The Effect of Color
By mati. Filed in Life |
The colors you choose to wear or surround you with, affect how you feel. Why? Because color is a vibration, and vibration is energy, and energy feeds your own energy body. It is not just your physical body that needs food, your invisible energy body also thrives if you feed it something it likes, and what it likes is the right kind of energy.
Most of us live in environments that are completely lacking in color. White walls, white curtains, brown houses, you know what I mean. It isn’t very exciting or energizing! If you have ever been in a preschool or kindergarden room, where the walls are painted or decorated with every shade of bright colors, you can immediately feel the effect it has on your energy field. It makes you feel happy, energized, ready for life! It makes you feel like a child again!
However, that feeling isn’t supposed to be with us for long! As soon as we hit first grade, we are not supposed to be excited and jump around anymore. Now, we are supposed to sit down, be quiet and serious, and learn something, and how can you sit still and concentrate if the wall colors make you want to sing? No, the colors have to go, or we won’t be able to control our little sprouts. We must make them serious, before it is too late, we must teach them what it means to be grown up…
Is it any wonder why so many people feel depressed? They are living in “shades of gray,” cream, off white, light tan, couches with muted colors and a few flowers scattered here and there. Where are all the colors that make us happy and feed our energy bodies? Sometimes, the window trim or your bath towel are the only areas where we allow ourselves a splash of color, but that isn’t nearly enough to energize the body.
Menopause is all about transitions, so why not create some more transitions while you are going through your personal one anyway – why not take the paintbrush into your own hands, and start putting some color back into your life? How about orange walls, red, green, blue or purple? If you are afraid it will be too much, do a faux finish technique (just google it, if you don’t know how), or paint only 2 walls in each room with a cheerful color, and leave the other two white, or plain. Go to the paint store and check out all the gorgeous paint samples – trust me, it will make you happy just thinking about it!
The summer time is the perfect time to paint your space because you can leave the doors and windows open to let the fumes escape. And, don’t be afraid of what the neighbors will say – you can always inspire them to paint their houses, too. Remember, life doesn’t have to be bland. All it takes is a paintbrush, and some paint. Remember, life is what you make it!
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Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 5:52 pm |
I did the same thing – in the last house we lived in, I painted two walls in each room. The living room was orange, two of the bedrooms were bright yellow, one bedroom purple, the bathroom lime green with green and purple curtains, and the kitchen was brown and white, like cave painting. And it makes a huge difference! It actually gives you energy!
Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 1:24 pm |
You are so right right! I lived in an apartment for one year and everyday was so underwhelmed by the feeling I got as a result of the stark white walls and beige carpet. As it was a rented apartment, there was nothing I could do but attempt to put up festive things throughout the house. As soon as the lease was up, I had made my decision to move into a place that would allow paint on the walls! As soon as I moved into my new place, I put color back into my life on the walls, window trim, and doors — Everything. And oh what a difference it has made! I love my colorful space!