In this issue of our healing series, Beryl Truong explores Aura-Soma Colour-Care System^TM with Frances Kong, an Aura-Soma teacher and practitioner based in Singapore.

When I was asked to road test an Aura-Soma consultation, I leaped at the opportunity. At last, I thought to myself - I would be able to unravel the mystery of what these mystical coloured bottles do and what they mean. Up to now, I have only had cursory brushes with this particular modality – a stroll past a colourful stand at a holistic fair, admiring a bottle display in a consultation room or picking up a printed colour card from a deck in a New-age store. All these encounters piqued my curiosity but I had not been compelled to explore further.

To my uninitiated novice’s mind, it seemed to be a tad simplistic – how can you possibly tell anything about a person, or heal them by using only colour? Aren’t our colour choices affected by our moods and fashion sense and hence constantly changing? Isn’t a ‘reading’ based on colours we choose, going to provide superficial insights at best? I prepared to set out and be enlightened.

I met Frances Kong, a licensed Aura-Soma teacher and practioner, at her home office. Frances has been an Aura-Soma practitioner for over nine years and is also the licensed distributor for the products in Singapore. Her work area had a beautiful backlit display of dozens of dual coloured bottles, in vibrant sparkling shades of crimsons, blues, oranges, pinks, reds, yellows, violet and greens, just to name a few.

Aura-Soma is meant to be a subtle, gentle system that allows one’s soul to reveal to the owner an inner insight that may not be readily apparent.

Each bottle consisted of 2 coloured liquids – a coloured oil floating on colured water, equally dividing the bottle into two sections. Hence the name ‘Equilibrium bottles’. Frances explained that each bottle contained the energies of colours, crystals, essential oils and herbs, and was completely natural. They are made with the intention for the highest good.

Aura-Soma is meant to be a subtle, gentle system that allows one’s soul to reveal to the owner an inner insight that may not be readily apparent. It is a system that emphasizes self responsibility, self-care and self-nurturing. I was told that colour was a ‘language’ and a trained aura-soma consultant would interpret and translate my choices for me.

Firstly, I was asked to imagine myself on a desert island and to choose in order, four bottles that I would like to have with me and reflect on them. I started to intuitively choose four coloured bottles in succession, feeling mildly surprised that certain colours were attractive to me, when I had not necessarily considered them as my ‘favourite’ colours beforehand. It was then revealed to me that the sequence of the bottles held a special significance. In addition, whether a colour was on top, or below within the bottle, was also important.

The meaning of the sequence was not unlike a four card ‘spread’ that is common in angelic card readings: the first symbolizes soul purpose, the second symbolizes the gifts and challenges, the third speaks about the present, and the fourth is future-focused.