Visualising with Colour

Colour Visualisation

Colour can have a profound effect on your mood, vitality and well-being. Yellows and reds are stimulating, blues and greens calming. Colour therapists use different colours to improve our physical, emotional and spiritual health, generally by shining coloured lights onto our body. This exercise uses colour visualisation to calm the mind and help you relax.

1. Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.

2. Imagine a ball of golden light just above your head. Visualise

the ball of light slowly descending through your head until it fills your entire body. Imagine that

this light is cleansing and healing your spirit.

3. Repeat, visualising a ball of red light. Continue slowly through the colour spectrum - orange,

yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - until you feel completely relaxed.

Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation

When you are living in the present, everything takes on a new meaning; colours are more vivid, objects appear in striking detail, and you can hear every note in a piece of music, flowers smell heavenly, and every sensation is intense.

Try cultivating this awareness by doing the following meditation:

- Pull your mind away from wherever it is and concentrate on what you are doing at that moment. It doesn't matter whether you are standing up, walking or sitting down. Whatever you are doing - walking home, eating or having a shower - start doing it with all your senses. Smell the fragrance of the air around you, taste every mouthful of food you are eating, feel the sensation of water against your skin as you shower. Ask yourself what you are doing, and what you are experiencing and feeling.

- After a short while, you will probably find your mind trying to distract you. Notice the thoughts that arise, but don't follow them. Let them go, and bring your mind gently back to the present moment. You will gradually find yourself moving into the peaceful alpha state. Keep the meditation going for as long as you can.

Declaring Intentions

Declaring Intentions

There comes a point in our lives when we feel ready to experience a change we've allowed to remain in the back-burner for a while. It may be a relationship, a home, job, etc. It may have felt uncomfortable to remain there, but we were unable to shift our direction to the one we would have liked to follow.

As we change our focus to action, the universe will likely respond with opportunities and offers designed to assist you in creating the change you wish to see.

Begin the process by declaring to yourself what exactly you want changed: when you ask for help, assistance can come more positively if you are specific about your desires. The universe also appreciates our clarity and has an easier time answering a direct communication than a vague request. Write your declaration on a piece of paper and place it on your altar, if you have one. If you don't, then place in in your wish box or on your nightstand. Set aside a period of time every day to be silent with your wishes for change, repeating your declaration like a mantra. This lets the universe know that you are ready for change, and will be receptive to its efforts.

Be open to the many different ways in which the change you seek might come to be. Be active in your own efforts taking opportunities that come your way, watching for signs, and taking responsibility for your intentions. If things don't happen quickly, do not be discouraged, it might take a while to release blocked energy and possibly serving a purpose beyond what we can understand.