F E AT U R E
Colour affects us on all levels, moods and
emotions thus behaviour can be helped
enormously.
Did You Know?
• Red is the colour of mourning in South
Africa.
How to calm an aggressive dog or cat with
colours?
All factors need to be assessed, for example,
why is the animal aggressive? Is it fear, is it
pain? This can be difficult sometimes but
generally the calming energy of blue can
make a big difference.
• The colour Blue was once used as a
protection against witches.
• Ancient Greeks wore white to bed for
pleasant dreams.
Which animal do you think is the easiest to
heal with colours?
Actually I cannot say as I feel that all animals
are responsive to colour therapy.
• Cleopatra loved purple, to obtain one
ounce of purple dye, her servants used to
soak 20,000 Purpura snails for 10 days.
• The rate of suicides decreased by 50%
when the colour of the bridges in London was
changed from black to blue.
Cats do love it. I have had cats that have
been very reluctant to accept when a
therapy session is finished. Then there are
others who know when they have had
enough and simply get up and walk away.
• Goldfish lose their colour if kept in dim light.
Similar to humans, they need sunlight to keep
their pigment.
Horses are incredibly sensitive creatures and
respond very well, as do donkeys. I have
known guinea pigs that have adored it
and an eagle owl that seemed to go into a
trance. So, no there are no barriers.
Easy or difficult to help is more about the
personality of the creature, whether that is
human or non-human rather than the species.
• Mosquitos are attracted to the colour blue
twice as much as to any other colour.
• A lobster’s blood is colourless but when
exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
• Crocodiles are colour blind.
Do you have any advice for pet owners
planning to try colour therapy for pets?
There is a booklet that can be downloaded
from my website about Colour Therapy for
Animals which gives an outline of what the
energies of the colours can help with. This
could be very helpful. I also run workshops for
both human health and animals and my next
one is to be held in West Sussex on Sunday
20th July.
• Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and
blondes to brunettes.
• A garfish has green bones.
Colour Therapy is a truly natural, holistic, non-
invasive therapy, has no side effects, and is
perfectly safe whether being used for humans
or animals.
Please always remember that no
complementary therapy should be
considered as an alternative to orthodox
veterinary advice.
To get to know more about colour therapy workshops by
Valerie please go to:
http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour_workshops/
colour_therapy_workshop_animals.php
Website: www.colourtherapyhealing.com
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