Colourful treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Colour. We delight in a rainbow, sigh at a sunset, luxuriate in the rich colours of our homes, clothes, special spaces. Our eyes gravitate towards saturated colour like moths to the light. No coincidence, considering the entire spectrum of colours is derived from light. And no surprise, really, that seeing, wearing or being exposed to colour- whether in the form of light, pigment, or cloth- can affect us at levels we are only just beginning to understand.

Lack of Colour Causes Depression

How we "feel" about colour is more than psychological. The last decade has proven that lack of colour, or more specifically, light, causes millions to suffer each winter from a mild depression known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Because of the complex way in which exposure to various colours acts via the brain upon the autonomic nervous system, exposure to a specific color can even alter physiological measurements such as blood pressure, electrical skin resistance and glandular functions in your body. And they most certainly can affect how you feel on a day-to-day basis. By decorating your home in light, warm, yellow-orange colours, one effectively replaces natural sunlight, enhances their spirit, improves their health & ultimately expands their consciousness!

Color Therapy and Your Aura

Colour therapy, also known as chromo therapy, is used by alternative health practitioners who use colour to balance energy wherever our bodies are lacking, be it physical, emotional, spiritual, or mental. Your aura is just an energy field that surrounds you, there are different layers in it, and in each layer, there are different colours that may be used for clearing and rebalancing your energy field. Knowing what colours are in your aura brings you closer to your spirit. If you can consciously bring that out, you have more advantage in clearing and healing your life; it's really just another layer of knowing. By installing healing prayers into it the individual pieces, the artist Annett E. Bank marries her love for inspiring people and making the world a better place, by creating work that is uplifting and healing at the same time. When working with clients for their custom designs, she tunes into the emotional space they want to be in, and recommends the colours according to their needs.

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A poem by Cyndi Lauper....

You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small.
But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you.

So don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow.

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Music by singer: Cyndi Lauper
Artwork by: Annett E. Bank