[quote=Ellis]Once again 'the placebo effect'?
GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT PLACEBOS FOLLOWS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#Historyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_in_history Mike, you say
Quite an interesting article regarding Johan Boswinkel's work.... The colour of ones clothes, or the walls of the rooms where you live, does have an effect on most peoples attitude and well-being.
Quite true, Mike! This why, at least once a day, I do the following yogic exercise, which is called:
The Five Tibetan Rites: Exercises for Healing, Rejuvenation, and Longevity http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm While doing this, I focus on a piece of art, using bright colours, that I have put together. It is 24 X 36 inches and is made up of the primary colours--Blue, Yellow and Red, plus chromium green--blue, yellow and white combined.
The arrangement is around a triangle (soma, psyche and pneuma--body (RED--energy), mind (YELLOW--knowledge) and spirit (BLUE--willpower).
Mike, you mention how colours affect our attitude and sense of well being. Right on!
MOVES, PLUS COLOURS, PLUS MUSICFor me, doing this kind of exercise has: what I have come to think of as
a self-induced placebo effect.
No matter what kind of dark funk I happen to be in when I first wake up, witin a few minutes of doing even the first two, or three, of the five moves--including focusing on the colours, while listening to the kind of music I enjoy--I begin to feel improvement in my mood.
Though my taste for music is quite broad, I particularly enjoy Mozart, Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Vivaldi, the waltz king, Johann Strauss, and the like.
WHEN I WAKE IN THE MORNING,
THE FIRST THING I DO:
I LOOK FOR THE COLOURS
RED, YELLOW AND BLUE.
THEN I SAY TO MYSELF:
WHAT A COLOURFUL WORLD!
The link above mentions five yogic moves. But, if you wish, feel free to add others you enjoy.
I frequently do some of the moves while having a B.A.T.H. While doing so, I say to myself: I will and choose to Be Aware & Think Health. No doubt, pious people would feel comfortable saying: I choose to be Born Again & Think Holiness