HEALING WITH COLOR

Published on Mar 12, 2017

Joanne Lieske

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Healing with Color

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Joanne Lieske,M. A., M. Ed., HTSM-CP, CCA
Inspired Healing
Holistic Health Counselor
Healing Touch and Aromatherapy

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Priests of ancient Egypt, Babylonia, China

Used color or colored light
~Priests of ancient Egypt, Babylonia, China used color or colored light

Greek, Chinese, Roman

Used sunlight therapy to relieve skin disorders
~Greek, Chinese, Roman used sunlight therapy to relieve skin disorders, i.e. psoriasis
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1890's Neils Finsen healed skin lesions from smallpox & German measles with red- and infrared-light treatments

~1890’s Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Neils Finsen healed skin lesions caused by smallpox and German measles with red- and infrared-light treatments
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Today...

  • Ultraviolet photo-therapy for severe psoriasis
  • Laser for medical and surgical purposes
  • > Diabetic eye disease
  • > Heart revascularization
Today
Dermatologists use ultraviolet phototherapy with creams in severe psoriasis
Lasers in medicine and surgery commonplace
Laser surgery for diabetic eye disease
Laser heart revascularization

Full-spectrum light boxes

Seasonal Affective Disorders
Full-spectrum light boxes for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
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Eye light Therapy balances

Autonomic Nervous System
Eye Light Therapy-balances autonomic nervous system (para/sympathetic)
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Light frequencies directed through eye rebalances the...

Dr. Harry Riley Spitler-light frequencies directed through eye rebalances nervous and endocrine systems (syntonic colored=light therapy) increases visual field, attention span, and visual memory

College of Syntonic Optometry
Dr. John Downing-Lumatron Ocular Light Stimulator
epilepsy, strokes, depression, panic attacks, pain, improve vision
Dr. Norm Shealy-Shealy Relaxmate-relax, creative insight
Red-LED lasers stimulate acupoints on hands, ears, feet assists body to heal

Nervous and endocrine systems

  • increases visual field
  • (syntonic colored=light therapy)
  • visual memory
  • attention span
Dr. Harry Riley Spitler-light frequencies directed through eye rebalances nervous and endocrine systems (syntonic colored=light therapy) increases visual field, attention span, and visual memory
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Ocular Light Stimulator

  • improve vision
  • depression, panic attacks, pain
  • strokes
  • epilepsy
College of Syntonic Optometry
>> Dr. John Downing-Lumatron Ocular Light Stimulator
.. epilepsy, strokes, depression, panic attacks, pain, improve vision
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Shealy RelaxMate

Relax, creative insight
Dr. Norm Shealy-Shealy Relaxmate-relax, creative insight
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Red-LED lasers stimulate acupoints

  • Assists body to heal
  • >>> Hands
  • >>> Ears
  • >>> Feet
Red-LED lasers stimulate acupoints on hands, ears, feet assists body to heal
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Babbitt & Ghadiali's Theories

About Light and Healing
Dr. Edwin Babbitt 1800”s and Dinshah Ghadiali 1900’s
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1) The human body reacts to light...

1) the human body reacts to light

2) Different colors relate to specific body physiological functions...

2) different colors of light relate to specific body physiological functions
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3) Color "tonation" aids bodily functions

3) color “tonation” aids those bodily functions
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Does Color Heal?

  • Dr Kate Baldwin hypothesized that color treatment superior to other medicine
Dr Kate Baldwin a physician of 37 years believed color superior to other WHAT?
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COLOR TO HEAL

HOW TO USE
HOW TO USE COLOR TO HEAL?
~We absorb and use different components of sunlight through eyes and skin
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Ultraviolet light in sunlight critical

  • to produce vitamin D
  • to absorb calcium
Ultraviolet light in sunlight critical to produce vit D critical to absorb calcium

LIGHT:
Medicine of the Future:
How We Can Use It To Heal Ourselves Now

Dr. Jacob Liberman,

Light: Medicine of the Future: How We Can Use It To Heal Ourselves Now

Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet

Dr. Gabriel Cousins
~Dr. Gabriel Cousins, Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet
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RED

  • Tomatoes
  • Red peppers
  • Raspberries
Red: Tomatoes, raspberries, red pepper
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Yellow:

Bananas, pineapples, yellow peppers, melon, egg yolks
Yellow: Bananas, pineapples, yellow peppers, melon, egg yolks

Green:
Green beans, lentils, kiwi, green leafy vegetables

Green: Peas, green beans, lentils, kiwi, any green leafy vegetables

Orange:
Oranges, carrots, mangoes, pumpkin, apricots

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Blue:
Blueberries, grapes, blue plum

Blue: Blueberries, grapes, blue plum
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Violet: Purple grapes, plums, eggplant, purple broccoli

Violet: Purple grapes, plums, eggplant, purple broccoli

Magenta: Strawberries, any pale-pink fruit or vegetable

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Color breathing

~Color breathing-directing visualized color to areas of illness, blockage, dysfunction
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Color tinctures

~Color tinctures-expose water to pranic forces of sunlight and color and drink

~Near and Far-infrared light bulbs and saunas-penetrate inches into body
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Infrared light bulbs & saunas-penetrate inches into body

~Near and Far-infrared light bulbs and saunas-penetrate inches into body
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Color for Healing

More Than Decoration....
Not Just Decoration, around the house, Color for Healing

Blues, greens, violet, turquoise

COOL COLORS
Cool colors calm-blues, greens, violet, turquoise
*bedrooms to relax and reconnect with your partner
*bathrooms-sense of being clean and fresh
*workout areas-Yellow-greens, blue-greens-make you feel happier
*home office-green-for concentration and to be in for long period
*blue in kitchen-tend to eat less calories, too much can cause depression
*green-soothes eyes, relaxes body, alleviates stress and used in classrooms, hospitals, job satisfaction greater
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Reds, oranges, yellows

WARM COLORS EXCITE
Warm colors excite,-reds, oranges, yellows
*increase blood pressure, overuse can cause fatigue

Warm colors excite

  • Increase blood pressure,
  • Overuse of warm colors can cause fatigue
Warm colors excite,-reds, oranges, yellows
*increase blood pressure, overuse can cause fatigue
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Excessive patterns along with intense colors

  • Can confusion in Alzheimer’s disease
  • Cause frustration and anxiety in autism
*excessive patterns along with these intense colors can cause frustration and anxiety for those with autism and confuse those with Alzheimer’s disease
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Warm colors with earth tones in living room

  • Earth tones are warm, rich, and invoke a sense of comfort and stimulate conversation.
  • Orange is a warm, inviting, and joyful color, invoking feelings of sociability, enjoyable connection, and happiness.
*along with earth tones in living room-stimulate conversation
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Red stimulates appetites

  • Red makes people may think you are a better cook
  • Color often used in restaurants
*red can stimulate appetite-used in restaurants-people may think you a a better cook

Yellow releases serotonin

  • Too much yellow can cause fatigue
  • May invoke a happy mood
  • Babies cry more in yellow rooms
*yellow releases serotonin, causes a happy mood but too much can cause fatigue and babies cry more in yellow rooms
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Pink most tranquilizing

  • Pink reduces anger and aggression
  • Pink calms and reassures our emotional energies
  • Color of love
*pink most tranquilizing, reduces anger and aggression
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Questions

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