Color Meditation Therapy© Jodi Wetherup
Oct 6, 1999
Color has often been used to raise spirits, help with a person's appetite, make us look more attractive, and even used as a status showing (remember the little red sports car theories in mid-life crisis???)
It can also be used as an effective spiritual healing therapy,through use of breathing and meditation exercises. Generally it is the seven prismatic colors used in therapy, however variations of each color are also used to boost, or reduce the effectiveness. I will outline here a basic use of breathing and meditation designed to use color to help with many differing problems. The color list and usage follows.
Settle yourself somewhere comfortable. Get into a relaxed position, either sitting up or lying down. I do suggest lying down if you have a tendency to fall asleep during meditation, or if this is your first time, and you feel you may fall asleep.
Now, close your eyes, take deep, diaphragm-controlled breaths. Completely fill your lungs with each breath, hold it for two or three seconds, then release. When you have done this several times, run a mental check over your body. Are all the muscles relaxed? are you uncomfortable in any way? Begin with your toes, and work your way up, relaxing each body part as you move along. If it helps, tense each muscle area, then relax it. Often, this helps you release tensed muscles that you hadn't even noticed. Once you have completed this, you have two roads to travel. You can begin the color therapy by using your chakras, or you can simply breathe in the color. As I will assume you are a beginner, I will continue on with simple breathing techniques, and leave chakra work for another time. Have you begun this exercise knowing what type of breathing you need to do? Which color to use? I suggest you know this prior to starting the meditation, or use a general color for all around good health.
Now, once you have your color, and your intended area for therapy, begin long deep breaths, slowly, so as not to hyperventilate. Visualise the color flooding your lungs with every breath, see it flow with the air/oxygen to the area needing work, see that area infused in the light of the color. Do this with every intake of breath. When you exhale, visualise all the negative energy being released from the area in a black or grey cloud, up and out of your lungs, into the air. Repeat these breaths for five minutes, for each area needed. When you have finished the therapy, take five more minutes to breathe in white , and exhale all remaining negative energy. Open your eyes, and stretch.
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