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People tend to like colors they associate with objects they love, and this can influence a person’s mood or actions, help you have a happier view of your life and a healthier state of mind. Helps you relax. Grab a fresh box of crayons or colored markers and a coloring book to get started. Let your emotions guide the colors you choose. The repetitive movement of your hand induces a calm meditative-type state. Not into coloring? Try an alternative such as a colored light bulb, color wash video, or chromotherapy sauna. Helps you sleep. Scientists have found that bright blue light may help reset your circadian rhythm if it gets out of whack. Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. Improve your memory. Colors can affect what you remember. Use green to help you remember positive words. Red makes it more likely to recall negative words. Chromotherapy Options • Paint a color-by-number picture. • Color your bath water • Plug in a colored nightlight. • Hang a colored glass prism. • Paint the walls of your bedroom or office. • Add colorful home décor. • Use colored bulbs in your lamps. • Enjoy a color wash YouTube video. • Download a color therapy app. • Enjoy a chromotherapy sauna. Often people who are grieving are made to feel as Last month, I talked about Forest Therapy as a healing modality. The healing modalities that I would like to continue to share are science-based modalities that are proven to help people cope better. We are not in the business of taking people’s grief away, but there are suggestions that we can make. This month I want to share information about Chromotherapy. What are the benefits of Chromotherapy? Colors are all around us, and they aren’t meaningless. They play a role in how we feel by influencing our emotions and how we react. Although chromotherapy has been around since ancient Egypt, researchers are now adapting to the idea of chromotherapy as a modern healing modality and have begun to study the scientific properties of how color affects our brain and emotions. How it works. • Calms the amygdala, the fear center of the brain. • Takes you outside the thinking part of your brain. • Certain colors can invigorate a depressed mind or soothe an agitated mind. • Lowers blood pressure. • Relaxes breathing. • The repetitive hand motions used in coloring a picture induces a meditative state. Why it works. Several ancient cultures including the Egyptians and Chinese practiced the use of colors to heal. Chromotherapy is sometimes referred to as light therapy or colorology and is widely used today as a holistic or alternative treatment. Emotional connection. Our emotional response to color has to do with saturation and brightness. Colors that are less saturated but bright are generally relaxing, and those that are Linda Findlay is the founder of Mourning Discoveries, Grief Support Services. She is a 29-year career Aftercare Coordinator, a published author, and an advocate for bereaved families. She is the founder and co-creator of The Grief Cruises and managing partner with The International Grief Institute. Linda can be reached at 315-725-6132 or Lf6643@yahoo.com. Visit www.mourningdiscoveries.com, www.thegriefcruises.com or www.internationalgriefinstitute.com. FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS www.NomisPublications.com Monthly Columnsonline at Healing Modalities: Chromotherapy though they should be “over” their loss. First, there is no getting over our losses. We learn to live with loss, being a part of who we are. Second, we need to do the exact opposite. We need to find ways to maintain connection, we don’t want to let go. I regularly make suggestions to families about how they can maintain connections with their loved one using color. I suggest wearing their loved one’s favorite color on special days or for no reason at all. I have suggested that they bake or order a cake for their birthday with their loved one’s favorite color of frosting. Color can be used to help us feel connected to our loved one. Color can also help us, the care giver, to take care of ourselves. We can use our tools to take care of our families and we can use those same tools to take care of ourselves. It not only can be helpful for us to try Chromotherapy, once we do, we are better to be able to suggest it to our families. Check back next month to discover a new healing modality! CORONA,NY— ABOVE International Transport Solutions, has announced the launch of an innovative and TSA-approved freight forwarder, offering expert services in worldwide repatriation. 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