Chromotherapy Sauna Benefits: Color Therapy Explained
Chromotherapy sauna benefits include physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing. It is the science of using colors to adjust body vibrations to frequencies that result in health and harmony. Each color possesses frequencies of a specific vibration, while each vibration is related to different physical symptoms.
Our bodies need the sun’s light to live, consequently that light can actually be broken down into a seven color spectrum. An imbalance of any of those colors can manifest itself in physical and mental symptoms. Color therapy works on various energy points to help balance your body via the full spectrum of visible light, as a result each color addresses a distinct need.
Color therapy has roots in Indian medicine (Ayurveda), ancient Egyptian culture and traditional Chinese healing. Hence, color and light have been utilized by healers for thousands of years. Alternative medicine practitioners who use chromotherapy often relate the seven colors of the color spectrum to specific body areas.
Here is a Brief Overview of the Colors Used in Chromotherapy:
Red
Increase the pulse, raise blood pressure and increase the rate of breathing. Red would be applied to support circulatory and nervous functions.
Strong Pink
Strong pink acts as a cleanser, strengthening veins and arteries.
Pink
Pink activates and eliminates impurities in the blood stream.
Orange
Orange is a mixture of red and yellow. Activates and eliminates localized fat. Assists with asthma and bronchitis
Strong Yellow
Strong yellow strengthens the body and activates internal tissues.
Yellow
Yellow, the brightest color used in chromotherapy, has been used to purify the skin, help with indigestion, strengthen the nervous system, treat glandular diseases, hepatitis and lymphatic disorders and assist metabolism.
Green
Green, a color associated with harmony, provides a neutral, positive calming effect.
Strong Green
The color strong green provides anti-infectious, anti-septic and regenerative stimulation.
Strong Blue
This shade of blue lubricates joints, helps address stress, nervous tension and infections.
Blue
Want to promote relaxation and calm? Blue exhibits tranquilizing qualities often used to relieve headaches and migraines, colds, stress, nervous tension, rheumatism, stomach pains, muscle cramps and liver disorders. Blue is thought to have a positive effect on all kinds of pain.
Indigo
Indigo is used to address conditions involving the eyes, ears and nose. It has a calming, sedative effect.
Violet
Calm the nervous system, soothe organs and relax muscles. Violet has meditative qualities and is often used to treat conditions of the lymphatic system and spleen, as well as urinary disorders and psychosis.
**A Critical Analysis of Chromotherapy and its Scientific Evolution, Samina T. Yousuf Azeemi and S. Mohsin Raza, Evid Based Complement Alternative Med. 2005 December; 2(4): 481-488. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1297510/
