Healing Your Throat Chakra

Next, our Throat Chakra 🌐

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*let's start with a collective deep breath together*

The throat chakra is the fifth chakra. Its element is sound and is known as the chakra of communication. It relates to being heard and being understood.

When this chakra is open, you not only speak with compassion, but you also listen with compassion and listen to understand. You feel confident when you speak because you know you are being true to yourself with your words.

Do you express yourself with ease? Do you listen with compassion, or do you listen to respond? Do you speak with love? The throat chakra says, "I SPEAK or I EXPRESS"

What are some signs that your throat chakra is blocked?

Struggling to find your words or/and being afraid to talk. Getting nervous when you find it difficult to express yourself. Believing that it makes no sense to express yourself because you believe no one will understand you. Allowing others to dominate you verbally. Being afraid of confrontation to avoid expressing yourself. Having silent expectations.

An overactive throat chakra may look like dominating conversations, gossiping, speaking without thinking, or sarcastic remarks.

A blocked throat chakra can also manifest as laryngitis, ear infections, sore throats, asthma, and fatigue.
source: learning-mind

How to heal your throat chakra -- 

Observe how you communicate in different environments. Are you an excellent communicator in your workspace, but you find it difficult to open up and express yourself to your partner? Or vice versa, you wish you could easily communicate in your workspace the way you can easily communicate at home? I'm someone who has two degrees in Communications, and public speaking was once a major part of my career but realized that I wasn't the best communicator when it came to romantic relationships. Yikes, lol. But we're learning and growing, and becoming aware is always the hardest step. 

The best way to heal this chakra is to learn how to get comfortable with expressing yourself. You can start by first expressing yourself through writing. Sometimes it's easier to write out how we feel before speaking. Have you ever had a confrontation with someone, and afterward you wished you would've communicated more or differently? It's not too late. Write out what you wanted to say to that person, then burn the paper. 

Remember, a healthy relationship thrives when there's healthy communication. Here's a gentle reminder that your silent expectations are not serving anyone, especially you. To establish a healthy relationship with your partner, your friends, your family, or your coworkers, you must express your boundaries, express how you feel, and express when someone offended you... otherwise, how would they know? You deserve healthy relationships. 

Another way to heal this chakra is by validating your emotions for yourself. In the past, it has been hard for me to express my feelings because I would constantly gaslight myself by invalidating my own emotions. Saying things to myself such as, "That never happened," "Why do you feel that way?" "You don't deserve to feel that way." I've learned to be compassionate with my emotions as they stem from someone else invalidating my feelings and emotions as a child, which taught me to do the same to myself as an adult. I've learned that when you feel an emotion, you must honor it, whatever the emotion is; honor it. Know that whatever you're feeling is valid. If you decide to express how you're feeling to someone, or if you want to express how someone made you feel, know that their reaction doesn't make your emotions any less valid. Of course, if you are telling someone how they made you feel, they may get defensive, or act as if they didn't have the intentions of hurting you or making you feel like that -- all of that can be true -- but how you feel is true too, so stand strong in honoring your feelings either way. Once you continue to get comfortable with your feelings, it'll become easier for you to express them, because you've learned how to trust your feelings. 

Talk to your younger self. What did your younger self want to say but couldn't say? What did your younger self try to say, but was constantly told that those feelings weren't real or true? Imagine a baby picture of yourself. Hold on to the image in your mind. I want you to imagine yourself now hugging your younger self. Tell your younger self that they are safe now. Tell them that it's safe to express their emotions, and it's okay to feel that way. 

Keep honoring your younger self. Getting older doesn't mean that our minds forget our trauma. We may suppress our emotions, or mentally block out our trauma, but until it's healed and released, it'll continue to serve as a trigger. As you continue to validate your younger self in the past. Do the same for yourself in the present. You deserve that.

Speak. Even if your voice trembles while you're talking. Even if you begin to shake while expressing yourself. Even if you feel congested in your chest as if you're gasping for air. Take a deep breath, and speak. It'll be uncomfortable, but it'll also get easier. I promise it feels so good to take control of your life by taking control of your voice. Demand that you be heard. Demand that you be understood.

On the opposite end of the spectrum with an overactive throat chakra -- learn to hold your tongue. With an overactive throat chakra, you may have grown up without a voice, and decided that you would never not be heard again. I see you. I hear you. But I urge you to balance this energy by speaking with love. Choosing your words with care. Know that your presence is heard loud and clear without you having to have the last word or bring others down with your words. 

Channeled song: Jhené Aiko x Speak 

I'll celebrate my freedom, I'm gon' speak up
Speak from my heart, baby
Speak from my soul, sugar
Say what you want, lady
Act like you know who you are
Speak from your gut, honey
Say what you want, my love
Be who you wanna be
Speak, speak, speak, speak
Be freeeee :) 

The affirmation we created for this chakra is, "I express myself with confidence, love, and honesty. I speak with ease."

If it's difficult for you to communicate how you feel.
If you have silent expectations for those around you.
If it's difficult for you to express yourself with compassion.
If you constantly speak dishonestly.
If someone has ever invalidated your feelings and made you feel ashamed or guilty for feeling that way.
If you invalidate your own feelings.
If you grew up in a household where you were constantly yelled at, and discouraged to express yourself.
If you speak without thinking.

If any of the above resonates with you, please know that you are not alone. You are not broken, you are whole. You are complete. By working on opening this chakra, you are simply nurturing and caring for yourself to operate as your best self and make your life more delicious, sweet, and enjoyable -- you deserve that.

Here's a gentle reminder -- the healing never stops, but it does get easier as you become more aware and take control of your body and emotions.

This throat chakra affirmative t-shirt will come in LIGHT BLUE and unisex sizes, and will be available for purchase on 1.26.21 🌐

Enjoy our Throat Chakra Guided Meditation video below to also assist you in opening this chakra.