Chromotherapy is the use of color and light to bring one health and harmony by breathing it into the body. If you think color therapy is a new "holistic" approach, you would be mistaken... believe it or not, Egyptians actually used color therapy! They built solarium rooms with various colored glass. The sun would shine through the colored glass onto the patient to achieve specific therapeutic benefits. Others used different colored silk clothes to filter varying shades of light onto their bodies. There is also evidence of others using colored waters and colored gels to achieve the same results.

Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O. HolisticWisdom.com Founder

Using color to effect moods and associations has long been studied and proven. Think about the color green... many marketers know that it symbolizes health, rejuvenation, and relaxation. Look at many spa web sites, food packaging and you will begin to notice that green is used to convey that message. The essence of green that healthy plants convey to us creates psychological and emotional reactions in us without us even being conscious of it.

Chromotherapy is considered breathing in color. Meaning that you inhale while visualizing a color. Also helpful is surrounding yourself with that color from lighting, clothing and decor. But, let's look at how we can use Chromotherapy for enhancing sexual pleasure.

Using Color For Sex-

Your mental and emotional states are often neglected when it comes to sex tips these days, and yet the impact of them is enormous. It is why only 2/3rds of men respond to Viagra... we can't keep focusing only on the physical aspects of our sexuality and neglecting that we are a whole person with mental, emotional and spiritual needs. In order to have the best sex life you can, you must open your mind to try things that empower, enlighten and return you to the magic of youthful energy which is and will always be within you.

Most people miss what is going on for them in the moment... we often find ourselves in this fast paced society eating without even really tasting our food. We tend to be on automatic pilot missing many beautiful parts of life... including our sexuality. We all benefit when we take those extra moments to become more mindful of what we are doing and enjoy the essence of it. Things such as Tantra help us to become more connected to our sexuality as well as the sex acts that we are enjoying.

Becoming more mindful of each sensation, our breathing, our environment during sexual activity, whether we are alone or with a partner allows us to become more highly aroused and more deeply impacted by the sexual experience. Integrating color breathing into this process can be a fun way to produce a desired effect.

Red- Energy, Passion, Love, Power Orange- Joy, Creativity, Warmth, Social Yellow- Mental Clarity, Energy, Cleansing Green- Hope, Health, Fertility Turquoise- Improving Immunity, Release Blue- Calming, Honesty, Freedom Indigo- Purification, Altered States Of Consciousness Violet- Higher Consciousness, Purification, Spirituality Magenta- Promotes libido in those with subnormal sex potency.

Is This For Real?

I know, this all may sound a bit flaky... that is until you have tried it. Take a moment and try a little test drive to see what I mean.

Close your eyes and choose a color you wish to focus on. Clear your mind of anything else. Imagine only that color, how it makes you feel. Imagine yourself swimming in a beautiful pool of water that is filled with that color as it glows around you. Imagine the air bathing in this color as sunlight fills it with effervescent light. Now take a full, deep breath... breathing it in, breathing in it's essence, filling your lungs with it. The color flows through your veins as you take it into your lungs with each deep breath. You bathe in it, you breathe it, it is flowing through you.

Then open you eyes and tune into to your mind, body and emotional state. How did that feel? Was it satisfying to you? Did you feel the essence of that color?

What Did You Experience?

If you didn't you may want to spend a little more time in a relaxing atmosphere experimenting with it... sometimes people have a difficult time shutting off their "mind-chatter" of their daily "to do" list and have a hard time letting go and really authentically allowing themselves to take in the energy of color at first.

If you did feel the benefits, try other colors and see what each feels like as you do it. The possibilities are endless. Using color for sexual trauma that has occurred can be a therapeutic way to work through upsetting memories while using the color to calm and heal. Using color can also assist in situations like impotence and other areas of sexual dysfunction. Using it to tap into your inner power and primal sexuality can provide mental and emotional states that support one's prowess.

Using Color During Sexual Experiences

The next time you are beginning a sexual experience, try using color therapy by using candles of that color, lingerie, lighting, and other items to bring certain colors into your environment. Then begin to experience the pleasure while breathing in the color you desire taking deep breaths as you fill your body with it... Before you know it, you will have a whole new experience with sexuality through the beauty and rejuvenation that colors bring us.