Color Healing Therapy| Colour Therapy

Color  healing therapy is the use of color in a variety of ways to promote health and healing. it is used to treat both physical and emotional problems.  Color therapy or colour therapy (in international English) is believed to be able to work on the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual level.  Color therapy is the science of using different colors to change or maintain vibrations of the body to that frequency which signifies good health and harmony.  It is entering the mainstream of Western medicine, just as the ancient Chinese art of acupuncture did over a generation ago. The premise behind color healing therapy is about how the use of color and light can balance a person's energy. 

Color therapy has been around for thousands of years and that certainly anything that has withstood the test of time must have some validity. Both Egyptians and Greeks built temples of healing in specific colors. Color healing therapy is a big part of Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic practices, and much research has been done in the area of light and color therapy as an addition to traditional therapies and treatments.
 
While many use color healing therapy to promote physical or emotional healing, others in good health are using it as part of their maintenance regime for staying spiritually attuned within nature.

Today there are literally thousands of practitioners of color healing therapy, unfortunately, anyone with a series of different colored lights in their office may be able to pass themselves off as a color therapist.

Each color has its own wavelength and feeds the energy of the corresponding Charka. Using seven colors of the light spectrum along with proper placement on each Charka of the body, these colors resonate with the body's own healing energies to alleviate stress, headaches, etc.  Color therapy is based on creating balance and enhancing energy.The colors and their corresponding Charkas are as follows:

1) Violet = the crown of the head
2) Indigo = the brow
3) Blue = the throat
4) Green = the heart
5) Yellow = the solar plexus
6) Orange = the lower tummy area
7) Red = the base or groin

Each charka is thought of as an energy wheel, with each color as a cog in the machine of the body. When one cog is out of alignment, the entire "machine" runs improperly or breaks down, so good health is achieved by keeping all seven cogs flowing proper energy to each part of the body.

Because color has an effect on all of us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, the therapist can determine which color energy you are lacking in your life and "prescribe" different colors or combinations thereof along with light therapy in addition to other holistic treatments in order to bring your life on all four levels back into balance.

The color relates to the organ of the brain and relates to self knowledge and/or spiritual awareness. Yellow is a warm color and has an effect of stimulating the stomach and liver. Blue relates to the heart and breast and helps with the immune system.

Charkas on animals run from the back of their necks to the base of their tails, and oftentimes healing colors are used with crystals to increase energy output.

Color Healing Therapy is edited by Alterrnative Medicine Guide Editorial team