Color Therapy Healing
Utilizing the Energy of Ayurvedic Colors for Healing
In Ayurveda, all aspects of the body, mind, and consciousness are dictated by the tridosha. These three principles - vata (ether and air), pitta (fire and water), and kapha (earth and water) - are found in varying quantities in every individual, determining the individual constitution. When the tridosha are unbalanced the body becomes vulnerable to disease. Optimum health and well-being are attained through harmonizing vata, pitta, and kapha. Color therapy healing helps to create this balance.
What is Color Therapy?
Color therapy is based on the vibrational energy of colors. Each color is linked to different parts of the body, as well as to the elements of the tridosha. A specific vibrational activity is applied to the body according the individual's constitution. This is one of many ayurvedic treatments to reach a state of harmony and prevent disease.
There are seven natural colors, which are those found in the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, yellow-green, blue, and violet. Each one has its own properties in color therapy healing.
- Red is the color related to blood and heat. It promotes good circulation, and energizes both the nervous system and bone marrow. Too much red can cause an excess of pitta in the body, possibly resulting in inflammation.
- Orange is connected with the sex organs. Its vibrational energy, like red, is warming and healing. It encourages sexual stimulation, which can be transformed into spiritual energy for those who are celibate. Orange also helps with congestion problems and dull skin.
- Yellow is associated with the crown of the head. Its vibrations stimulate understanding and thought. Yellow also represents an absence of ego. Too much yellow can lead to problems in the small intestine.
- Green is connected to the heart, bringing energy to the heart chakra. It is the color for a calm, soothing happiness. Too much of this vibrational energy can create gallbladder stones.
- Yellow-green vibrational energy has the color therapy healing properties of yellow and green.
- Blue is the color for stimulating consciousness. It is both calming and cooling on the body and mind. Blue vibrational energy can be used for skin pigmentation problems and liver disorders. In excess, it can lead to congestion.
- Violet vibrational energy brings awakening and awareness of spiritual energy. The body feels light, and the mind is able to perceive the subtle.
How to Use Color Therapy
Color therapy healing can be performed in a number of ways. In traditional Ayurvedic treatments, a sheet of gelatinous colored paper can be wrapped around a glass jar filled with clean water. Allow the jar to sit in the sunlight for four hours until the water is infused with the color vibrations. This water is basically infused with the healing energy of the color. It can be drunk for its therapeutic benefits.
Other methods include sitting in a light source which has been filtered with one of the natural colors, or being wrapped in colored cloth. WIth each method, the purpose is the same - to absorb the vibrational energy of color.
Sources:
Lad, Dr. Vasant. "Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing." (Lotus Press, 1984).
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