Amanah Triggs
Colour Consultant
President Canadian Colour Association
certified in UK & Canada
Actor, Director, Producer
a.k.a. Elizabeth Connor
Available for:
Talks
Classes
Interviews
Articles
Private & corporate consultation
Contact: 1-604-722-1443
amanahtriggs@gmail.com
www.dardars.com
amanah@dardars.com
Georgia Straight January 31, 2008
Colour therapy invigorates with hues
By Pieta Woolley
Grey sky, grey North Shore mountains, bottlegreen inlet waves, blackish Stanley Park trees. The winter view from Coal Harbour, where colour therapist Amanah Triggs lives, displays a dismal palette. Sure, it expresses its own kind of beauty, she admits. But the principles of her discipline, colour therapy, call for brilliant, saturated hues as a mental healing balm—especially during a typical, drizzly, muted Vancouver winter.
“Check out that woman carrying the colourful umbrella,” she told the Straight, pointing at a pedestrian through the window of a seaside coffee shop. “Before you judge it, there’s that moment of ‘Oh!’.…There’s a kind of pure pleasure in just observing the colours around us.”
Triggs, who has practised colour therapy nearly 20 years, doesn’t want to overcomplicate her practice. She says that colours can make us feel better—it’s that simple. The body is energy. Light is energy. Colour is different frequencies of light. So just paying attention to colour, sliding the concept into our consciousness, she said, can change how we feel.
That’s the most elemental description of colour therapy according to Triggs, who earned her consultant and teaching diploma in colour therapy in the UK & Canada, and is President of the Canadian Colour Association.
“A dark colour scheme, like we get in Vancouver sometimes, makes our emotions feel sluggish and slow,” she said, also noting that many locals choose to wear blacks, greys, browns, and navys. “When we feel sad, our [energy]drops, so our immune system dips, and we’re vulnerable to cancers and other diseases…”
Red and orange tones, associated with the pelvis, are linked to empowerment and sexuality. Yellow is connected with the centre of the body and mental focus. Green is linked to the heart, and enhances creativity; turquoise to the thymus and endocrine system; and blue to the throat. Violet represents the higher mind and the spirit.
According to Triggs, the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, and Indians tied colour to sacred expression and medicine. Ayurvedic practitioners saw the chakras as wheels of colour. Now, NASA and the U.S. navy use colour in relation to healing injured officers, according to the New Jersey–based Dinshah Health Society’s Web site.
“We need to lighten up about the whole thing,” Triggs said with a smile. “Colour therapy is.…a little mental tune-up, to help balance your life and spark your passions.” Bring colour into your visual life, she said, and you’ll be lifted beyond rehashing your problems.
Her prescription for winter and spring in Vancouver: reds, peaches, and rose hues. Wear reds, magentas, burgundies, and scarlet near achy joints. Buy long red socks, for rheumatic knees.
Just invoke those colours mentally. Don’t you feel better already?
President Canadian Colour Association
certified in UK & Canada
Actor, Director, Producer
a.k.a. Elizabeth Connor
Available for:
Talks
Classes
Interviews
Articles
Private & corporate consultation
Contact: 1-604-722-1443
amanahtriggs@gmail.com
www.dardars.com
amanah@dardars.com
Georgia Straight January 31, 2008
Colour therapy invigorates with hues
By Pieta Woolley
Grey sky, grey North Shore mountains, bottlegreen inlet waves, blackish Stanley Park trees. The winter view from Coal Harbour, where colour therapist Amanah Triggs lives, displays a dismal palette. Sure, it expresses its own kind of beauty, she admits. But the principles of her discipline, colour therapy, call for brilliant, saturated hues as a mental healing balm—especially during a typical, drizzly, muted Vancouver winter.
“Check out that woman carrying the colourful umbrella,” she told the Straight, pointing at a pedestrian through the window of a seaside coffee shop. “Before you judge it, there’s that moment of ‘Oh!’.…There’s a kind of pure pleasure in just observing the colours around us.”
Triggs, who has practised colour therapy nearly 20 years, doesn’t want to overcomplicate her practice. She says that colours can make us feel better—it’s that simple. The body is energy. Light is energy. Colour is different frequencies of light. So just paying attention to colour, sliding the concept into our consciousness, she said, can change how we feel.
That’s the most elemental description of colour therapy according to Triggs, who earned her consultant and teaching diploma in colour therapy in the UK & Canada, and is President of the Canadian Colour Association.
“A dark colour scheme, like we get in Vancouver sometimes, makes our emotions feel sluggish and slow,” she said, also noting that many locals choose to wear blacks, greys, browns, and navys. “When we feel sad, our [energy]drops, so our immune system dips, and we’re vulnerable to cancers and other diseases…”
Red and orange tones, associated with the pelvis, are linked to empowerment and sexuality. Yellow is connected with the centre of the body and mental focus. Green is linked to the heart, and enhances creativity; turquoise to the thymus and endocrine system; and blue to the throat. Violet represents the higher mind and the spirit.
According to Triggs, the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, and Indians tied colour to sacred expression and medicine. Ayurvedic practitioners saw the chakras as wheels of colour. Now, NASA and the U.S. navy use colour in relation to healing injured officers, according to the New Jersey–based Dinshah Health Society’s Web site.
“We need to lighten up about the whole thing,” Triggs said with a smile. “Colour therapy is.…a little mental tune-up, to help balance your life and spark your passions.” Bring colour into your visual life, she said, and you’ll be lifted beyond rehashing your problems.
Her prescription for winter and spring in Vancouver: reds, peaches, and rose hues. Wear reds, magentas, burgundies, and scarlet near achy joints. Buy long red socks, for rheumatic knees.
Just invoke those colours mentally. Don’t you feel better already?
