AND PROSPERITY. Alternatively, an astrologer can tell you your lucky colurs.
MIND-A HEALING SANATORIUM :
Our mind is itself a healing sanatorium. The subconscious mind, fully aware of the physical, emotional or psychological stress, silently tries to soothe/solve the ailments. This is through the autonomous nervous system and whereby body secretes various enzymes and hormones as per the messages received and sent by brain. This brings in changes important and vital for our life and healing and these messages help choose customized and individualized "healing-colours" to treat the negativity of the psychosomatic diseases. In modern medicine, Psychosomatic word is derived from Greek words, Psyche meaning mind and Soma meaning the body. For it is the Psyche which influences the body to cause of cure the diseases.
Here are a few pointers :
*If a child suffers from the chest, breathing or stomach disorders, the reason must be due to the environmental stress i.e., infections etc. Here the colour Blue will heal in a very tender way. You can decide the child's linen, clothes etc., in blue colours and even paint one or all walls in this healing colour blue.
*If the child loses focus and mind gets ashtray then use red colour for getting him back to focus with energy and enthusiasm. You can draw a red circle in front wall of his study or bed and choose pillowcases of red colour. The red colour is a source of potent energy and power. The red circle creates aura to get back focus, as red colour penetrates psyche in the subconscious mind and strengthens it. But there should not be much of red colour strewn or scattered all around, be discreet and very less of red colour must be used to create just desirable and sufficient energy.
*If a child is with a weak constitution and low resistance power, then the solar energy will be very useful. The solar energy together with the strength of its 7 colours will be vital in strengthening the immune system, phagocytosis or the defense mechanism to fight and keep away diseases and infections. What is required is just the sunbathing for a few minutes a day. The child will start improving in getting over the weak constitution. Further, the main colour of the sunbeams needs to be incorporated in the room of the child. The walls can be painted in yellow/orange, the bed-linen and the pillowcases. These colours on his clothes too will be very useful.
COLOURS AND THE 21ST CENTURY :
In the 21st century, the children need the natural healing through the power of colours to combat the stress caused by pollution, noise, technology, mobiles, SMSs, computers, study and other ever increasing environment factors. The colours take time to act and one needs to have perseverance for the desired results. Colours need time to merge with the psyche in the subconscious mind and they act merged with the subtle energies of an individual child.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU.