Color Therapy

COLOR AND LIGHT THERAPY
Written by Cheryl M. Deroin, NMD

Light and color has been used in many ancient medical systems, including those of the Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese and Native Americans. Light exhibits the unique ability to enhance physical healing, but can also affect psychological and spiritual healing.

According to physicist, David Ohm, “all matter is a condensation of light into patterns moving back and forth at average speeds which are less than the speed of light. Light is energy and it is also information - content, form and structure. It is the potential for everything."

When light enters the eye it not only goes into the visual centers of the brain but also to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is the major collecting station for all the information from the external and internal environment. The stress response is initiated within the hypothalamus, the body’s biological clock is housed in the hypothalamus, and many of our immune functions are directed form the hypothalamus. It controls the autonomic nervous system and the pituitary, which affects the rest of the endocrine glands. Information from the hypothalamus is passed on to the pineal gland that produces melanin. Melatonin is released based on darkness or lightness. Individual cells in the body respond to this information from the pineal and hypothalamus and use it to organize their internal function and synchronize themselves with Mother Nature. Hence, light affects the human being at a cellular level and creates a relationship between our environment and us. Disease is frequently caused by the breakdown of a relationship, either within us, with the external environment, or with one another.

Individuals such as Edwin Babbit, Dinshah P. Ghadiali, Harry Riley Spitler, M.D., Peter Mandel, N.D., and Dr. John Ott have developed many different devices or methods of healing using light and color. They were all based on the principle that the body is surrounded by an energy field which when imbalanced could lead to disease, but could be rebalanced using different tonations of filtered lights. When the body is in a normal state of homeostasis, it has more potential for filtering from the white light or sunlight whatever color vibration it needs. However, if a person is not in good health, being exposed to the colors they may be lacking will assist in moving the body towards homeostasis. Light draws blood to the skin, relieves congestion of vital organs, such as the liver, spleen, lungs, stomach, intestines, and spinal cord. All vital organs have direct connection with the skin through the blood vessels. Application of light rays in one spot can affect the entire bloodstream through circulation and elimination of toxins. Light therapy such as Esogetic Colorpuncture created by Peter Mandrel, N.D. not only balances the physical body but also is designed to expand self-awareness and gently release any traumas, emotional scars, and negative beliefs that are held in the body and may be obstacles to healing.

Light is a gentle, non-invasive, pain-free therapeutic that affects the whole person and allows an individual to experience a greater understanding of their strengths and weaknesses and the unconscious processes that block their potential for healing.

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