What’s your favorite color? How many times have you been asked this question? And, how many times have you responded with the same answer? Has your favorite color remained the same throughout your life? Or, do you sometimes have to stop and think about it for a moment? Does it change occasionally depending upon your age, the time of year, your health or your mood? If so, it’s not surprising.
Color has a direct effect upon our mental, emotional and physical well being. And as a result, we may be attracted to different colors at different times. You see, color is energy. It’s a vibration. Different colors vibrate at different frequencies. And, different colors are composed of light waves in different lengths. For example, the color violet has the shortest wavelength, the color red has the longest, and each of them, as well as every other shade of the color spectrum, has a different effect on the body.
Black is believed to be depressing, beige boring, yellow cheerful, blue soothing, green relaxing and red stimulating and exciting. Hardly a “new age” concept, color therapy has been used to restore physical vitality and emotional stability for centuries. It was used not only during ancient Greece, but in the healing Temples of Light in ancient Egypt as well.
Today, exposing the body to colored lights is a practice known as phototherapy. It is used to treat illnesses, stimulate the endocrine system, promote efficient functioning of the lymphatic system and flush toxins from the body. It appears that bright colors are good for us! Nutritionists have always recommended we eat a “rainbow” of colorful foods from green and red veggies to purple, yellow and orange fruits.
Moreover, just wearing bright and colorful clothing can make us feel better! No one knows this better than Brenda Jones, an amazing woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. Now, for those of us who have been through breast cancer, the diagnosis is tough enough. But, as Ms. Jones recognized, wearing the drab, dull, lifeless hospital gowns every time she went for treatment just made the entire process worse. So, she designed her own hospital gown made of bright pink material and wore it to her first chemotherapy session. Feeling so much better and pleased with the attention she received from medical personnel while wearing the gown, she made more. Today, Ms. Jones’ Hug Wraps are available for women in wonderful soft fabrics in every bright, bold color imaginable.
So, go bright! Remember, not only will you look better and feel better emotionally, but, according to color therapists, you just might be speeding up your recovery to good health as well! BRAVA!
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