I love what I call ‘Forward Therapies’/treatments in Colourpuncture.  The ‘4 Life Principles’ (Feeling. Thinking. Realising. Actualising) is a prime example: a little treatment with a big effect. You have no urgent health problems (almost); instead you want to start moving in a great new direction in life.

I love the very fabric of this treatment. It has an interesting if unusual pattern. Each point gets to be treated repeatedly in different colours in a certain way. It’s a pleasure to give and almost enchanting to observe how the light weaves it’s way to form a pattern on the skin.

 

January: the past and the future – Attunement 

Every January all my patients receive this treatment at least once followed by personalised Journaling prompts. January is such an important month, it sets the tone, the dreams, the planning, the excitement for the entire year ahead. Peter Mandel calls January an ‘Attunement’. Cultivating a contemplative frame of mind all January long helps us to tune into our deep needs, wishes and longings.

Four Life Principles is a classic Colorpuncture treatment. There is also now an exciting new development on the principles of ‘Feeling. Thinking. Realising. Actualising’ in Colourpuncture Update seminar 2022 ‘Prefrontal Cortex’.

 The month of January is named after the Roman god of doors, Janus, the two-faced god, because this month is the door into the new year. Representing all beginnings Janus can see both into the past and into the future so we have an entire month of January to contemplate, connect the past with the future and make our life better in the now. 

The 4 Life Principles Colourpuncture is also a good choice at times when you feel like deciding to start something new in your life. It will support any new beginning. Think: Birthday’s resolutions? Summer holiday resolutions?

In a nutshell, the 4 Life Principles treatment is based on improvement of coordination of functions of neuro-endocrine parts of the brain which are responsible for unconscious patterns and conscious behaviour.

Ideally this treatment should follow your New Year Resolutions. The 4 Life Principles will help you to act on your resolutions. In fact, this is one of your facilitations. Your insights during the treatment will also either support or edit your resolutions so the whole process will be complete. All too often we tend to decide one thing with our mind ‘what I think I should do’ while our body craves an entirely different thing ‘what I really want to do but afraid to go there’. The 4 Life Principles Colourpuncture will provide the bridge between the two and you will be sure you will be acting on your goals from an authentic place.

 

Four Life Principles: Feeling. Thinking. Realising. Actualising

Before our suggestions on a simple treatment session plan with Four Life Principles treatment I’d like to share my thoughts on the first triangle, the ‘Feeling’. This part is a pure sensing, an so attunement. Usually, we know what we want; sometimes we know what we need. These ideas are best first to be expressed in writing for better clarity such as a simple stream of consciousness journaling, to ‘clean’ the surface level of our perception. This way our thoughts will be given our attention and space. However, after this – and this is why the first step ideally needs to be an ‘opening treatment’ Colourpuncture such as information barrier of any kind – we need to forget all about our preconceptions and go fully into the feeling. We never truly know what we deeply long for – and this is where Colourpuncture excels: it can really lift something forgotten or poorly understood or denied from the very depth of our being, through sensitive areas on the skin, Acupuncture points and Dream zones. We need to give ourselves a full permission to feel and see what it is which starts as a vague feeling which we then can take into ‘thinking, realising and actualising’. So, let yourself feel fully and be open for surprise discoveries!

Love disc or Disc of the Heart is a great tool to go with this treatment as it supports your love and acceptance of Self as a part of the divine (please watch the video above for details).

  • I would start with any kind of ‘opening treatment’ to relax and prepare the body to receive the ‘Soul Spirit’ Colourpuncture of 4 Life Principles. My ‘go to’ opening treatment would be Middle Turbulence area, lines or a ‘Magic Triangle’ in Yellow.
  • The 4 Life Principles. This makes a focus for the treatment.
  • Follow up with other light the person might need. Typically your patient will need either endocrine or lymphatic treatment depending on their general constitution and presenting symptom picture.
  • Typical points I would also include with the 4 Life principles at the moment will be for Kidney Bladder.
  • The best finishing touch would be a Dream Zone of your choice. Zone of Memory, ‘Inner Light’ is always a good choice if you would like to go really deep. Zone of Partnership is a good combination with the Zone of Memory as it repairs our relationships in general, starting with our relationship with our Self. Zone of Subconscious is good if you feel that you are very close to understanding your inner processing but would like to shift any blockages; the two can also be combined. The whole sequence of Zones of Consciousness Expansion is excellent especially if you repeat the Four Life Principles on the four consecutive days.

 

Why Kidney/Bladder (Water Element) Acupuncture points?

The contemplation theme of January is totally in line with TCM suggestions on supporting our Water element: we must rest and preserve our energy. ‘Wintering’ is time to cocoon inside, practice hygge, dream and make better plans for the future.

Kidney/Bladder (Water Element) points provide excellent grounding and bodily strength to both feel confidence in your new endeavours and impetus to do what it takes to start your projects while maintaining a healthy level of engagement in new activities. Also, we are in winter time, Kidneys time according to the TCM, planning and contemplation time. Kidney Bladder points will also support a detoxification/elimination part of your treatment.

‘Spinal Stroke’ would be a good example as it helps you to connect with the source of your strength and it’s excellent for Kidney Bladder support. And I’d finish with Acupuncture point Kidney 1.

There are no hard rules in Colourpuncture – you can combine most simple treatments with each other to great success.

Dreamwork of your chosen style – intentional dreaming and dream analysis is also important here as dreams will provide some clues to what your day light conscious mind might have missed. And dreams are super important in mid Winter time, the most Yin part of the year. Chances are, our deepest longings would be reflected in our dreams now.

 

Other ‘Forward Therapies

  • ‘Abundance & Boundaries’ 
  • ‘Mother-Father Balance’
  • ‘Bardo spaces’
  • ‘Prenatals and Birth’
  • ‘Conflict Resolution’
  • ‘Transmitter Relays’
  • ’Burdens and Wings’ (‘Saturn Field’)

Wishing you a happy application of 4 Life Principles supporting positive and proactive change in your patients’ lives.  

Note: this article was first published on the 13 January 2020 and is now updated with new therapies suggestions according to recent Update seminars with Peter Mandel.

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