Recolor Your Blues with Color Therapy: Ways to Spring Out of Your Winter Blahs in 6 Days-Day 6

Well, today is number six, the last color to complete our rainbow.   My desire over these past six days has been to help you find ways to brighten up your life. I hope you found this helpful invite others to come and view these writings.  Anyone may use these ideas to pass on to others; I only ask that you include my name and add this site's link.

So, on to our rainbow…  Last but not least is purple, the creative, expressive color.  No matter what your age, act like the ladies in the Purple Hat Society, who say, “Why wait till you’re 80 to wear a purple hat and have fun?”  Men can also don purple with a purple ties or socks. 

Go wild, and get creative and expressive; replace your workout shoes with purple laces, and watch your energy soar!  Write a friend a real letter, instead of e-mail and use purple ink.  Your creativity will flourish.  Men, write your wife a simple “I love you” note in purple ink, and watch the reaction and smiles you get when she sees you took the time to do something a bit different and special just for her. 

These simple, inexpensive things can make a big impact on positive energy for you and anyone else who sees them.  Let’s not forget al the wonderful purple foods available to our palate.  Red onions (that really look purple,) grapes, a great source of natural energy, eggplant, and natural juices, all can add to the positive, creative, and learning energy, that is associated with the color purple. 

Now that you have added a rainbow of color to your life, how can you feel blah?  With healthier foods, a closer connection to nature (and the faeries,) simple, and economical ideas to break free from the winter blahs, you can move into spring with a rainbow of color, a spring in your step, and that warm, loving feeling that we can begin anew, just like the earth does with spring. 

Remember, everyone has a way to see, find, and add to the beauty of this world.

Please let me know how you added color and beauty to your life and if you found this useful, (or even annoying!)

* Please note:  This is not meant to replace doctor recommended medications for depression, or seeking professional advice if needed. 

©Marie Boyum

5-4-11

Recolor Your Blues with Color Therapy: Ways to Spring Out of Your Winter Blahs in 6 Days-Day 5

Nearing the bottom of the color spectrum is blue.  Maybe that is why blue gets a bad rap, it’s near the bottom, but those connections come from the negative connotations; we are focusing on the positives.  Blue foods, such as blueberries, have great health benefits.   The USDA Human Nutrition Research Center states that blueberries have the highest antioxidant activity and slow age-related loss in mental capacity.  The Oregon Blueberry Growers claim blueberries promote weight loss, improve vision, strengthens blood vessels, lowers cancer risks, and more.  Blue potatoes are also a great blue food, nutrient-packed with vitamin C, Vitamin B, Niacin, Thiamine, Magnesium, Potassium (having up to 40 times that of a banana,) a good source of fiber, and not high in calories (unless you add butter, sour cream, and blue cheese!)  Find some blue flowers, look at the blue sky, or add a blue accent to your outfit today; think of blue as the beautiful earth we live on, find ways to honor her, and respect the blue sphere that we all call home.  The faeries and Mother Earth will thank you for your gratitude and respect.

There’s one more day left so come back again tomorrow; don’t let me be lonely and blue, (I know, that’s corny-hey, blue corn!)  Okay, okay, enough…just someone write already!

* Please note:  This is not meant to replace doctor recommended medications for depression, or seeking professional advice if needed. 

©Marie Boyum

5-3-11

Recolor Your Blues with Color Therapy: Ways to Spring Out of Your Winter Blahs in 6 Days -Day 2

Day two - add orange.  Orange is associated with movement and flow. 

Are you feeling fluid, or tired and run down?  Adding orange food to your diet can assist in overall health as well as adding color to your plate and palate.  Orange foods such as carrots, oranges, mangos, apricots, and sweet potatoes also are rich in beta-carotene, and antioxidant that boosts your immune system.  Those beautiful orange foods are also high in vitamin C and folate (folic acid), which helps reduce the risk of heart disease and prevents birth defects.  Eating right, and bright will enrich your diet and your life, enhancing your energy thus allowing you to want to move and flow more freely.  Orange, in relationship to your chakra relates to water, which equates movement.  Think of yourself as a flowing stream, freely moving to find that larger body of water to connect to.  When you have the free-flowing positive energy that comes from nourishing your body, you attract like people, and all move forward positively.

Stop by again tomorrow for the next color to add from your rainbow, and let me know your thoughts.

* Please note:  This is not meant to replace doctor recommended medications for depression, or seeking professional advice if needed. 

©Marie Boyum

4-30-11