The aura is described across many traditions as a layered field surrounding the body, carrying information about a person’s physical, emotional and spiritual state. This guide sets out the colour systems as they are actually taught, what aura scanning and cleansing involve in practice, and — importantly — what can honestly be claimed about any of it.
What the Aura Is Said to Be
In the systems that work with it, the aura is a layered field extending several inches to several feet from the body. The layers are usually given as seven, corresponding to the seven chakras, moving outward from the physical-etheric layer nearest the skin to the more abstract outer layers.
The claim practitioners make is perceptual: that the field carries information which a trained person can read. The claim is not that the aura has been instrumentally detected. Kirlian photography, frequently presented as aura imaging, records corona discharge from moisture and voltage on a photographic plate — a real electrical phenomenon that is not the aura and varies with how sweaty your fingers are.
Held honestly, aura reading is a structured intuitive practice. What a skilled reader is doing is attending very closely to a person and organising impressions through a consistent symbolic framework. That has genuine value, and it does not require the framework to be literally instrumented.
The Colour System
Colour interpretations vary between teachers, but a broadly consistent system is taught across most lineages. These are read as tendencies rather than verdicts, and the quality of a colour — clear or muddy, bright or dull — matters as much as the colour itself.
| Colour | Commonly associated with |
|---|---|
| Red | Vitality, drive, groundedness; when muddy, anger or overexertion |
| Orange | Creativity, sociability, appetite for life |
| Yellow | Intellect, confidence, analytical activity |
| Green | Healing capacity, growth, balance; the caretaker colour |
| Blue | Communication, calm, truthfulness |
| Indigo / Violet | Intuition, inner life, contemplative disposition |
| White | Clarity and integration; occasionally over-idealisation |
| Grey / Brown | Fatigue, congestion, unprocessed material |
Scanning: What Is Actually Taught
Aura scanning is taught as a hand-based sensing technique rather than a visual one, which surprises most beginners. The practitioner passes their hands slowly at a fixed distance from the body and attends to changes in sensation — density, temperature, resistance, a pulling or pushing quality.
The training is largely about calibration: learning to distinguish a genuine perceptual shift from expectation, and learning to report what is sensed rather than what would be reassuring to say. Good courses spend more time on that discipline than on the colour tables.
Scanning is the diagnostic step that Pranic healing is built around, and chakra scanning applies the same skill to the seven centres specifically. If you want the assessment without a full session, aura scanning and energy scanning are offered as standalone appointments.
Aura Cleansing in Practice
Cleansing is the intervention that follows assessment. The practitioner works to clear congestion identified during the scan, typically through sweeping movements, and then to strengthen the field's boundary — the part most people actually come for.
The presenting complaint is usually some version of absorbing other people. People in caring professions, in crowded commutes, in high-conflict households, and those who describe themselves as highly sensitive make up most of the caseload. Whether one explains that through a permeable energy field or through baseline sensory and emotional sensitivity, the practical remedies overlap considerably.
Common approaches include salt-based work, sound, breath, and taught daily boundary practices. Related services include aura cleansing, space clearing where the environment rather than the person is the issue, and home energy cleansing.
Sessions and Certification at Auviephy
Aura scanning, cleansing and protection sessions run from Ghatkopar West, Mumbai and online across India. The relevant service pages are aura scanning and aura cleansing.
Three certifications cover this territory at increasing depth: Intuitive Aura Reading, Aura Cleansing & Protection, and Aura Salt Healing. For the broader field work, Advanced Energy Protection goes further into boundary practice.
If you would like to try the concept before booking anything, the free aura reading tool and chakra imbalance quiz are on the site.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an aura?
In the systems that work with it, the aura is a layered field extending several inches to several feet from the body, usually described as seven layers corresponding to the seven chakras. Practitioners claim it carries information a trained person can perceive. It has not been instrumentally detected, and Kirlian photography records corona discharge from moisture and voltage rather than the aura.
What do aura colours mean?
Broadly: red for vitality and drive, orange for creativity, yellow for intellect and confidence, green for healing capacity and balance, blue for communication and calm, indigo and violet for intuition, white for clarity, and grey or brown for fatigue and unprocessed material. The quality of a colour — clear or muddy, bright or dull — is read as significant as the colour itself.
How is aura scanning done?
Aura scanning is taught primarily as a hand-based sensing technique rather than a visual one. The practitioner passes their hands slowly at a fixed distance from the body, attending to changes in density, temperature, resistance or a pulling quality. Most of the training is calibration — learning to distinguish a genuine perceptual shift from expectation.
What does aura cleansing involve?
Cleansing follows assessment. The practitioner works to clear congestion identified during the scan, usually through sweeping movements, then strengthens the field's boundary. Approaches include salt-based work, sound, breath and taught daily boundary practices. Most clients present with some version of absorbing other people's states.
Where can I learn aura reading in Mumbai?
Auviephy Institute teaches three certifications at increasing depth: Intuitive Aura Reading, Aura Cleansing & Protection, and Aura Salt Healing, with Advanced Energy Protection covering boundary practice further. Sessions run from Ghatkopar West, Mumbai and online across India.