Red is the colour of energy and action and the use of large quantities is usually too overpowering in a bedroom. Red is the colour of sexual passion and excitement. If your partner redecorates your bedroom in red it certainly indicates that he or she wants a lot more passion, excitement and sex from the relationship. This would be a very obvious indication of needs. A more subtle introduction of red as a part of the redecoration of a bedroom indicates that more passion and excitement in the relationship is a desirable outcome.

If you have chosen a lot of red in your bedroom, you are an energetic and exciting person to be with, although your partner may find it difficult to keep up with you. You love being the centre of attention and may have an inflated ego. Routine is not a part of your life as you move from one venture to another, looking for the next exciting and stimulating adventure. You tend to be impulsive, competitive and aggressive and yearn for excitement in all life has to offer and as fast as possible. Relishing red, you like to live life in the fast lane, especially in bed!

Red is best used as an accent in any decorating scheme, as it is too action-oriented to create a calm and relaxing sleeping environment.

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Many people have embraced a major white look at different times in their lives. It can occur when seeking a clean start after a major emotional change, perhaps after a marriage breakup, or at the end of a relationship, or after physical or emotional upheaval. White helps during times of stress and creates a clean slate from which to make a new start.

If you have chosen a predominantly white bedroom, fairness and balance will be important to you. You will be cautious in your intimate life, and tend to be a perfectionist who is often over-critical of yourself and others. Self-sufficiency will be a trait you have developed. Being the symbol of peace, white creates a feeling of tranquility and hope for the future.

With a wistful white decor, you risk creating an atmosphere of sterility. If this is not what you want, add some colour to the room such as pale pink or pale green to stimulate the emotions and senses.

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So what about the personality of a typical Romantic? As we discussed earlier, body types and personalities mirror bedroom styles. This room is you at your most intimate even if you share it with your partner. Imagine yourself as a complete Romantic lying resplendent on soft sheer fabric. Imagine yourself tantalised by satin, lace, or perfumed pillows and a partner wearing the sexiest next to nothing, white or pastel underwear. The Romantic can show you all these pleasures. Their bedrooms invite you to indulge. So be indulged and expect it from them all the time in their behaviour.

Romantics see themselves as the most vulnerable, the easiest to bruise, even the saddest of all people. They are more needy than most and need to be indulged. They are flirtatious. They want you, and they think and say it often. If they are more reserved they will think it more than verbalise their feelings. Expect a lot of romantic, sensual talking between the sheets. And on the telephone. They know how to use their voice, their eyes and their bodies. It’s not just the sexual you they want, it’s also being around the physical you. They want to hold hands. They stroke you. They fight-for the limelight. When two Romantics get together, that, as a Romantic woman friend told us, ‘is wonderful but dreadful. He wants to be centre stage but I do too. I saw his bedroom and felt so envious. That’s how I wanted mine to look.’

They want sensuality and romance to be the most important thing in your life as it is in theirs. Lead with your heart. They certainly will. A Romantic is very choosy about where they have sex. If you are thinking of a hotel, for instance, check it out very carefully and be prepared for rejection and complaints if romance, cleanliness and sensuality isn’t expressed in the room. And definitely forget the camping holiday.

The Romantic is of medium height, usually, but not always, has softness and roundness in their facial appearance. This could be represented in full cheeks, dimpled chin, roundish or heart shaped face, full lips and big eyes. Romantics more than other styles like lustre, soft and subtle, in their clothing – a silk blouse, stockings with a subtle sheen, a suit or tie with a slight sheen. Both men and women also have curvy bodies.

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It doesn’t matter how small your budget or how tiny your bedroom, choose to have it reflect the real you. Sit in it one morning or evening and really look closely at what you have. Notice the colours, the bed linen, the lamps, the bedside tables. Start listing the changes you could make just by changing some colours. If you are frightened of making a ghastly mistake, then choose a neutral background for walls, ceiling and floor and add colour with accessories. Visit homes for sale on ‘open for inspection’ days for practical examples, or gather magazines to give you new ideas. Make notes when you find a home and bedroom similar to your heart’s desire and discuss the situation with your bedroom partner. If he or she is negative about changes suggest very small ones. Don’t let their inertia stop you from moving the relationship into sweeter waters.

Change your bedroom around. You probably can’t change the position of the bed, but you can change where chests of drawers, a dressing table or a chair are placed. A fresh coat of paint on the walls or furniture will change your bedroom dramatically. Try different sheets on the bed, or perhaps add cushions to your bed. Lots of cushions in harmony with the bedroom and bed linen give the appearance of generosity, a good attribute for the romantic. The colours you choose reveal a lot about how you are feeling. Listen to your intuition on this. Above all, think romance. Think sensuality.

Stand at the door of your bedroom and consider every surface. Perhaps you have a few books on bedside tables or on the chest of drawers. It’s a sign of an inquisitive mind. However, a virtual library in the bedroom confuses the purpose of the room.

A mirror is a very good accessory in your bedroom and depending on where you place it and what you do in sight of it, can be very sensual. A mirror anywhere in the room reflects light and energy, enlarges and inspires the imagination. Round mirrors are especially good for enhancing relationships, according to the principles of Feng Shui. Curves are more romantic than straight-edged lines, in Western eyes too. Look at decorating fashions. Mirrored wardrobes are not particularly romantic – these days we enjoy the cocooning effect of smaller bedrooms and don’t need a mirrored wall of aluminium doors.

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Rule 1: Know yourself

A good base to work from is to get in touch with the real and authentic you. Who are you? Activate your senses by discovering what colours you love, what sounds excite you, what scents inspire you, what foods you really love, what textures soothe you. Think about the places you love to go, the types of movies and books you enjoy, the music that makes you laugh and the music that brings tears to your eyes, and the lands you’d love to travel to. What would you like your life to be like in three, five and ten years time? Spend a day alone with yourself. You are important. Know yourself inside out, backwards and forwards, and in every way. Accept all your positive attributes and be prepared to work on eliminating the negatives. Then move forward into creating the best life for yourself you can.

Rule 2: know your partner

Accept your partner as he or she is. You can’t change anyone but yourself, so don’t try. We all have agendas that others can’t relate to. This is normal and part of being human.

Learn everything you can about your partner. Understand his or her intimate style and the seduction techniques you can use.

Discover what stimulates his or her senses when it comes to colours, sounds, scents, foods and textures. Develop a list of your partner’s favourite flowers, chocolates, cars, sports, songs, singers, movies, foods, fruits, vegetables, desserts and so on, so you can use the information for romantic, loving interludes. Know your loved one’s clothing sizes, including underwear and lingerie sizes.

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All you need do is making clear, vivid images and, if possible, “feel,” “smell,” “hear,” and “experience” these images in your mind.

If you do know what actions your body should take, it’s fine to visualize this happening. For example, you might visualize the arteries in your head dilating during Stage 2, or constricting during Stage 3. If you aren’t sure exactly what arteries look like, symbols are equally effective. You can visualize arteries as a rubber hose, and smooth muscles as fingers clamping down on the hose and restricting the blood flow through it.

Although several popular visualizations are given later, no standard programming exists for creative imagery. You can simply make up your own visualizations and reinforce them with autogenic phrases that best fit the particular headache symptoms you wish to alleviate.

Avoid phrases that use the future tense, such as “My headache will have disappeared by next week.” Instead, use the present tense and phrase all suggestions as though your headache had already disappeared.

For example, “The pain in my eye (or temple) has already disappeared. As the ice numbs my headache pain, I feel perfectly comfortable and free of pain. Every vestige of headache pain has already disappeared. I feel very comfortable and at ease.”

All phrases must be strongly positive. Avoid negatives such as “I will not”, or “don’t” or “I won’t” or “I will try to”. Employ only strong, active, positive phrases and talk as though your headache or other symptoms had already vanished.

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Suppose you have trouble making mental images? If so, try writing down your autogenic phrases and suggestions. Enter deep relaxation as usual. Then get up and sit at a table and write down your suggestions. Write them over and over. Writing automatically creates strong mental images of the very suggestions you are writing. Even people with superior imaging ability have obtained still better results by writing.

Since you may get what you “see,” it is best not to involve the eyes or other fragile organs in any kind of psycho-technique. Avoid “removing” the eyes from the head or driving an imaginary nail or knife into the eyes. Use an alternative visualization instead.

Imagery techniques should not be used by anyone with any kind of mental instability or mental illness, or who is subject to hallucinations or who, for any other reason, might be adversely affected by using imagery and visualizations. Seeing your doctor is recommended before practicing creative imagery.

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Every drug, to some extent, is toxic to the human body, so much so that doctors speak in terms of how well a certain drug is tolerated. Even at recommended doses, most drugs are mildly poisonous. For example, aspirin is so toxic that it can cause irritation or bleeding in the stomach and intestines, while continued use may erode the intestinal lining and form an ulcer. Common side effects of other headache drugs range from nausea to drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, bone loss, depression, vivid night mares, insomnia, forgetfulness, breathing difficulties, rash and itching, hallucinations, blurred vision, dry mouth, kidney problems and even stroke.

However, virtually every headache specialist agrees that drugs may be essential for treating unusually stubborn cases of chronic headache. In severe cases of migraine and cluster headaches, a combination of drug and non-drug therapies may have to be used until the drugs can eventually be phased out.

But beyond these exceptions, the benefits of drug treatment often do not outweigh the risk of harm from adverse side effects. To some degree, most drugs are both carcinogenic and immunosuppressive. meaning that they may increase long-term risk of cancer and infections. Other headache drugs may increase risk of heart attack. It is widespread national concern about the disturbing side effects of these drugs that has renewed interest in non-drug ways to overcome headache.

All over America, the hazards and low efficacy of drug-focused headache treatment are promoting a renaissance for alternative health care therapies, a movement which is gaining increasing support from the health care professionals who staff the nation’s headache and pain clinics.

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One reason is that so many chronic headache sufferers tend to take two or more medications on a daily basis. In 1984, at the New England Center for Headache in Greenwich, Connecticut (it has since moved to Stamford), a study was made on patients who took several different painkillers each day for their chronic headache pain. The drugs were gradually withdrawn altogether. After being drug-free for one month, 66 percent of the patients reported significantly fewer headaches and, after a second month, the number had grown to 81 percent.

At least half their headaches had been caused by the very drugs they were taking to try and relieve their headache pain.

Another reason why clinics immediately phase out painkilling drugs is that, even at recommended dosages, addiction to both OTC and prescription drugs can easily occur.

According to a report in the National Headache Foundation’s newsletter, fall. 1988, Arthur H. Elkind, M.D., director of the Elkind Headache Clinic in Mount Vernon, New York, stated at a national headache conference that many people with chronic headaches use excessive amounts of prescription and OTC medications for relief.

Drug dependency is common. Among medications that Dr. Elkind found most frequently abused were not only potent prescription drugs like ergoumine, barbiturates and codeine, but OTC analgesics containing aspirin or acetaminophen, often in combination with caffeine.

We’re not trying to exaggerate the risks of common OTC headache medications. People generally know that two aspirin will relieve most acute tension headaches within half an hour without causing adverse side effects. Yet a rule of thumb in most headache clinics is that if two aspirin don’t relieve a headache within thirty minutes, taking more aspirin isn’t likely to help.

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The snapping open of medicine cabinet doors as we reach inside for a pill to relieve a headache has become one of the most familiar sounds on the American scene.

Which is hardly surprising when you consider that TV ads bombard us with messages to reach for a pill for every ill. Altogether, we hand over more than two billion dollars annually for over the counter (OTC) and prescription drugs for headache relief.

Today, a huge multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical and advertising industry has evolved, dedicated to conditioning us to believe that headaches can be cured only by a chemically active drug. For people who get only an occasional, simple tension headache, this is probably true. But what happens when two aspirin aren’t enough?

All too many chronic headaches defy aspirin, and stronger painkillers are needed to dull the pain. Every drug is a two-edged sword; the pharmaceutical benefits are very often offset by adverse side effects. And the side effects of many headache drugs are so destructive that, at most

headache clinics, the first step is to get new patients off all painkilling drugs, and then off any other non-essential mediations, as swiftly as possible.

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