Color Therapy and Color Healing Through Aromatherapy

Color therapy as an effective form of holistic wellness is a fantastic compliment to other holistic treatments such as aromatherapy. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils (extracts or essences) to promote health and vitality of the mind, body, and spirit. It can relieve pain, help with skin care, and alleviate tension and fatigue. To help aromatherapy focus in on more specific body therapies, it is combined with color therapy.

Color therapy aromatherapy enhances the effects of the essential oils through color energy. The essential oils of color therapy aromatherapy are carefully selected to correspond with the different color energy levels.

To enjoy the greatest benefits, make certain that your color therapy aromatherapy essential oils are free of synthetic agents, to be certain that there won’t be any reactions for people with sensitivities.

These oils can either be used in an oil burner to release their scents, or – more beneficially – they can be added to a color bath so that you can take in the colors and aromas while relaxing in a good hydrotherapy soak.

Use this color guide to ensure that you receive the benefits you desire from your color therapy aromatherapy:

· Red – (Base of the Spine) Vitality, Courage, Empower and Self-Confidence
· Orange – (Groin Area) Happiness, Pleasure, Enthusiasm, Energy
· Yellow – (Diaphragm) Clarity, Freshness, Exhilaration, Motivation
· Green – (Heart) Emotional Stability, Abundance, Self-Loving
· Blue – (Throat) Communication, Peace of Mind, Calm, Fellowship
· Indigo – (Between the Eyes) Connection to Unconscious, Intuition, Revitalization of the Soul
· Violet – (Above the Head) Enlightenment, Self-Awareness, Openness, Bravery

By using color therapy aromatherapy, your treatment will bypass your conscious mind and treat the correct area directly. Colors and aromas can calm or energize us instantly, depending on your body’s requirements at the given time.

Among the aromas to be used along with the colors in color therapy aromatherapy are:

· Confidence - Pine, Patchouli, Salt, Cypress
· Joy - Plumeria, Jasmine, Sandalwood
· Motivation - Sunflower, Myrrh, Frankincense
· Love - Olive Oil, Patchouli, Rose, Clove, Lavender, Dragon's Blood
· Friendship - Musk, Carnation, Wisteria
· Astral Journey - Rosemary, Frankincense, Myrrh, Citronella, Cypress
· Dreams - Lavender, Rosemary, Ylang Ylang

Unlike chemical medications, essential oils don’t remain in the body. A healthy body will excrete the oils within six hours, while an unhealthy or obese body will take up to fourteen hours. This makes color therapy aromatherapy a noninvasive and nontoxic form of treatment and health maintenance.

For more information about aromatherapy, color therapy, and combining the two, visit the following resources:

· www.colourenergy.com
· http://www.terrachrista.com/prod6.htm
· http://www.reiki-for-holistic-health.com/aromatherapy-and-chakra-health.html