A Colour For A Sense Of Direction by Thelma van de Werff

Do you know where you want to go in life or which direction you should take?

In my work as a colour coach I come across many clients who find it difficult to live according to their heart’s desires. Often, through fear and insecurity, they will not give themselves the ‘green light’ to go forward. The colour for knowing and following your heart’s desires is the colour green. The colour green can also be a great support whenever you need to make decisions, especially where relationships of the heart; family and work are involved.

The frequency of the heart corresponds with the frequency of the colour green and therefore this colour encourages you to follow your true innermost feelings.

Which direction should I take? A question we sometimes ask ourselves and one which is not always easy to answer. When you struggle with making decisions or finding your personal sense of direction, go out in nature and let yourself be surrounded by the colour green. Let nature’s colour of green help you to make decisions and choices, allowing you to follow your own emotions rather than the opinions of others.

‘Eat your greens’ has been sound advice for generations. Green vegetables are rich in antioxidants and contain important phytochemicals as Vitamin C, flavonoids and carotenoids. Green vegetables are especially good for heart conditions and lungs.

The colour green is in the middle of the colour spectrum (rainbow) and has a balancing, healing and calming effect on people. For this reason green is used extensively in hospitals and operating theatres. Not only does this create a positive effect on patients but the soothing green also benefits staff.

Green is even of use in industry, as this article I recently came across explains:

Land birds migrating at sea during inclement weather frequently become disoriented and are attracted to the lights of offshore oil platforms. In the Gulf of Mexico, a 2005 study showed that as many as 300,000 birds die in collisions with pipes and wires on rigs each year. These deaths could be avoided if it were possible to develop lighting that did not attract birds. Studies indicate that it is the red portion of the spectrum that most attracts and disorients birds. Hence, red or white lighting is disruptive, while blue or green light is much less so. A Dutch petroleum company has teamed up with Phillips Electronic to develop a new light bulb with a greenish light that provides good visibility for workers, yet apparently does not attract birds. The lighting system is currently being tried on one major platform in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. More scientific results will be available after this year’s fall migration to quantify the reduction in birds landing on the platform. More than 380 floodlights have been changed to the new green lights, and far fewer disoriented birds have been observed so far.

So as we can see, not only do we, as humans benefit, but birds are also influenced by colour and the colour green helps them to find their ‘migrating sense of direction’.

Give yourself the ‘green light’ to go forward in the direction you choose. Whenever you see the traffic light turn green, just ask yourself if you are following your true heart’s desires!

Copyright 2008 Thelma van de Werff has had a lifelong interest in well being and first began working with colour using the Aura Soma colour system. She has developed ‘colour coaching’ that uses colour to give insight into a person’s true inner self and allows them to achieve their full potential through the use of specific personal colours.

Thelma trains colour coaches in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.. The training course is especially suitable for practitioners of the wellness, coaching and beauty industry, covering what colour is, the effects of colour, how to practise colour coaching and how to implement this service in your practice.
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