To be what you are and who you are, can’t be called a failure.

–Anatole Broyard

Wherever you go, you can’t get rid of yourself.

–Polish Proverb

Welcome! To the first post of 2010, and my New Year’s Resolution is to have this site updated regularly! To kick off the month of January, I wanted to talk about the color of this new year and the vibrations it brings with it.

As spokesperson for The Freshaire Choice brand paint, I was asked in December/January’s issue of House Beautiful what one color I would choose from the Freshaire Choice palette to represent 2010. From a practical standpoint, my choice was a beautiful color entitled, “Organic Garden” a beautiful balance of green/blue/beige/gray. I enjoy the malleable colors of Freshaire Choice, creating an animated, versatile palette with high quality No-VOC paints.

Now, from a metaphysical standpoint, the vibratory color of 2010 is a bit more mathematical! Color and numbers, just as color and music, have a relationship. Using numerology, 2010 reduces to a 3 vibratory year. To find out more about this, check out your personal year at CatherinePoole.com

3 vibrates to the color yellow, and is related to your third energy (emotion) center also known as your solar plexus. Yellow, as well as the number 3 represent self worth, self-esteem, and ego. It is also about intellect, study, knowledge and the processing of information.

Also, because it represents these qualities, and it is related to the stomach area and how we burn energy, the color yellow is also the color of weight release. It helps with digestion and processing food and nutrients within the body. In fact, one of my YouTube videos talks about drinking your water from a yellow container or cup to help with your weight release process. This is because yellow is lacking in that area – AND is one of the reasons you don’t want to do those sit-ups as they will stimulate that energy center!

So, how does this all fit in with the year? I don’t know about you, but I know that for many of my clients, and for me, there have ALREADY been some challenging moments. It seems this January, and consequently this next year, will involve putting you in situations where you will have to define your worth, prioritize, and not only get on track, but STAY on track for this year.

In a sense, a 3/Yellow year provides the energy to push us into thinking and hopefully ACTING in our own best interest. This is not about being selfish. This energy is about taking care of YOU so you can offer a whole, healthy person to those you love.

This IS the year, with the energy to back it up, to put yourself first. It is also the year, if you choose to NOT take care of you, that the energy around you will put circumstances in your path which will remind you to take care of you.

As I mentioned, yellow is also the color of weight release. If you have been going back and forth about diets, exercise, and taking care of you, the energy of this year can be an added bonus for motivation and success! You will find that the universe will support you in your efforts. There perhaps could not be a better time to begin a shift in your priorities and begin to be your own best friend than this year of 2010.

Many do not realize that when you take care of you it is a gift to your family. When you decide to focus on healthy you build your immune system, you have more energy, and you improve your overall physiological condition. Taking even an hour a day to walk or exercise is one of the best gifts you can give yourself.

Notice as the year progresses, where and how the color yellow makes itself known, in your life, in society, advertising, and fashion. Last fall while on a business trip to San Francisco I had the pleasure of sitting next to a VP of sales for a major supplier to retail stores, including WalMart. We had a wonderful conversation about color and marketing, and I mentioned that yellow was the least liked color in society. I also asked about the difficulty in finding yellow products in the market? Interestingly enough, yellow is not produced because it is not liked or in demand…so it is cyclical, but I am not sure how established this paradigm is within industry. But look at how much yellow you have in your environment?

If you need a boost or would like something to offer you an impetus to shift some aspect of your life regarding self worth use the color yellow to help you with that shift. I have a yellow drinking glass, I use it everyday for my water. I also have an affirmation taped onto it: “I have the courage and confidence to move forward”. This affirmation corresponds with the color yellow and no matter what, whether it is weight release, prioritizing, self-worth issues this helps provide the energy to shift. It is self-hypnosis, which is really what affirmations are.

Welcome this wonderful year with joy, happiness, and all the positive energy it brings. Take a moment before reacting to what may seem as adverse conditions and question if you are being asked to take care of you? Whether it is dis-ease, a job challenge, relationships, whatever…just take a breath and welcome the gift of 2010, it is the gift of self!

The Weight Release Workshop at Topsail Island, NC is being offered the weekend of February 6, 7, 2010. We have opened up the second condo and have several spots still available. This is offered to individuals and practitioners alike, and you can receive NGH CEU’s for continuing education study as I am a faculty member of NGH. Practitioners also receive packets to help them with clients learning from weight issues. Contact Bryn Blankinship for more information and to register now.

Blessings to you from The Queen of Color! Catherine