Colour Your Life with Light
by Kamla Deva

We are literally beings of light. Colour Light Therapy (CLT) is a simple and profoundly effective technique based on the scientific research that the body's cells naturally communicate with each other through the frequency of light. A penlight torch is used to give a finely focussed beam of light in 11 different colours. The light is applied to acupuncture and other points on the skin and reaches deep into the cells - literally bringing more light into a person's being. The memories of past traumas are held in our cells, influencing the way we respond, physically and psychologically, to events in the present. Each coloured light carries a particular frequency message, which the cells throughout the body can easily absorb and transmit to facilitate balance and health. As the healing message is received, whatever was the cause of disharmony is released - physical toxins, childhood trauma, energy blocks, stuck emotions, spiritual imbalances or even past life memories. In this way the person begins remembering and resonating with their natural capacity for health and wellbeing. Colour Light Therapy can be used to treat a wide range of physical conditions - from a headache through to cancer. It is also very effective for deep personal transformation - the light reaches the parts of us that most need healing.

Sometimes a single session can provide the breakthrough in health or understanding that a person needs to kick-start a change in their life. Julia had chronic daily pain for years, which could not be explained medically. After experiencing a profound healing in her session she left feeling refreshed. I heard later that she had been pain-free for 3 months afterwards. Juliet felt very stuck in an abusive relationship and a CLT session gave her the insights and courage to face the need to move on. A few months later she was happier, with a new-found independence, living in her own home and enjoying her new job. James, a musician, was shy and reclusive because of his bad eczema and was unable to work. He received a series of nine Prenatal sessions and at the end of them said that his old 'self' had died and he felt 'reborn'. His eczema improved, he was able to make new friends and get a job and began a new life in a different part of the country, following his dream of recording and performing his own music.

Not all experiences of the light are so dramatic however. Sometimes the client experiences just a deep relaxation and a sense of space opening up inside and leaves the session feeling somehow lighter. The life changes may be more subtle. Valerie said she felt more real, like she had dropped her 'masks'. She was able to express herself more easily and decided to cut back her office hours so she would have more time for her creative pursuits and her healing work.

An even deeper level of transformation is often seen in the students undergoing the Colour Light Therapy courses. It is a profound personal development process for them as well as a professional practitioner training. The training is very experiential and students practise and exchange nearly all of the treatments they learn as part of the course, thus receiving a huge amount of light. It's one of my greatest pleasures to see how the students change from level to level (I've literally not recognised someone) and to hear how their life is improving as a side-effect of the training from receiving all those treatments. These are things like new careers, new homes, new relationships, stopping smoking or losing weight with no effort, leaving unsatisfying jobs and marriages behind, embracing a new spiritual path, going travelling or greater financial success. Some changes may not be on an obvious external level - they're more on an inner level. Margaret says she has more trust in herself and faith in who she is and in following her own path. Elizabeth has found the courage to branch out on her own again as a teacher and healer. She feels greater self-worth, more self-love and more able to take the risk to 'walk in her own truth'.

CLT can be experienced as a single session or a series of sessions, a 3-day Foundation course or as a full practitioner training. It's an holistic method that complements both conventional medicine and works very well alongside other holistic treatments such as homeopathy, natural nutrition and bodywork.

With Colour Light Therapy you can make small or big changes. It really is possible to paint your life in the colours you love.