Colour Therapy Meaning, Uses, Application and Learning

A Colour therapist may well use meditation and breathing exercises as part of the treatment at the time of the consultation or give advice for the patient's use at home. The therapist may well also have meditation tapes that he/she will recommend.

Colour therapy uses the energy relating to each of the seven spectrum colours being:- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. These spectrum colours are 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. By using these seven colours of the light spectrum, Colour Therapy aims to balance and enhance our body's energy centres/chakras, which can help to stimulate our body's own healing process.

When you visit a Colour Therapist you should be greeted in a friendly and professional manner and welcomed into a calm and comfortable environment. The Colour Therapist should be fully qualified in the field and their expertise should include Anatomy and Physiology. Always ask for sight of their qualifications if you are unsure.

One of the most popular ways of applying colour therapy directly to the body, is to use coloured silks. These are used to place directly onto the body of the patient.

Any natural fabric i.e. cotton, can be used where pure silk is not appropriate. For instance, when treating animals with colour.

Colour Therapy dates back thousands of years and is a truly holistic non-invasive and powerful therapy, Colour Therapy uses the energy relating to each of the seven spectrum colours. These colours and their energies, resonate with the energy of each of the seven main chakras of the body. Colour Therapy can help to re-balance and/or stimulate the chakras by applying the appropriate colour to the body and therefore re-balance our chakras. Balance of the energy in each of the body’s chakras is very important for health and wellbeing.

Light filters and colour for Colour Therapy

One method used by Colour Therapists to apply colour to the body is by using a light box and filters.

A simple way of applying colour to the body is to use solarized water.

When exposed to sunlight, water in a coloured container absorbs the vibrational energy of that particular colour. This can then be drunk by sipping the water or used for bathing a particular part of the body.

Here are just a few ways in which you can use and apply colour for yourself.

Clothes

Clothes are important, as by wearing them all day, the colour's will be absorbed by the body

It may seem obvious but clothes are important since, as we are wearing clothes all day, their colour will be absorbed by our body.