The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace

Gardening For The Soil Gardening For The Soul

Finding Solace In A Changing World

ISBN 0-9733085-0-8

By Gwen Nyhus Stewart

Chapter 7 Colour and Healing Energy

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In this chapter:

Ø What the Colours Mean

Ø Remember

“Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.” - Elizabeth Murray

Every substance on earth contains colour. Even the rays cast on earth by celestial bodies contain colour in the form of white light. The rays of the sun contain seven different colours

– violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. These are natural colours that are

highly beneficial to the maintenance of health and for healing diseases. Sunlight plays an important role in the recovery from chronic disease and the judicious use of sunlight can be part of the curative process in other afflictions. The rays of the sun improve digestion and nutrition, quicken blood and lymph circulation, and increase the elimination of impurities through the skin. The method of treatment of diseases by colour is called ‘chromotherapy.’

Throughout the ages, the importance of colour in the healing process has been well known. The ancient Greeks and Egyptians used coloured minerals, stones, crystals, salves, and dyes

as remedies, and painted treatment sanctuaries in various shades of colour. Although in and

out of popularity throughout the centuries, colour as a treatment modality is again receiving attention by the medical establishment.

WHAT THE COLOURS MEAN

RED – ENERGY, VITALITY, PASSION

The colour of the blood, love, fertility, and full of life-force energy, red is symbolic of heat,

fire, and anger. Red-orange light in colour therapy is known to increase blood pressure,

speed up breathing, enhance poor circulation, is good for sore throats, muscles, and is stimulating to the growth of plants. It strengthens the blood and is used in the treatment of anaemia, detoxifies and removes debris for both the body and the psyche, and helps fight infection. Red keeps you alert and provides physical and mental energy when you feel tired

or sluggish. The Japanese use red and white to represent happiness. It is useful for people

who catch colds easily and makes cold areas seem warmer.

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Of Peace by Gwen Nyhus Stewart. There's lots more information online, but if you've read

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