Sometimes I unwittingly find myself teaching various topics to others. I typically call these classes ‘sharing sessions’ because I am by no means an expert on these topics.
A class I created based off of previous academic and personal studies is Color/Light Therapy. We delve into the visible spectrum and how the various shades of beauty shape the world we live in. We discuss aversions, loves, sounds. We talk about ajna therapy, UV therapy, listening in color, and more. I then send my students off into the world wearing groovy glasses from a color of the rainbow.
It’s fun.
Imagine my jolt of surprise when I randomly found myself with a Cosmopolitan magazine (VOL. 270, NO. 5) in my hand, and as I started to flip through it, I found mention of color therapy! The article “Hi, have you heard of color therapy?” was written by Lauren Adhav, and while a lot of it is silly in its very nature of being a Cosmo article, there’s still some good information in it.
For instance, she actually sites science: how when your eyes assess the color of an item, it can trigger an emotional response in your body. Sure, we know that. She mentions history, too, saying how most of color-mood associations stem from “waaay back”, at least according to a fashion psychologist she spoke with. She hails the ways of ancient Greeks and Egyptians and their use of colors in clothes and healing.
As it’s a Cosmo article, the author then enlightens us about how color therapy is already in use (offices are using violet to spurn creativity), but also how designers are in on it and starting to gear their designs to the emotions they wish to help you achieve.
Due to this author’s reawakening of my interest in colors, I figured I’d start a series on color therapy! I’ll reach from the classes that I teach, including Reiki from when we touch upon chakras.
Expect the series to start late Summer/early fall.
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