How to do Color Breathing?

Color breathing is a technique used in Visual Meditation and Mindfulness. Visualizing colors while you meditate and do breathing exercises can help you relax. As well as helping you lift your mood, help you feel energized, and feel refreshed. This technique can be done in the morning so you can feel relaxed and ready to start your day full of energy. Practicing color breathing at night can prepare your mind and body for sleep. 

Begin by sitting down or laying down in a comfortable position. Next, think about a color such as blue, purple, aqua, green, or peach. Close your eyes and think about one color to make a mental image. For example, the color aqua can make you feel cold and serene. It can help you improve your sleep if you think about this color at night. 

However, if you want to feel awake, energized, and refreshed; Think about warm colors such as red, yellow, and orange. After you have selected one color, close your eyes, and think about the color. Breathe slowly and say the color in your mind. Exhale and say the color for a second time in your mind. Repeat the same steps.

Continue practicing color breathing for fifteen minutes. Another way to practice color breathing is by thinking about the shape and the color of the shape. For example, think about a blue rectangle. Then, keep the blue rectangle as a mental image and close your eyes. Inhale and exhale slowly while thinking about the blue rectangle. 

Continue inhaling and exhaling. If you have a challenging time thinking about a color shape, you can hold a color pencil or a small fabric square to look at. Hold the object for color breathing and open your eyes with every exhale. Also, you can look at the object with every inhale and close your eyes for a few seconds. Repeat this technique until you feel relaxed. 

Furthermore, color breathing can help you reduce your stress. Color breathing can also be done by thinking about a cool and a warm color at the same time. For example, think about purple when inhaling and then yellow while exhaling. Then sit or lay down quietly after practicing color breathing. Stretch your body slowly and continue your daily tasks. 

Additionally, you can use a meditation application that includes color breathing. Color breathing can be practiced before a job interview, a math test, or before going to sleep. This technique can also be used for emotional healing. Nonetheless, color breathing is a useful tool to add to your visual meditation practice. Here are resources about color breathing. 

 

Ease Your Stress with Colour Breathing:

https://www.danroberts.com/blog/ease-your-stress-with-colour-breathing

Color Breathing-A Relaxation Technique:

https://raisedvibration.com/color-breathing-a-relaxation-technique

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