The Healing Power of Light: How Natural and Artificial Light Affect Your Health
As a Denver Realtor who believes in conscious living, I’ve spent years helping people find home. But beyond real estate, I know that true home begins within the body. Our health, our energy, and the space we create around us all matter. That’s why I’m honored to introduce the work of Dr. Stephinity Salazar, a trusted expert in bioenergetic medicine, natural healing, and holistic health in Colorado.
In this enlightening article, Dr. Stephinity explores how light affects health, from the cellular level to the emotional and energetic. You’ll discover how the right types of natural light, red light therapy, and biophotonic healing can boost your vitality, improve sleep, and even enhance immune function. You’ll also learn what types of synthetic light to avoid in your home and why full-spectrum sunlight is so essential to human wellness.
If you’re looking to improve your health at home, understand the science behind light, and explore how ancient wisdom meets modern science, you’re in for a powerful read. Let’s step into greater awareness and more radiant health together.
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Shedding Light on Light Health & Home Technologies
Light can be healing or damaging depending on its spectrum, intensity, and time of day.
We all have heard that too much sunlight exposure can cause skin cancer, but how many people are aware that strong, artificial light can also cause skin cancer, or that conversely, too little sunlight can cause some types of skin cancer? While excessive sun exposure is a major risk factor for skin cancers like basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma is often associated with both intense, intermittent sunburns (typically from overexposure) and, in some cases, a lack of sun exposure. More recently, the subject of light is receiving an influx of empirical and experimental research, revealing much more nuanced pathways in how it interacts with the body, affects our health, and our mood. Here we discuss some fundamental properties of light, how we can use it to enhance our vitality, and what type of light we should avoid and when.
The New Science of Light: Particle, Wave & Field
For the last century, research into the properties of light has demonstrated its unique and seemingly paradoxical properties as both a wave and a mass-less particle (photon), which is more accurately an “on excitation” of a field within a greater, universal field, all communicating instantaneously. Electrons, negatively charged particles in an atom, share relationship with the photon. When aligned, the two create the currency of life.
Light Structures Water: Turning Water into Plasma
Water has revealed some unique, intrinsic properties, including a previously unknown fourth phase, also referred to as plasma. In our body, this translates to blood plasma and our internal and external cellular matrix, such as cytoplasm. For this to happen, the water requires dynamism (movement), specific surface charges and, you guessed it, light. Not just any type of light will suffice; it requires incident light within certain spectrums, including red light and natural light.
When water is structured in the body, the entire body achieves something called ‘biological coherence,’ achieving instantaneous communications, from the micro to the macro, like a living liquid crystal. Furthermore, it is being demonstrated that the inside of our bodies emits a rainbow spectrum of light, also referred to as bioluminescence. Not only do some plants, bacteria, and deep-sea creatures glow, but under the skin, all animals have this amazing property. We are, quite literally, beings of light!
Mitochondria, which has mysterious origins and carries its own genetic sequencing that we inherit from our mother’s mother, glows a faint indigo hue. Through a complex process involving a cascade of electrons, mitochondria are our cellular rechargeable batteries—Nature’s own overunity technology! When our body’s waters are not sufficiently structured, our mitochondria cannot properly output electrons, eventually causing metabolic disorders. When the waters of our body are charged with sufficient light (and electrolytes), maximum structure, coherence, is achieved: Our natural voltage becomes higher, as do overall feelings of vitality. This allows our immune system, and every other system, to work more optimally. Biophotonic Therapy is the name of the health science that is helping folks achieve health by taking a look at the fundamental structural template of our body through the application of light.
Full-Spectrum Sunshine vs. Single Spectrum Lighting
Not all light is created equal. Sunshine is considered full-spectrum because, in its rays, there is a whole spectrum of visible and invisible light. Each one of those wavelengths, contained within, exhibits different properties, but as a whole, this type of incident light serves to structure the waters of our body, in turn enhancing our mitochondria’s efficiency to produce more energy.
In the morning, around sunrise, sunshine exhibits the most optimal spectrum for increasing biological coherence—what in BioGeometry is referred to as BG3—with an increased spectrum aligned to the higher harmonics of indigo and gold. Sun-gazers, who take in direct sunlight through their pupils, have observed benefits from short spurts of sunrise sun-gazing. Please be aware that looking at the sun can damage the eyes if gazing directly for long periods or when the sun is within a few hours of its zenith. Sun-gazers focus on brief, direct eye-gazing at sunrise and sunset, with the added benefit of its beauty.
Another way for the body to benefit from sunlight is through the melanin of the skin, which acts as tiny little solar panels. Like the classic ‘bell curve’—some sunlight can increase biological coherence; too much causes skin damage. Again, it’s all about the proper amount of balance. Darker-skinned folks require more sunshine, especially in the winter months in non-equatorial regions. Light-skinned folks must take extreme care not to overdo natural sunlight, especially in summer months. Everyone has their happy medium, unique to their physical disposition, in how much sun to receive without the aid of sun-blockers. Altitude also plays a factor, especially when considering cosmic rays. There is a conversion process for necessary hormone production that requires sunlight, and when we do not get adequate amounts, vitamin D is recommended as a substitute.
In addition to the physical benefits of sunshine are the mental and emotional benefits. Seasonal depression and other dysphorias are partially attributed to lack of exposure to natural light and over-exposure to synthetic light. Melatonin is a hormone associated with the pineal gland, which affects our sleeping patterns, so healthy exposure to natural light during the day and lack of exposure to synthetic light at night is a major factor to consider for people who struggle with sleep quality. It has also been demonstrated that too little natural light can cause weight gain, especially for those who wear contacts.
Red, White & Blue: Strong vs. Ambient Synthetic Lights
Synthetic white lights such as fluorescents & LEDs usually have a blue spectrum output, which is damaging to biological life under long-term exposure. Studies have also been done in schools and offices, revealing these types of light affect mitochondrial health and emotional homeostasis. While natural lighting through windows is ideal for mental and physical health, a nice alternative is incandescent light, which has a yellow, warming feel to them, placing them closer to the red light spectrum.
In the early morning, the sun naturally gives off more blue-shifted light, and in the evening around sunset, more red-shifted light. The natural spectrum of this light is indicative of when we benefit most, or least, from the synthetic version of this light. After dark, it is best for our health to avoid blue light; this includes street lights, cell phone screens, and television screens. Wearing blue-blocker eyeglasses, which filter out the blue spectrum, can alleviate these effects, as can some clothing fabrics, “faraday fabrics,” which block unwanted electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) from penetrating the skin. Another option is wiring the home with lighting that automatically dims to red lighting after 10 p.m. Overexposure to too much synthetic light, ionizing radiation, and many other types of EMFs can cause eye problems, such as pterygiums and cataracts.
Beyond the Visible Spectrum of Light: Ionizing & Non-Ionizing
On the light spectrum, the visible spectrum starts with red and ends with indigo. Beyond the red-shifted light is the non-ionizing spectrum. This includes infrared and moves into millimeter waves, radar, and radio waves. Within this portion of the spectrum, some waves have healing effects, and some have harming effects. This is a large and complex subject and not within the scope of this article, but suffice it to say that some of the red and near-infrared spectrum, between 660–880 nanometers, has been found to help structure the blood and cytoplasms of the body, thus increasing the mitochondrial chromophore absorption rate and efficiency (photobiomodulation) and overall metabolic health and vitality.
Ionizing light increases on the indigo side of the spectrum, especially as it reaches into the gamma radiation range, and can “bump” electrons out of their orbits. Some of this light is beneficial to life in very short spurts, and it is theorized that it can assist in evolving us as a species. If this is the case, it is important to balance this cosmic light with a healthy lifestyle that can replace the loss of electrons. Foods high in antioxidants and walking barefoot on the Earth, such as on a beach or in grass free of chemical contaminants, is a great way to replenish lost electrons from this otherwise damaging cosmic light.
Ultraviolet light, which is found in the ionizing range, is dissonant to biological life in large doses. A great application for UV light is as a natural disinfectant, since it kills pathogens. It can also kill healthy microbes, so it is important not to over-expose oneself directly to UV light if using it for cleaning.
There are many applications in frequency medicine and also in life, but I hope this article has offered a good introduction to the nuanced qualities of light and simple ways we can apply principles of light into our daily life.
Summation of Simple Light Tips for Healthy Living:
- Do not fear the sun; it is necessary for life and health, but do enjoy mindfully and do not over-expose. Duration depends on the pigment of melanin of each individual and other environmental factors.
- Sunrise and sunset are best for sun-gazing and “tanning” for all types.
- Spending copious amounts of time in rooms with windows is preferred over rooms that lack natural light.
- Warmer colors of synthetic lights, such as incandescent, are more preferable to the bright white lights of LEDs and fluorescents. Red lights at night are preferable to blue lights. Blueblocklight.com is one of many resources for lighting options.
- Red-spectrum filters for computer screens and cell phones can help with vision quality. Oftentimes, you can find these filter options built into your computer or phone.
- Blue-blocking eyeglasses provide eye relief from screens, especially in the evening. In general, the more red the lens, the more blue they block. Ra Optics is a great company out of California with spectrometer testing of their products. Many other companies are also available online.
- Walking barefoot on the natural Earth (pesticide-free) is a great way to expose yourself to the skies while up-taking lost electrons from the background cosmic, ionizing light.
- Biophotonic Therapy is a combination of sunlight and/or Red Light/Near Infrared Light. Bonus points for those who consume their electrolytes and pharmaceutical-grade methylene blue.
- There are now many companies on the market that sell red and infrared light home units for health and detox, especially helpful during winter months. These red light beds are not to be confused with tanning beds, which emit light on a different spectrum known to cause skin damage for light melanin users. Red light and near-infrared do not tan the skin, as they penetrate deeper.
References & Inspired Readings:
“The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, Vapor” by Gerald Pollack “The Rainbow & The Worm: The Physics of Organisms” by Mae Wan-ho “The Body Electric: Electromedicine and the Foundation of Life” by Robert Becker and Gary Selden “Quantum Biology: A Glimpse into the Future of Medicine” by Geoffrey W. Guy “Hidden Reality: The BioGeometry Physics of Quality” by Ibrahim Karim “Chasing the Sun: The New Science of Sunlight and How it Shapes Our Bodies and Minds” by Linda Geddes
Health & hEarth
Dr. Stephinity Salazar
Bioenergetic & Natural Medicine Practitioner
Educator, Researcher, Consultant & Polymath
Centennial, Colorado & Beyond
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We are more than just minds and muscles. We are beings of frequency, vibration, and light. And thanks to the work of Dr. Stephinity Salazar, we are remembering how to care for our body’s inner light using tools like sunlight therapy, infrared light, and conscious home lighting.
If this article opened your eyes to the impact of light on your body, I encourage you to explore more of her work. Whether you’re curious about structured water, light-based healing, or holistic health practices in Colorado, she is a guiding light in this space.
As someone who bridges real estate and wellness lifestyle, I’ve seen the difference that intention makes—both in the homes we live in and the way we live within ourselves. Let your journey to wellness be rooted in awareness, and let light be part of your healing path.
With care and gratitude,
Felix Luck
felixluck.com
