F E AT U R E
Orange: Orange is a good colour for pets
that need to gain a little weight! It may help
stimulate appetite. It is a warm colour and
promotes cooperation. However, too much
exposure to orange can negatively affect the
aggressive and irritated pets.
Purple: Purple is a relaxing colour. It is a very
good colour for baby animals as it relaxes
and encourages sleep.
Pink: It is a soothing colour. Encourages love
and affection and arouses curiosity.
The Expert’s Opinion
Valerie
Logan-Clarke,
MIAC, MCTA,
BSYA (S.Heal),
is a
professional
Colour
Therapist,
practicing
colour
therapy in
U.K. since
1997, using
various
methods of
colour
treatments on
humans and
animals. She
is a founder
of “Colour Therapy Healing.” We talk to her
about the effects of colours on animals.
Does colour therapy have an effect on
animals?
Yes, it certainly does. Animals respond to
energy. Colour is simply light of varying
wavelengths and as such is a form of energy.
Animals pick up energy in a different way
to humans and respond quickly and very
honestly to colour. For example they can
sense when a thunderstorm is imminent by
picking up the change in the electricity in the
atmosphere.
Do animals have “chakras?”
Animals have energy centres (chakras) the
same way as we do and, in fact, their chakras
are similarly situated. Animals do have
another chakra, which is situated over the top
of the shoulder, which is called the brachial
chakra. This chakra is also sometimes called
the ‘key chakra’ since it is a powerful one
and can give access to all the other chakras.
Most animals have a dispersed energetic
system, unlike adult humans. Our rational,
human adult mind influences and sorts
through the stimuli it receives from outside
and assesses which vibrations to respond
to and which we can ignore. However,
animals receive energy from many different
sources simultaneously and do not have
this ‘brain filtering system.’ This results in
dispersed energy and their reacting to and
being aware of changes in atmospheric
conditions, in a different way to humans.
Instead of the energy being passed through
the brain in an orderly fashion through the
chakras, animals receive and give out energy
through individual chakras and this makes
them very sensitive to subtle vibrational
and atmospheric changes. As an example,
some animals become stressed before a
thunderstorm, as they are able to pick up
many types of vibrations in the air apart from
electro-magnetic vibrations. It is this acute
sensory system in animals, which makes them
so responsive to colour energies.
How well do animals respond to colour
healing?
I have found that animals respond very well
to Colour Healing. It is quite common for
them to doze off whilst being treated. They
seem to really enjoy the healing. One of my
feline patients was so tuned in to our healing
sessions that once his session was complete,
he needed a great deal of persuasion to
move. His human carer often threatened to
leave him behind due to his reluctance to
leave my therapy room!
What method is used to give colour therapy to
animals?
In therapy, colour is given in many different
ways:
- Coloured light using a number of different
light instruments that includes light boxes and
crystal tipped torches.
- Coloured silks, which are laid on the body,
not always so appropriate for animals, but
pure cotton can be used here instead.
- Solarized water which is pure mineral water
which has been energised with the individual
colours, the water can be used to bathe
areas of the skin or given in the drinking water
so that it is taken in periodically throughout
the day.
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