Colour Therapy for Animals

Colour effects us and all living things on all levels, that is to say, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, whether we can see it or not, or, indeed, whether we are even consciously aware of it whether we are human or non-human animals.  This is the Universal effect of colour vibrations.

Light has a profound effect on all living cells since every cell is light sensitive and also gives off its own light vibration. The cells of the skin act as light filters and allow light of all frequencies to pass to the tissues and cells through the body, which of course includes the organs and glands.

Chemical reactions occur within the cells which facilitate the cells’ functions, i.e. growth, hormone release and the “normal” functioning of each cell. For example, day and night / light and dark trigger release of different hormones relating to our body clocks and if left to nature, we would sleep when it is dark and be active when day light comes. Some animals are nocturnal but they still rely on this natural ‘light switch’ for running their lives. However, when an animal has been domesticated the artificial lighting in more modern times has confused this simple reaction somewhat.

It is important to note that, since green light is needed by the hypothalamus to balance the metabolism and the functioning of the glands in the body, all animals need contact with the outside world for the green grass and pure daylight - so do humans.

Animals have chakras the same as we do and, in fact, their chakras are similarly situated – given that the majority of them are more horizontal than us; they are in very similar places. Animals do have another chakra, which is situated over the top of the shoulder, which is called the brachial chakra. This chakra is also sometimes called the key chakra since it is a powerful one and can give access to all the other chakras.

Most animals have a dispersed energetic system, unlike adult humans. Human babies have a more dispersed energy system as their senses are still connected, however, as we become adult, the senses are channelled in a more organised way and messages from each sense organ become separated. Thus our rational, adult mind influences and sorts through the stimuli it receives from outside and assesses which vibrations to respond to and which we can ignore.

Animals receive energy from many different sources simultaneously and do not have the ‘brain filtering system’, as it were. This results in dispersed energy and their reacting to and being aware of changes in atmospheric conditions, in a different way to humans. Instead of the energy being passed through the brain in an orderly fashion through the chakras, animals receive and give out energy through individual chakras and this makes them very sensitive to subtle vibrational and atmospheric changes. As an example, some animals become stressed before a thunderstorm as they are able to pick up other types of vibrations in the air, because they are sensitive to electrical vibrations,apart from electro-magnetic vibrations which we are unable to detect in the same way.

Colour is absorbed via the electromagnetic field  - or aura, the skin, and the eyes. However, most animals see colour quite differently to humans, so how can they respond to colour therapy you may wonder. Well, as I have said, we absorb colour energy via our energy field – so do they.

For example someone who cannot see can very often tell you what colour is in front of them by the different energy of that colour. So with animals – they will respond to the energy of the colour rather than necessarily how they see it.  For example – the red rag to a bull adage. Bulls do respond to red as this colour stimulates the blood flow and can prompt fear and/or aggression. Fear is more often demonstrated by aggression in animals – their fight or flight reactions are, perhaps, a little less complex than humans’.

I have found that animals respond very well to Colour Healing. It is quite common for them to doze off whilst being treated. They seem to really enjoy the healing.

It is also worth noting that, as an animal picks up on its human’s vibrations, therapists really need to be aware of treating the animal and its human carer.

 

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