Colour
Therapist Jessica Mundroina talks about how it can help bring back
equilibrium in your life
By
Shevlin Sebastian
One
day, colour therapist Jessica Mundroina got a call at her home in
Nottinghamshire, England. Sandra James (name changed), a 24-year-old,
wanted to meet her. She was a single child whose parents had
divorced. Her mother was very dominating. “Sandra did not know how
to share or express her feelings,” says Jessica.
So,
she came to Jessica. After hearing her life story, over a couple of
sessions, Jessica made Sandra lie down on the bed. Then she directed
blue light at her throat and yellow light in the area below the chest
and above the stomach.
“Each
light is aimed at the chakras in the body,” says Jessica.
In
fact, the colour of the seven chakras follows the VIBGYOR pattern of
the rainbow.
The
Violet chakra is at the crown; Indigo is at the eyebrow level; Blue
represents the throat; Green is the heart chakra; Yellow is at the
solar plexus; Orange represents the abdomen, while Red is at the base
of the spine.
Soon,
Sandra felt better. “I was sceptical at first,” she says. “But
after six sessions of colour being aimed at me, I could feel a change
in me. I would recommend this therapy, but you must be open-minded
about it.”
But
in India, colour therapy is yet to gain wide acceptance. So Jessica,
who has relocated to Kochi, is holding a workshop at the Backyard
Cafe, to bring about awareness of this therapy and the impact of
colour in our lives.
“Every
colour invokes in you a certain feeling,” says the therapist. “In
Christianity, purple or violet, which is regarded as regal and
spiritual, is associated with the Virgin Mary. In Hindu mythology,
the goddesses wear different colours. If you see Kali she is in
black, with a red tongue. Saraswathy, the goddess of learning, is
always in white, which means she is virginal and pure. Lakshmi, the
goddess of wealth, wears pink or some form of orange. It implies gold
and cash. As for red, it is the colour of sexuality.”
If
you look at Indian weddings, red is used for the bride, in terms of
lipstick, nail polish, earrings and the saree, to excite the passion
of the spouse. “More than three thousand years ago, the Egyptians
used henna for highlighting red, but many cultures also used red in
their weddings, especially for the bride's trousseau,” says
Jessica.
As
for blue, it radiates peace. “Why are hospital uniforms blue?”
says the therapist. “The patients feel calm and reassured when they
see the colour. When you mix black in it, the colour becomes dark
blue, which is the colour of depression. So, you will not see anybody
wearing dark-blue as an uniform. ”
As
for yellow, it is the predominant colour of communication. Yellow
stimulates you to speak. “Green, on the other hand, is the colour
of nature and new shoots,” says Jessica.
In
fact, during the Easter Mass, the priest wears green vestments.
“Because green signifies growth, through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ,” she says.
Interestingly,
those who come for therapy are mostly women. “It could be either
because men don't believe in it or if they told their friends they
will laugh at them,” says Jessica.
She
adds that it is a meditative form of therapy. “You must have faith
in the therapy,” she says. “Otherwise it will not work. Whether
you go to a doctor or a therapist, in order to get healed, you must
believe that you are in the right hands.”
(The
New Indian Express, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram)
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