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True colours
Is your closet filled with clothes of a particular hue? Has it ever crossed your mind why that is
the case? DAZ MANAN speaks to an expert on ‘chakra’ healing with colour therapy
to get to the bottom of the story.
afraid of being hurt. You would also
be emotionally numb, broken-hearted
and unable to make connections to
people.
“To remedy a weak or clogged
chakra, I apply colour to it with the
help of a coloured light in a dark
room while the person is lying down.
I ‘channel’ it through his or her feet
and it actually goes to the centre which
needs the colour.”
During this session, the body’s
chakras will be tapped into and
colour therapy and balancing of the
chakra will be applied for 20 to 40
minutes depending on the person’s
requirements.
“I also use a rose quartz pendulum
to show people the chakra’s energy.
When the pendulum swings in a
certain direction I can detect if the
energy is low or depleting,” she says.
Wearing clothes of a particular
colour also helps to ease some
problems or enhance certain qualities
that are lacking. For instance, she
notes that if one feels weak or tired,
wearing red could help to re-energise
you. Turquoise or light blue tones
enhance communication while purple
and indigo increase intuition and
perception.
Blue, a universal favourite, is a
calming hue that’s also related to
spirituality. Yellow, she says, is the
colour of willpower so if you want
to enhance your mental capacity
slink into something in the shade of
sunshine.
Madnani with her rose Interestingly, she says that a colour
quartz pendulum
that tends to attract you the most
– and is frequently used or worn –
issues will probably experience gallbladder or liver
problems in years to come,” explains the 48-year-old.
Emotional stress can lead to many complications, she
says. This is why it is important to be happy. However,
she admits that it is impossible to achieve this sense of
emotion unfailingly in this day and age.
“It’s not easy to be happy all the time. What you can do
is to have a sense of purpose. A sincere one. Be happy in
whatever you do,” advises Madnani, who keeps herself
invigorated and blissful by meditating.
She says that 95 per cent of those who seek her help via
chakra healing with colour therapy have anxiety issues. “I
had a patient who suffered from a panic anxiety disorder
– it even made him suicidal. His was a severe case and he
had been clinically diagnosed by his psychiatrist. Thanks
to colour therapy combined with homeopathy medication
his disorder has settled down,” she says.
Another common affliction of her patients is chronic
fatigue due to mental stress. “Many of them are burnt out
and they are not just working adults but housewives and
students too.
“It (their lethargy) comes out very clearly when I use
the pendulum. I apply the colour yellow to correct this.”
Madnani, who is based at The Violet Flame, a holistic
shop and therapy centre in Kuala Lumpur, stresses that
with many things to cope with and manage in today’s
modern world, it is crucial for one to have a “time-out”
for oneself on a daily basis.
“It can be indulging in a hobby like cooking or
gardening. Or, before you go to sleep, spare a bit of time
for contemplation – just 10 minutes is good enough.”
Colour is ‘channelled’
through the feet

E
VER wondered why you get more admiring
looks than usual when you’re in red or pink? Or, when
wearing yellow, your outlook on things tends to be a tad
better and brighter? Colours, whether sunny or sombre,
can play a role in shaping your emotions and that of those
around you.
Each different hue is said to have the power to convey
and communicate. “Colours can help us in many ways,”
says an expert on chakra healing with colour therapy,
Dr. (H) Anita Madnani who’s also a homeopathic
practitioner.
Chakras, she explains, manage and maintain the
physical, emotional and mental body. A chakra (wheel
of light in Sanskrit) is the centre of spiritual power in the
human body, and there are said to be seven in total.
Madnani cites the fourth chakra, the heart chakra
(also known as the manipura chakra), as an example.
The heart chakra controls self-acceptance and your ties
with others, she says. If it is balanced and open, you
will be grounded, trusting, compassionate, loving and
empowered.
If it is blocked or weak, you can feel lonely, isolated and
could indicate an underlying issue or
problem. If you are partial to violet for
example, it is possible that you may want to connect to
something spiritual.
“You may want to be more spiritual but don’t know
how do it, which is why you instinctively choose violet-
coloured clothes,” Madnani explains.
As for black, which most people associate with gloom
and doom, she stresses that there isn’t a single shade
that’s bad. Black denotes mystery and secrecy. It signifies
a person who does not want to reveal too much, she
observes.
“If you see someone wearing green ever so often, he or
she may be having heart-related issues (such as sadness)
without even knowing it,” explains Madnani.
What’s startling is that when a person has a profound
emotional problem and does not resolve it, this inner
issue could manifest itself into a physical complication
within seven to 10 years. “For example, if you are always
grieving or are unable to get over something or someone,
you might develop heart problems in seven to 10 years’
time.
“If you have serious monetary issues or feel as if you
don’t have anything worthwhile in your life (emptiness
and loneliness) you are likely to develop lower back pain
which will lead to a herniated disc. Those with anger

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