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Colour Therapy
What is Colour Therapy?
Color therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a form of therapy that uses color and light to treat certain mental and physical health conditions. We can trace this form of therapy back to the ancient Egyptians. They made use of sun-filled rooms with colored glasses for therapeutic purposes.
Although color therapy has gained some popularity over the years, it’s still not a widely accepted form of therapy in Western medicine. Many medical experts consider it to be rather experimental.
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In color therapy, different colors are thought to be able to treat various conditions. Color therapists believe that a lack of a particular color in your body might be responsible for your living condition. Here’s a list of the most common colors used during color therapy and how we can use them.
- Red: Red is used to energize or invigorate a person who might be feeling tired or down. However, red may also trigger people who might already be tense, which is why it’s used carefully in color therapy.
- Blue: Chromatherapists use blue to treat depression and pain. Darker shades of blue are also thought to have sedative properties and may be helpful for people who experience insomnia or other sleeping disorders.
- Green: Green is the color of nature, and according to chromatherapists, it can help relieve stress and relax a person.
- Yellow: Yellow can be used to improve your mood and make you happy and optimistic.
- Orange: Orange, much like yellow, can be used to elicit happy emotions from people. The bright warm color is also thought to be able to stimulate appetite and mental activity.
Benefits of Colour Therapy:-
Over the decades, color therapy has been proven to have several benefits ranging from physical to mental. Some benefits that one might receive from color therapy include:
- Stress relief: Certain colors like blue and green can have soothing effects on people who are stressed or anxious.
- Boost your appetite: Warm and stimulating colors could boost your Appetite when you struggle with having a desire for food.
- Alleviate seasonal affective disorder: People mainly suffer from seasonal Affective disorder during colder weather because of the lack of sunlight and having to spend longer periods indoors. Warm colors like yellow and orange could help to alleviate symptoms of this condition.
- To boost your energy: Colors such as red and yellow have been proven to boost your Energy. and make you more motivated.
