Introduction Guide – Rebalancing the Chakras

The throat chakra – Visudhi

This chakra governs truthfulness with ourselves and with others. Working on who we are, what we feel and what we do helps us to express what we need to share with the world. Are you really going to be courageous and speak your truth? This is scary, we could be judged.

Our words are very powerful. We can influence people around us. Therefore we need to be able to discern which words come close to reality and which words are coloured by emotions. We can hurt people if our words do not match reality.

The goal of this chakra is to master your power of communication. Are you honest with yourself? Are you sharing your truth with the world and what is the intention behind your words?

There is a direct link with the sacral chakra, where our emotions reside and our heart chakra in which unconditional love resides. That is where the expression ‘Speak from the heart’ comes from.

An excessive throat chakra shows up in someone talking too much, excessively and has difficulty to listen to others and to themselves.

The throat chakra connects to physical issues that might be related to a sore throat, coughing, or to a person that often comes down with a cold. Also neck and shoulder issues could be connected to an off balance throat chakra.

• I tell the honest truth.
• I express my feelings whether or not it is comfortable.
• Life is a chance to communicate with the world.
• I love to speak and express.

There are many Mantras. One that you could use to activate the chakras is ‘Sat Nam’, meaning ‘Sat: Truth and Nam: identity’. Put those two words together and you chant truth is my identity

I knew I had to learn it by myself. I became an addict of self- healing and development and devoured books by all the big names. But the final kick that changed me for good was when I decided to take a yoga teacher training. But what started as an idea to change jobs became a self-healing journey. A journey into recognizing my self-worth, loving myself, standing up for myself and feeling connected to myself and the world.

For almost a year my days consisted of setting positive intentions such as ‘I love and trust myself’. I started a gratitude journal and had to find 3 things to be grateful for each day, no matter how difficult it was sometimes. My key to happiness was to shift my perception. Or, if perceptions couldn’t be shifted, I tried to change the situation.

Another key ingredient was acceptance. Not the victimized kind, but the peaceful kind. The kind that keeps people in their worth. Accept the things you cannot change, including people. And after almost a year I was a different person; shinier, happier, at peace with who I am and only one thing in my life could pull me back to the darkness. I knew deep down my relationship had to end but with my heart so big of love and hope that he might finally step up and fulfil his potential I so patiently had been waiting for all these years I let it go on for too long. Was I so wrong to have invested so much? When we met it was instant fireworks, a deep recognition of souls and hysterical butterflies all over. This just H-A-D to work. But along the way I lost myself. I silenced the quiet voice inside my head by blaming myself when he was behaving like an asshole. Fear and shame screamed at me: “You are needy, insecure and impatient, it is you who needs to change”. Me the chaser and him the runner. This co-dependent relationship was so confronting and exhausting.

It was one thing being aware of the mess I was in this relationship but doing something about it took me all the strength I could find. Every time I tried to express myself and do something about it; my throat got blocked as if I was choking. So again I silenced myself a few times too many. These unexpressed feelings came haunting in my dreams and I saw our not so rosy future together. It was after a few of these dreams I could do nothing else but finally have the courage to speak up, to stand up for myself and to honour my worth. And just like a card deck that fell apart with a first stroke of the wind, my relationship unravelled faster than I expected. “You deserve someone better than me” was what he said. At first I didn’t get it- weren’t we twin flames? It was only when my tears dried up I could see it clearly. I changed over the years, became happier and healthier. I started vibrating on a higher frequency. He could not meet me there. So I had to set us free and walk away. Walk into the light. Towards a brighter future for myself. So I guess there is truth in the Madonna song: ‘express yourself, baby ready or not’.