Color therapy is a type of alternative medicine that involves exposing the subject’s body to color radiation to heal it. Color treatment has long been used to restore mental balance, increase immunity and treat some somatic ailments. Many modern experts and ordinary citizens are convinced that color therapy is one of the most reliable and most promising techniques today. Doctors believe that the human brain perceives colors in the same way as the stomach perceives food. Scientists have substantiated that the color scheme provokes the onset of certain biochemical reactions in tissues, normalizes the functioning of various glands and stimulates certain areas of the brain, for example, the pituitary gland, which regulates the production of hormones that stimulate sexual arousal, are responsible for metabolic processes, regulate a person’s appetite, his emotional mood and sleep.
Simply put, the well-being of an individual can largely depend on the color spectrum surrounding him. Therefore, according to the ideas of some scientists, colors have a stronger effect on the human body than chemical medications. The most famous researcher today in the field of studying the effects of color healing on the human individual is Max Luscher, a scientist from Switzerland.
Color therapy for stress relief
Considering that the modern world produces many problems and stressful situations, it becomes understandable that humanity strives to find effective and reliable methods of dealing with the daily negative impact of circumstances and the environment. That is why many have already chosen color therapy as the only effective and safe means of overcoming stressful conditions.
Stress is a strong tension that an individual is under. Most often, its onset is provoked by unpleasant events and experiences. In other words, stress is the body's response to external stimuli.
One of the effective means of combating stress is the methods of color therapy or chromotherapy. The principle of operation of the described technique is the therapeutic effect on the individual of light radiation, colored in different shades.
Color therapy programs are ideal for people who often experience stress. However, you need to understand that it is impossible to cope with prolonged and severe depressive states with chromotherapy alone. In such cases, specialist intervention is necessary.
Color therapy does an excellent job of leveling a person’s psycho-emotional background. There are a number of precautions before using chromotherapy methods in practice. Firstly, red color is not recommended for hypertensive patients and in the presence of inflammatory processes, and blue color is contraindicated for hypotensive patients. If you have cancer, you should not overuse shades of green. Secondly, the use of black color to relieve stress is not practiced. It can only be used in conjunction with other colors. Thirdly, you cannot use one color for a long time.
The use of color therapy is possible, for example, with the help of special lamps that can paint a room a certain color. You can use a regular lamp with attachments of different colors. Glasses are also often used, the lenses of which are painted with the desired color or combination of colors.
Today, color baths are successfully used for a corrective effect on the emotional background, relief from stress and mental stability to various kinds of negativity. Their effectiveness can be increased using aromatherapy. Colored aromatic baths not only have a beneficial effect on the state of mind and body, but are also quite pleasant in themselves, and also help to relax after another hard day and relieve unnecessary stress.
To prepare a bath you will need colored salt. In addition, you can add petals. The temperature should be pleasant to the body. Warm colors are best used before lunch, as they are invigorating, and cool colors are best used in the evening due to their relaxing effect.
Color therapy - the meaning of flowers to relieve stress.
Since, basically, the occurrence of stress is associated with work moments that happen every day, to distract from negative situations, you should use the blue color, which successfully copes with relaxing the body and removes all pressures. In addition, it will give you peace of mind, help you become more focused and stress-resistant.
Today, many people spend most of the day behind a monitor screen, so it is recommended to put a blue screensaver on your desktop or purchase a blue mouse pad.
Black color is considered the best assistant in professional affairs. He draws attention to himself. This is why many people choose black suits when going to business rendezvous. Black tones put people in a working mood and give a stern appearance, which is important for a leader.
Wearing green clothing accessories will help you cope with problems in relationships with colleagues and feelings of insecurity at work. Green color will not only eliminate any indecision, but also take care of the immune system, give positive emotions and invigorate.
Orange color can quickly eliminate a bad mood, disperse the blues and bring bright colors to everyday life. After all, the orange tone is considered the color of solar warmth and energy.
The color purple helps get rid of anger and excessive temper.
Pink tones are also aimed at eliminating aggressiveness, but at the same time they are an ideal remedy for insomnia. Therefore, in a pink-style bedroom, a person will never experience insomnia.
Headache is often an integral part of stress. The color red helps to cope with this problem, as it stimulates the production of adrenaline and accelerates blood circulation.
Color therapy for children
Colors play a huge role in a baby's life. After all, they have the power to change his mood, improve behavior, regulate sleep and appetite, and correct his well-being. Some color schemes can calm the baby, while others, on the contrary, can excite or even frighten. In addition, the colors will tell about the child’s character, and the baby’s worries and worries.
Previously, it was believed that babies in the first days of their lives see the world in black and white. Today, ophthalmologists refute this belief. The baby is able to distinguish the entire color spectrum, but concentrates his gaze selectively, gradually highlighting the colors he needs from the surrounding reality.
Children's color therapy is based on the effect of light photons on the child's brain. With its help, you can achieve great success in correcting apathy, increased irritability, hyperactivity and even aggressiveness.
At the age of one year, the baby makes the first attempts to distinguish colors and recognize tones. Scientists have noted that one-year-old babies often prefer yellow-green colors. Therefore, at this age stage, it would be optimal to surround the baby with toys of a calm, monochromatic palette. For example, the cubes with which the baby plays should be the same color. In the age period from two to three years, toys can be of different colors (maximum 4 colors). By the age of six, children usually begin to prefer bright colors.
In addition, all colors are divided into active and passive. Active colors include a bright palette represented by red, orange and yellow. The listed colors have a stimulating effect and accelerate all processes in the body. Passive colors include light shades, represented by green, pink, blue and partly white. These colors have a calming effect on the nervous system.
All shades of brown, lilac and violet cause anxiety, evoke melancholy and sadness.
For the first hour, surrounded by orange and red tones, the baby feels a surge of strength, but after thirty minutes he will become overly excited, and then irritable and even aggressive. When changing the color palette to a combination of blue and light green shades, the child calms down after ten minutes. That is why it is very important for the baby to choose toys of non-aggressive and exciting colors. This does not mean a complete rejection of red objects in children’s lives. You just need to reduce their number.
You should also choose clothes with some caution, since overly bright outfits will negatively affect the baby and his environment. Therefore, it is recommended to give preference to monochromatic and calm tones in clothes.
Children's color therapy, first of all, involves establishing the baby's favorite color and consistently filling the space surrounding the baby with this color. For this purpose, you need to know the meaning of each color for the little man.
Basically, babies choose yellow, red or green as their favorite colors, which indicates normal childhood development. Such children are interested in everything bright and new, unusual and unknown. They are dynamic and cannot stop exploring the world even for a moment. If a child prefers white or black colors, then this indicates that the child is withdrawn. Such a baby is more comfortable alone with himself than surrounded by his peers.
Children's color therapy meaning of flowers.
Contemplation of purple, blue and blue shades can calm a child, relieve anxiety, and relieve confusion. In addition, according to researchers, the described colors can relieve pain and lower blood pressure.
It is recommended to influence children with green colors if they are overtired or if they are on the verge of a nervous breakdown. You also need to take into account that an excess of green color can make you sad and cause headaches. Therefore, when the baby strongly resists the green color, you should not insist.
In cases where children are upset and are unable to calm down, use an orange and yellow palette.
Children's color therapy programs need to be carried out harmoniously. The child and the color must form a single whole.
Often, most kids are not interested in the color scheme they are wearing. Therefore, to correct the behavior or emotional background of children, you should use the right colors in the decoration of the room, when choosing toys and other children's items.
Color therapy for kindergarten.
A universal method is color therapy in kindergarten, which allows not only to highlight the characteristic psychological traits of each child, but also to take timely measures to correct possible psychological deviations. In addition, in a preschool institution, the undoubted advantage of this technique is the favorable climate and harmonious atmosphere created by color therapy. All exercises mainly evoke an emotional response in children and deep interest.
So, for example, in order to determine the mood of the kids, teachers suggest choosing a pencil that they like the most in terms of color. After the children have chosen the pencil they like, it is removed from their field of vision and they are asked to select the most beautiful one from the remaining colors. Thus, it is necessary to act until the last pencil. The colors of emotional well-being are considered to be the first three pencils chosen by the baby, the next three are emotionally neutral colors, and the last chosen colors of pencils symbolize emotional distress.
In addition, if a child prefers dark colors, this may indicate that he has fears, a high level of anxiety, low self-esteem and uncertainty. Also, painting in black may be the first signal of damage to the baby’s vision, since he chooses the paint that is most contrasting for him.
In a three-year crisis, a black tone can mean protest. For children over four years old, drawing in dark colors most often reflects the presence of a certain problem. And for younger children, the preference for dark colors may not have any hidden meaning.
Color therapy in kindergartens is being used more and more often today. The course of a color therapy lesson can be different, depending on the preferences of the teacher or psychologist and the focus of their work. However, chromotherapy is often practiced within the boundaries of art therapeutic exercises.
Color therapy methods are considered an excellent opportunity to help the smallest members of society using natural and very gentle means.
Application
Color therapy covers a huge range of treatment of various diseases using certain techniques. First of all, this procedure is used to correct the psycho-emotional state of the child. In medical practice, the positive properties of color therapy have been identified:
- identifies problems of the central nervous system;
- treats neuroses;
- relieves children's anxiety;
- fights pathological fears;
- removes apathy and irritability;
- helps calm hyperactive children and stimulate lazy, inhibited children.
But color therapy techniques have found application not only for correcting children’s psychological background, but also for treating internal organs. When using certain techniques, color can cure asthma, flu, diabetes, gastritis, tuberculosis, paralysis of all types and even cancer.
According to experts, different color spectrum affects the organs of the endocrine system that are responsible for producing hormones - the pineal gland and pituitary gland. Thus, with the help of color exposure, you can regulate the production of certain hormones. Thanks to the different colors that surround the child, unique results can be achieved.
The numerous use of various color therapy techniques in practice has clearly shown their effectiveness in strengthening the physical and psychological development of preschool children. This method of treatment with color has been used since ancient times. Today, modern medicine has noted the positive effect of color therapy on the condition of children. Various non-drug treatment methods help improve the health of children and improve their adaptation to adulthood.
There are two types of color effects:
- With the help of vision - by perceiving different colors with our eyes, we thus provoke the activity of a chemical chain reaction, which subsequently leads to the release of different types of hormones in the body.
- Through human skin. This method consists of electromagnetic radiation in the form of light through the tissues of the human body, which charges the internal organs with the necessary energy and activates the internal processes of the body.
