What is 'A Journey in Colour'?
Losing our connection to our core
self and our ability to freely express our creative nature can lead
to a disconnection from a feeling of purpose and meaning in life.
Whilst many can continue to function at a level that keeps us a
place in society, for others the loss can bring fragmentation of
emotional/spiritual/psychological well-being that depression,
anxiety disorders and substance abuse can enter our lives. To
tranquillise pushes us further into fragmentation, closing the
‘windows’ to this inner knowing. Whether we are simply feeling
aimless, dissatisfied, or that our life has no meaningful purpose,
or whether we are seeking to free ourselves from a diagnosed
‘dis-ease’ our true medicine is inside and all around us.
The creative or true self, the
spirit within, needs to be unlocked in a way that feels safe. Beyond
Purple – A Journey in Colour is a gentle, playful and imaginative
way of opening us to our inner wisdom and exploring consciousness.
It is not asking us to think or to judge. It is asking us to ‘slow
down’ and ‘to feel’. It takes you on a voyage of discovery using the
language of colour through colouring, music, movement and nature. It
asks you to open your mind and, through your imagination, look at
things in a new way, forget what you think is your attitude to life
and to try another way. You are allowed to be sceptical and allowed
to have choice. To develop beyond ordinary emotions like anger,
fear, confusion, jealousy etc is a journey into our intuitive
awareness. It is then that we open the doors to the world around us
to feel a sense of belonging, a sense of responsibility and a sense
of place in this world.
This tool will not only be fun for
participants and facilitators alike but contribute to healing some
of the wounds of our fractured society - the ‘soul pain’ so many
people experience, of feelings of fragmentation and meaninglessness.
It is a time in which we are embracing a vision of cultivating and
merging positive psychological and spiritual health with the health
of our communities and changing the current trajectory of
disassociation from society at large and disconnection from the core
self.
Program Structure
The program is ideally undertaken
over a six week period of two hours per session. However, it is
flexible depending on the needs and availability of time of the
users. Clear, step-by-step instructions are provided but again, it
is up to the user or group to decide whether they will follow the
program exactly or take from it what they choose – after all, being
creative is what this is all about! It is designed to be used as
many times and in as many ways as your creativity allows, and as
this is guaranteed to expand with use, this can be limitless! Varied
and quite different results, discussions and insights will occur
each time it is used. A personal journal is created as part of the
sessions and can be used on an ongoing basis to further the
individual’s exploration of the language of colour.
