Check-in, does it feel different now? How so? If it were on a 10-point scale where was it before? Where is it now?
The imagination is the principal instrument of the exercise, enjoy and play with it. Seeing the old color expelled you’re your system. Flooding up and down, right and left, back and front.
Then imagining the new color flooding that area of the body, seeing and feeling it move through. Asking "And what color would feel better?”Ħ. Resting with that area and ask "If that feeling were a color, what color would it be?”Ĥ. Identify the area of the body that it rests in.ģ. Notice any uncomfortable feeling in the body (slight pain, discomfort, or tension) and observe it calmly. Find a quiet place to sit if possible, this can also be done eyes open in public. You may also listen to the accompanying recording first.ġ. Please read through the steps before practicing - to have a sense of the progression in full before starting. You might consider it an imagination game with a set structure and a generous intention. I offer it to you with the utmost confidence. But, this particular sequence of prompts and questions has been consistently useful across innumerable sessions and contexts in my career. And during that 1 out of 10 times, there’s usually some deeper intervention necessary. To be clear - this is not a cure for severe pain or chronic anything. 9 out of 10 times in my office and with the groups I work with, a noticeable positive shift is observed. The steps of The Color Wheel (as laid out below) walk the individual through a process of calmly observing emotions, turning them into colors, and engaging with the colors. We can break out of the looping thoughts in the mind. Primary among them, using it we do not have to engage the story. One such tool - The Color Wheel, is beautiful for a handful of reasons. Usually, because they’re effective and productive, but not just because of that. Of the near-decade, I’ve been offering meditation, hypnosis, and regression therapy in private practice, there are a handful of tools I return to again and again. The following article references the audio recording, “Three Deep Breaths”, and lays out the steps of the self-care practice “The Color Wheel”. The Color Wheel: Self-care Through ImaginationĪ Self-care Practice for Adults, Kids, and Families
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