Have you ever felt your throat close up when you had something significant to share? Is losing your voice when it’s critical to speak out a common occurrence? If so, you are not alone.
It is more important than ever for women to speak our truth. Still the messages we receive from outside ourselves add up over our lifetime and contribute to keeping us quiet more than we realize.
How often have you heard… “Quiet down!”, the dreaded “Shhhh…” or the less than tactful, “Just shut up!” These are all phrases that block our throat chakra, which is our energetic communication center.
The throat chakra, known as Visuddha, is located in your body’s aura. Visualize it as a spinning blue disk or lotus shaped flower near the base of your throat by the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Visuddha, is not only your spirit’s communication center. It is the center of divine feminine conscious creation because our ideas when shared are filled with intention by using words and voice. Visuddha’s element is Ether, that magical invisible space from which all of the material world is formed. The ultimate power of the threat chakra is bringing thought into reality. It is the chakra of manifestation.
Bolstering the health of your throat chakra doesn’t need to be daunting. Simple changes in diet, voice habits and even the use of crystals, can begin to help right away.
My Top Three Throat Chakra Activators
- Eat blueberries!Blueberries are my number one go to throat chakra food. Not only are blueberries full of antioxidants and vitamins, but as a “blue” colored food, they are a wonderful source of fuel for the throat chakra. Adding a few servings of blueberries to your diet can boost your health in a variety of ways.
- Humming!Humming is so simple that it’s often overlooked as a throat chakra activator. Humming creates a vibration inside the body. Think of it as a massage for your internal organs. This vibration is concentrated in the throat and radiates out into the auric field. This is essential to enliveningVisuddha. The humming doesn’t need to be loud. You can hum softly in the presence of others and still reap many benefits.
- Wear turquoise jewelry or meditate with a turquoise stone. Turquoise is the stone of healing grief and long held burdens. It’s perfect for releasing the fearful emotions that are stored as memories in both the body and auric field which prevent us from maintaining our dignity, speaking our truth and standing in our true voice power. I keep a piece of turquoise in my sacred voice work space for this exact reason. It reminds me that my past does not define my future, my healing can help heal others, and my voice is crucial to both my personal and business success.
Introduce these top three voice activators slowly. Take your time. Build layers of throat chakra activation by adding one of the above tips to your daily routing each week. This week pick up some blueberries at the market. Next week, starting humming as you get ready for work. In the third week, begin to use a turquoise crystal or colored mandala, as part of your meditation practice.
By taking ownership of your voice and your throat chakra power using these steps you will begin to see results within a few weeks.
