I was not convinced either so I went for it – both feet first and booked a session with Jenny Cooper.
Set myself up with paper, colouring pencils, pens and even some highlighters (didn’t have chalks or pastels or other “colour utensils”) so made do with my 13 year olds’ pencil case that doesn’t make its way to school.
Handsfree available on the landline, quiet room, relaxed and waiting for the call. Then it happened – I’d given her the wrong number (so used to the mobile these days) so rang her – wrong phone so will ring me back – that phone didn’t work so returned to first one – #calm? Really, not so sure!
I’d already filled in a questionnaire telling Jenny how I handle stress – how it shows its ugly head! Not a pretty sight I might add! So we talked about what methods I used – deep breathing, fleeing the situation or counting to 100 and 10 (10 is never enough!).
She had also sent me a quiz to do – interesting work being done on the one free thing that
• Boosts your confidence and success?
• Attracts people to you in business and personal relationships?
• Improves your physical and emotional wellbeing?
• Is a natural, legal and non-toxic drug?
To find out the answer you will have to have your session with Jenny – you will be amazed.
Anyway the session started and Jenny used her lovely calm, easy to listen to voice to get me to visualise “calmness” and asked me what colours were there – I had a meadow of lovely thick green grass with the sun beating down and the odd red poppy/flower. I drew these colours – not a picture (art is not my thing) but swathes of colour – lovely.
We then went to the dark side – I was to visualise the colours there, the shape and textures too. For me dark, solid, sharp edges were involved but there was a similarity. WOW – didn’t expect that!
She then gave me a toolkit of practical things to do when stress visits me and ended with a profound statement:
“We are only responsible for our own actions. Their actions will change when they don’t get the same response so they will change too.”
We have a follow-up call next week and I was made to practice (I agreed to do this when the kettle was boiling) and log my practices as it needs to be automated! What is it that I keep saying about automating things to be more efficient and save time in your business? Check out my Facebook page for Time Saving Tips for you and your business.
It was really interesting to use colour – not my usual medium – but very relaxing and enlightening – making me believe I can control and work with my emotions to bring about better results.
Anyone else tried this type of therapy? Do let me know your experiences.
Take care
Michelle
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How interesting! Thank you Michelle for sharing Jenny’s work! Will look forward to hearing all about the follow up call and the impact it has on your day-to-day life!
SGHx
Thanks for sharing your experiences with Jenny. I have also used colour therapy/ visualisation techniques as part of my yoga practice over the years, and it certainly can have an amazing impact on your emotions and help you cope with the stresses and traumas of everyday life.It balances the chakras and can heal the mind, body and emotions
I use these same principles when conducting Colour analysis sessions with my clients and I have a strong and firm belief that colour can influence your mood and behaviours and can affect how others perceive you. Hence this forms a significant part of the content of my Personal Branding workshops and considers how this can impact on your business, your customers and your suppliers.
It’s very powerful and can have significant benefits for you and your life, work and business. Try and put some colour in your life!
I can see the cross over now, thanks Pat. Colour in clothing is very personal and I think safe seems better but realise the potential of it on both yourself and others viewing. Interesting.
Like Sarah says, how interesting and I too look forward to hearing more about the results. I will also be following Jenny’s blogs for other tips she has available.
I am always interested in different ways of combatting stress as it is now one of the top reasons for people being absent from work. Using colour is a great way to do this. Keep up the good work Jenny, and thanks for sharing Michelle.
This is a really interesting form of therapy and I hope it helps you. I use colour visualisation in my hypnotherapy work and it can be a useful way of anchoring a calmer state for clients at times of stress and anxiety. I’m fascinated to learn more – perhaps you could blog about the results you experience further down the line.