A Study of the Effect of Color Meditation on Relaxation States

By : Neville Rodrigues, Megha Deuskar

Page No: 13-20

Abstract
The present study was conducted to measure the effects of meditating with colors on relaxation states and also to assess if a person’s openness to experience has any correlation with their relaxation states. The sample consisted of 17 women from the ages of 21 to 49 years. The intervention was conducted over 7 days with 7 different colors – red, green, yellow, blue, white violet and orange. SRSI was used to measure relaxation states while NEO-FFI was used to measure openness. The pre-test, post-test scores of the participants for each color were analyzed using a paired samples t-test. Pearson product moment correlation was used to measure the relationship between the participant’s openness scores and the difference between the pre and post test scores for each color. The post-test scores on relaxation were significantly higher after meditating with green, blue, yellow and white color. The findings have been discussed with the support of relevant data.

Authors :
Neville Rodrigues : Former Foreign Student Facilitator —Department of Psychology, Fergusson College, Pune.
Megha Deuskar : Assistant Professor —Department of Psychology, Fergusson College, Pune