Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go no one else.

-Les Brown

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

-Brian Tracy

This entry is about the colors and the energy surrounding those learning from asthma.  I will also talk a little about the pharmaceutical ad for Symbicort and how that represents the color(s) of asthma. Also, the pharmaceutical ad for Symbicort is a fascinating study for this week’s Royal Kick! as it represents the subliminal use of color influencing the verbal messaging. So, those of you in marketing and advertising will find this interesting as well.

Asthma is a chronic dis-ease that involves the air passages and makes breathing difficult. In my Thursday Kick! I talk about the different types of asthma and what they represent metaphysically. Asthma is much more complex than just the lung/breathing component. The various components of asthma include the base center issues and the red energy in regards to inflammation, muscles, pain, tightness, or pressure in the chest. And there is also the fear component, which is all about red energy and the fear of being on your own and the implications of that situation.

The fourth center, green energy is the lung area, where asthma is targeted. Often when someone is learning from asthma, you would think that the green energy is the depleted energy. There is not necessarily a depletion of green energy in this area (unless there are other issues at hand), although the green may be fanned out a bit depending on their last encounter with an asthma attack.

The depletion is often in the orange energy, because it is all about the person-to-person connection. Therefore the energy is pulled out of this center and often “wrapped around” another. When this area is depleted enough, it is the inflammation (fear) and then the flow (control) that takes over, in a sense, think of the red from the base trying to fill in the void and “make more orange” because you are depleting orange by your connection with the person that is seemingly in control.

The sacral or second orange energy associates with fluids in the body and therefore the production of Mucus. There is also the association with fluids and “flow” so the aspect of “flow” as in air flow and blood flow is also addressed in the lessons of asthma. Lessons of asthma deal with the person-to-person relationships in one’s life, particularly with parent or partner. I would like to note that there is also a “Catch 22″ with this lesson: a parent or partner may well be in a controlling position because they fear the dangers of asthma and want to maintain safety…so on the flipside, there is more controlling due to the lesson. A person doesn’t develop asthma because they are being controlled, the asthma manifests because they have been directed and protected and they are not sure they CAN do “life” on their own. There is a fear of responsibility because they were limited in their responsibilities by another.

It is amazing that the one color that is depleted with asthma is actually the color proven to help treat asthma. Orange is actually the color used to treat asthma in color therapy. Orange is known as the “great normalizer” as it helps balance out the emotions. I used to show my students the numerous Marlborough Cigarette ads because I loved the subliminal irony of them. They would have the cowboy scenes with the background being an orange sunset, or the mountains of the Southwest, even a forest fire…all subliminal for the burning embers of the end of the cigarette! And, the ad was predominantly orange, which I would then point out as being the color for treating asthma.

The one particular commercial that gets my attention when it comes to asthma and COPD is the ad for Symbicort which helps “control” your asthma. The current commercials are not the silhouette ads but the one I am referencing is with the gentleman polishing his green truck. (I was going to embed, but they won’t let me…) It gets my attention first with the green truck, as that is not a common color for trucks but also the background is predominantly green with the yellow fading in with it.

In advertising, green is a wonderful color to use as it helps establish new relationships. The abundance of green helps support the underlying message of taking care of you, and as they slip in the yellow of the background, there is yet more attention drawn to open up the emotion center associated with ego and self-worth and that is what yellow activates.

I often talk about the combination of yellow with green as having the underlying message of “creating a new relationship with self”. And in this commercial, the tag line is about “Now I can turn my ‘want to’ into ‘can do’”. He is redefining his relationship with himself and his “new life” which has green all over it! The yellow also provides an environment of learning and information, so you are more open to the message he delivers. This is just an all around wonderful use of color to promote and support the underlying message.

It is interesting that the word “control” is used given the body’s messages with asthma. I also pay attention to the word “rescue inhaler” as that is also very “telling” in terms of what asthma represents: the fear of being out there on your own, but knowing you can be “rescued” at any time relieves the fear and thus relieves the symptoms. And with that being said, I am sure it is no accident that the typography for the brand “Symbicort” is red! this color is all about survival, fear, and control, and it does get our attention!

Have a great week, I hope this helps you understand a bit more about color and asthma, and how color can be used to support an underlying message. If you are learning from asthma, examine how much orange is in your environment, and your life. Do you need to add a bit of orange? Find some small ways to introduce it back into your life and see how color can make a difference! Blessings to you, Catherine

Courage is fear

that has said its prayers.

-Dorothy Bernard

To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves…We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here–with its gift of energy and heightened awareness–so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.

-Peter McWilliams, Life 101

I talk this week at CatherinePoole.com about a young woman from a few years ago that was learning from multiple lessons, lessons that cascaded from pigeon-toes at birth to endometriosis in her early teens and then cascaded into lupus at the age of 16. I had not really thought about her until a few weeks ago I had another client come in and I saw an overabundance of orange in her second energy center. Most of the time I deal with depletions and very seldom will address when there is too much of a color unless it is affecting the other centers by “robbing” or borrowing energy from them. It felt like a huge “sponge” of orange.

I remember cautioning the client to not be alarmed but I did ask if there was a chance she could be pregnant? I often will see a little ball of green hovering over this area right below the belly button when someone is pregnant, and with her I didn’t see the green per se but the feeling of pregnancy was overwhelming. I often do not want to know why someone is there in the beginning of the reading, as it can influence not only my information which I like to keep objective, but it can also influence a client’s view of my credibility as an intuitive. So with her most adamant voice, she said that she was not pregnant. I moved on from there…

What came toward the end of the session was a question regarding her endometriosis! It was then that I had to laugh, as that is what the “sponge” of orange was all about. Most women that I see have a depletion in this area, and yes, can even be learning from endometriosis with a depletion. Sometimes I can even see green balls of energy, and no they are not babies, they are often cysts, and they are green because they are growing. (Acidic and murky are usually the cancer energies, but just green in general is often benign). Again, because I do not diagnose, I often just address the emotional basis of the issue and may causally ask when their last check up was.

Endometriosis is an all-too-common condition with many women. It is an overabundance of tissue endometrial cells that attach themselves to tissue outside the uterus. This tissue adheres to organs and/or the pelvic wall and continues to function as uterine tissue. It can be painful, particularly during menstruation. I love researching about conditions that “have no known reason”. Often because I believe it is because the reason is usually past life based and present life conditions have triggered a cell memory, in a sense, your cells got a wake up call and went back to another time and place.

Endometriosis is said to stem from a fear of bearing children. And I have had quite a few clients that have had past life regressions to back up this fear. Often they died in childbirth, and in a few cases, they lost the baby in childbirth and the body is reliving the moment as a form of self-punishment and guilt. Of which, forgiveness of self needs to be worked with during the regression with more detail than most.

I also see a relationship with childbirth being a natural progression of growing up (and going with the “flow”) and moving forward. On a more material level, there may be a parallel with giving birth to a creative project (such as writing a book) that isn’t literally connected to childbirth. In that case, the endometriosis should be looked at as a way of being critical of how you create (or don’t create) certain projects. In that case it may be a message about not being self-critical when you are defeated by projects or when you want to give birth to new ones. Literally, we can focus on the childbirth aspect, but it can also be about giving birth to creative endeavors.

It will also look the same in your energy field, because the body cannot discern between what is being created. It takes similar mindset and energy to create a baby as it does to work on a project you refer to as “your baby”.

I equate the color orange with creativity and emotions, and often a good description for this center can be found with the terms “flood of emotions” or “let your feelings flow”. This flow, this movement of energy can be suppressed if certain emotional events cause pain. It takes a lot of energy to keep this “bottled up” so releasing these emotions and the fear associated with them releases the tension and can create balance. Balance is an even flow of energy throughout our bodies.

I hope this helps answer some of your questions regarding endometriosis and the color orange. If you are learning from it, you may want to limit orange in your environment and/or clothing. It can be tempered with blues, which promote healing and flow. It would also help you to perhaps wear a bracelet of blue stones, and even green stones, or a combo as green helps you move forward and promotes a loving relationship with self. I would also advise wearing this on your left wrist, as that allows the flow to come into your life, and of course left is all about the feminine. If you would like something custom designed, you can always contact Harmony Crossings as they are the “royal jeweler” to the Queen, that would be me, The Queen of Color! Have a great week. Blessings to you. Catherine

I have decided to leave this entry up this week to coincide with Addiction and Smoking that is at catherinepoole.com. I have included the video for that entry, as I feel it is important to post it on this site as well! Enjoy!

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

–Aristotle

Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back.

–W.K. Hope

When I look into an energetic system there is a certain energy for addiction. Depending on the density of the energy that surrounds an individual, I can often determine if the addiction is food, tobacco, alcohol, or drugs. As you can imagine it gets more intense with each…

Addiction is not so much a color as it is a consistency within the energetic system. I equate the energy to spider webs. You cannot just push the energy aside and walk through, it attaches itself BACK to other webs of energy and ends up tangled and muddy.  And other individuals with similar addictions will find their way into that energy.

The question this week was about the color of smoking…it is really two fold, as I look at how the color of smoking, in regards to nicotine addiction, is reflected in the energetic system as well as how “habit” and “scripting” influence your color energy. I know that smoking is regarded as an addiction, but there are different levels of the addiction, just as fat (food addiction) is reflected differently based on the level of the addiction.

Let’s begin with the actual color of smoking. When I look at someone that smokes there is often a red overlay in their energy field. A red overlay can be described as a dome or a bubble over someone’s entire body, yet the out-most layer seems to glow like red neon. Many with a red overlay may have had a history that was challenging, traumatic, even abusive, and they have put that overlay around them to protect them from the stress, abuse, and tension. Often they can be easily angered, agitated, defensive, tense, all in part to add to their protection (it keeps others at a distance).

As a result of their need to protect, smoking also becomes a defense mechanism (they are putting up a smokescreen). I mention this when I talk to corporate groups about smoking…and it does get one thinking. Sometimes it is humorous because the one that smokes just waves a hand and walks away, yet the partner or friend will ALWAYS validate that it is a defense mechanism. Think about when you leave to smoke, what are the circumstances? Is there an emotional pattern? Don’t just answer “stress” go deeper than that and find the “stress patterns” because that is your clue to releasing cigarettes.

Looking objectively at your life and who smoking keeps at a distance are wonderful clues to why you find it difficult to stop. Smoking invites distancing, whether you leave and go somewhere to smoke, or you smoke and those around you that can’t handle it distance themselves.

Release is about logically understanding why you smoke and then logically telling yourself you no longer want to smoke. You will stop when you are ready to stop, you will stop when there is a logical reason associated with why you do it and why you don’t NEED to do it anymore.

This knowledge is the seed for your motivation, and when you have the seed, you will allow hypnosis, even self-hypnosis to work for you, and it will, immediately, if not sooner. Why? Because you want it to.

I also invite you to think about the first time you smoked, what were the emotional circumstances surrounding that smoke? How does that memory play into your reasons for smoking now? Did you do it to fit in? to feel “grown up” to lose weight? Just because everyone else did? No matter what, it all begins with needing to form a relationship, and that relationship does form, only it becomes a relationship with your cigarettes rather than another person.

The color of addiction verses the red overlay of defense and distancing is all about within. The overlay is just that, it overlays the energetic system and just hangs there, as in a cloud. Addiction comes from your very foundation. It is associated with the base center, your first energy center which vibrates as the color red. Addiction is red, but it has a mixture of green. Green is there because addictions are all about relationships and control and that is associated with the heart center. Due to the green being present, it influences the red giving the color a darker more muddied red color.

It is also heavy and flat within the field, and is no surprise that we describe addictions as “weighing us down”.  Depending on the extent of the addiction, and I can often see “where” it is pulling its energy from in the body as well as the external influences. It soaks up energy from other parts of the body like a sponge, because addiction needs energy to survive. In that sense it is “parasitic”. I will talk more about the addiction next week, and discuss the karmic implications of smoking as well as the corresponding tissue issues with smoking. It began as a paragraph and grew into an entire entry! so I will see you back next week for more. Perhaps there will be some wonderful comments from viewers to add.

I hope this helps you understand yourself a little better, the color or overcoming this addiction is a wonderful green/blue. Green is about relationships and new beginnings, while the blue invites healing and flow. Putting these together and adding an affirmation or two with them can really help support your willingness to release the smoking addiction. Whenever you see this green/blue or the juxtaposition of the two hues, use that as a trigger to repeat your best phrases, those that resonate with you and you will find these at my entry on How to Release Smoking.

With blessings, Catherine