What is the Throat Chakra?

Chakras

Oct 12

When we enter the throat chakra, we are reaching above the physical lower chakras, and up into the realm of ether, to vibration and sound. We are integrating all that we are, and all that has manifested from the lower chakras into our authentic self which we project onto the world through our energetic vibration, our voice, and our words. It’s about purification. We are the purest versions of ourselves, by being authentic and truthful. By working through the issues of the lower chakras, we free ourselves from negativity. The vibration of the Throat Chakra, our voice, purifies our energy systems, as we communicate with balance and truth.

Throat Chakra Balance

A person with a balanced Throat Chakra is a clear communicator, a good listener, and is able to tap into their creativity. They are able to live in a way that is an authentic expression of themselves. A person with an unbalanced Throat Chakra may experience shyness, a weak voice or conversely, talk too much, and have difficulty listening to others.

Truth and the Throat Chakra

The Throat Chakra is about truth. Our truth. Truth in terms of truly being who we are, our authentic selves. It makes sense that the Throat Chakra exists on top of the Heart Chakra because it is through interactions with others, the context of relationships, that our authenticity is challenged.

As children we are socialized to adapt and dim our light, instead of staying true to ourselves. We people please, because our true selves don’t fit into this world. This world has a structure of societal expectations that every single person must fit into. Even as parents, we find that we often have to help our children to fit that mold. As children, we are programmed to develop psychological defense mechanisms and blocks that help us to navigate our worlds. We learn how to manipulate our energy, our emotions, and our expression to get through life in the house we live in, at school, in our dynamics with friends. In order to survive, we learn strategies. All of these things we have to do to function normally in society, essentially bind up our natural energy flow. This blocks our Throat Chakra and separates us from our truth.

As we grow and evolve, our lives will change. But those defense mechanisms and blocks often stay. They are engrained in us. They are part of our understanding of who we are, and what we believe to be the truth about the world. We don’t even notice we continue to use them. They are just a part of our being. They are not the truth. They are imposed barriers which often cut us off from our true selves. As we dive into understanding our true selves, we will find that the ways we operate in this world may no longer be serving our highest good. This is where the concept of purification comes in with the Throat Chakra. In the quest for our authentic selves, we will begin to see the ways we have blocked ourselves off, the ways we constrict our energy, the ways we look the other way, the ways we have had to lie to ourselves, the ways we have misperceived the world. Truly knowing ourselves, truly finding authenticity, is releasing the blocks that no longer serve us and just being ourselves in this world, without all the barriers and mechanisms we have created in the past. Releasing these barriers and overcoming these obstacles, is purification of the mind and alignment with our souls.

Our True Identity

We often base our identities on what we do during our lives in this world. But the truth is, our authentic selves are not defined by the roles we play. We can begin to understand our true nature by observing our behaviors, thoughts, and emotional impulses outside the confines of these roles. We can begin to see that we are souls with a unique energy to our being. That composition of unique energy, is who we really are. The Throat Chakra is about exploring the unique energy of who we are, and learning to identify with that more encompassing definition of our identities, which spans beyond the roles that we play in this lifetime. Akashic Record Readings can help to tap into the unique energy of your soul identity, including your unique gifts and specific personality characteristics that have followed you across lifetimes.

Lies & Secrets

When we simply suppress our truth, or lie to others, we create energetic dissonance in our bodies and we are also more likely to lie to ourselves, to live inauthentically. If we lie to ourselves, there is a dissonance between who we are living as, and who we really are.

Lies and secrets make us have to hold onto energy because they are not in resonance with our truth. We can’t release the energy from lies and secrets to another person. We have to withhold the information, and its energy. We have to be mindful of our words and body language to withhold the energy of the deception within our energy systems. When a lie or secret is eating away at someone, it is the desire to lighten their energetic load that often causes them to come clean. There is an energetic release.

Communication

Our communication is what allows the outer world to know about our inner world. The Throat Chakra provides this window. Words are our most common vehicle of expression. Words frame our truth. When you speak, your words provide the physical dimension for your thoughts through sound. There is so much power in our words. Words are energy. We use words to understand ourselves, and to express our experiences. The words we choose create our realities. If we are using words that are limiting and negative in our lives, we are living in a limiting and negative world. If we use words that are expansive and uplifting in our lives, we are living in an expansive and uplifting world. Use your words to frame your experiences in a way that will serve your highest good. Tiny shifts in the words you use can completely change your perception of your experiences, and that changes the ways you react, and can ultimately, change your life. We essentially create our lives through our words. This is why creativity is associated with the Throat Chakra. In addition, as we create space in our Throat Chakra by living authentically, we often find that creativity flows more naturally.

It is important to communicate in a balanced way to avoid Throat Chakra blocks. Say what you feel compelled to say. If you hold it in, you are withholding that energy, creating imbalance. But if you say anything and everything without considering the power of your words, you also are creating an imbalance in your Throat Chakra. It is about balance. If your expression is balanced, you are bringing your Throat Chakra into balance. Use your words, but think them through, consider their timing, context, and impact.

Listening

Part of communication is listening. Our ability to listen lives in the Throat Chakra. The ability to receive information, is part of balanced communication. If we don’t actually listen to what the people around us are expressing, we will find blocks here as well. If we don’t listen to our own inner voice, our own intuition, we may have blocks in the Throat Chakra as well.

Healthy Throat Chakra Flow

Living life with an understanding of why the Throat Chakra may become unbalanced, may help you to monitor your own Throat Chakra. You can make intentional choices regarding your life to bring the Throat Chakra into balance. The most important thing we can do for the Throat Chakra is to deeply know ourselves, beyond the roles that we play in this life. By knowing ourselves, we can make choices that align with the truth of who we truly are. It is also helpful to makes choices that support healthy and balanced communication in your daily life. Energy Healing such and sound healing or Reiki healing can give your Throat Chakra a boost, working through any blocks and restoring its balance.

If you would like to know more about your unique energy flow, and bring your chakras into balance, book a Reiki Session with me. I include a chakra consult with each Reiki Session. I can tell you about your chakra flow and how you can make choices in your daily life to maintain energetic balance. I also offer Energy Coaching Sessions to help you continue make choices to bring your chakras into balance over time, assisting you to find a place of overall health and wellbeing. Sound baths are helpful in releasing excess energy in the Throat Chakra. If you would like to know more about the uniqueness of your Soul, contact me for an Akashic Record Reading to uncover the gifts and personality traits that are associated with your soul across lifetimes. This can aid you in stepping into your authentic self and also living a life aligned with your soul purpose and highest timeline. Akashic Record Readings may also bring to conscious awareness any karmic blocks or restrictions around the themes of truth and communication that may be binding up your Throat Chakra in this lifetime. My practice takes a multimodal approach to energy, and I would love to support you in the way the most resonates with your soul.

Throat Chakra Affirmations (Throat Chakra Mantras)

I seek truth.

I speak truth.

I speak with intention.

My words are energy.