Colour Therapy is using COLOUR (LIGHT), as a tool for balance and healing, being the purest form of energy existing on this planet.The rainbow colours are just the 40% of the electromagnetic field directed as white light from the sun. The radiant energy of pure white sunlight is a vital factor in nourishing our bodies, our minds, and our spirits, and each colour vibration has its own healing qualities.

The healing power ofthe sun, has always been known. As Vicky Wall used to say “Colour Therapy is Old Wine ….in New Bottles”. The ancient civilizations recognized the power of solar therapy to regain balance and therefore health. Heliotherapy was used in places where the sun was worshipped. This includes highly developed civilizations such as China, India, Egypt and later Greece.

Hippocrates, the father of western medicine used both light and sound in a holistic method of healing. Unfortunately the more scientific side to his work such as anatomical study, was developed in more modern times, and the use of light and sound for healing was almost forgotten.

During the Middle Ages, the great physician, Paracelcus, re-introduced natural forms of healing in his philosophy of ‘like treating like’, using flowers, minerals and other natural elements.

The use of colour and light appeared again early on the nineteenth century, when German philosopher and scientist, Goethe in 1810 wrote his study on the Nature of Colour and Light. The first book which was subsequently written on the therapeutic uses of colour on the human body, was by Dr. S. Pancoast in 1877. The following year Dr Edwin Babbitt, published – The Principles of Light and Colour, which dealt with both the scientific and psychological affects and uses of colour for healing.

In 1933 the qualities and healing effects of the visible spectrum were examined by scientist, Dinshah Ghadiali. These ideas were soon developed by spiritual scientist, Rudolph Steiner in Switzerland. Rudolph Steiner (1861-1925) called his spiritual philosophy ‘anthroposophy’. Rudolph Steiner incorporated the spiritual and mood-enhancing qualities of colour into his building designs and into his educational programs.Among his many written works was a book dedicated to ‘Colour’.

Psychologist Max Luscher, developed the famous colour analysis test which is still used to-day for personality profiling. This test lent weight to the use of colour and development of the use of colour as a diagnostic tool in psychology.

In the U.K. Gheo Gimble was working on his own experiments and in Rusia, research continued on cellular changes brought about by light.

John Ott in America in photo-biology, has led to the recognition of the condition known as seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), and its treatment using full spectrum light. Jacob Liberman, optometrist, also developed a system of light treatments using colours, directed through the eyes.

Peter Mandel, developed his own system of colour acupuncture, in Russia, ultra-violet light and some visible rays are being used to purify blood. Laser technology is developing fast, but this area of medicine uses the invisible rays of infra-red, to burn out cancerous cells.

Due to the vastness of its applications, colour therapy is probably one of the fastest developing areas of complementary health. There are hundreds of practitioners who combine both the ancient and modern methods of colour healing.

Colour surrounds us, is everywhere, in the air we breathe, our surroundings, our food, our clothing. It feeds and nourishes our senses, we see it feel it, and absorb it. Our minds, bodies, spirits are profoundly affected by it.

Our bodies are stimulated and energized by some colours, or calmed and relaxed by others. Our internal organs, the circulation of the blood, the nervous, lymphatic, and endocrine system, and all the workings of the body are constantly altered by the colours to which we expose ourselves.

Mentally, and emotionally colour works on a deep level, changing our mood and our sense of well being.

Although our interaction with colour is constant, we have lost contact with its meaning. I can remind you of phrases like “yellow belly” for a child which is frighten and lost courage. The energy center (chakra) in the solar plexus area (stomach) , resonates with yellow colour vibration.

Cold is symbolized by using blue, and warm using red, do you believe this is a coincidence?

Each colour vibration has its own qualities, and each of our seven major energy centers (chakras), resonates with one of the seven colours of the rainbow. We need to have balance of all the seven rainbow colours, if our life is going to be in balance.

Each Human Being is so unique and colour therapy as a Holistic Method of healing is dealing with the person and not the symptom. People with the same symptoms, will not necessarily bring balance by using the same colour vibrations.

One of the major goals of colour therapy is to teach how by using colour more consciously , each and every one can have support in everyday routine, and challenges. Help each and every one acknowledge how unique you are, unlock unique talents, and potentials, set and achieve goals which will bring true happiness and fulfillment.