Darkness therapy is a form of therapy (a healing process) in which the practitioner is enclosed in a dark room that no light can get into.
Darkness therapy is not new
In Tibet, China and Japan we can find darkness therapy going back several thousand years. When monks shut themselves away in the dark for long weeks and months, they of course didn’t call it therapy; it’s only us “modern people” who call it darkness therapy.
For the pains of today’s humanity, when there will soon be more therapists, psychiatrists and psychologists than patients, darkness therapy is ideal, and in recent years it has started to be offered to the public.
How darkness therapy works
The practitioner (a word we prefer to patient) is enclosed in a room with no access to light. The sanctuary is sealed against light. Since sight is our dominant sense, our mind becomes so completely confused that it allows the practitioner to connect with their higher self, with their personal divinity, known in India as Antaryamin.
This connection helps to find stored emotions and little hurts that are hidden and completely invisible in everyday life, so the practitioner can see their troubles “as clear as day” and gets to know themselves better.
Questions for which to choose darkness therapy:
- Who am I?
- Who sent me here?
- Why am I not bigger?
- Why are they doing this to me, of all people?
- Nobody loves me!
If you suffer physically from skin problems, an eating disorder or internal pain, darkness therapy is suitable for you.
How long should your darkness therapy be?
Usually 7 days is enough, that is 7 nights: into the dark on Saturday afternoon and out of the dark on Saturday morning. We don’t really recommend less than 7 days, because it takes about 3 days for the mind to calm down and for the connection with your higher self to grow stronger.
We should point out, however, that the length of darkness therapy comes from you; if you feel you should be in the dark for only 6 days, we will arrange it that way. The maximum length of stay, however, is 7 weeks.
