How to Unblock the Throat Chakra

How to unblock the Throat chakra

1. 1

   Work with color-matched crystals

   Hold or wear Lapis Lazuli, Labradorite, Aquamarine at the center of the throat. The tradition pairs the Throat chakra with blue stones.

2. 2

   Move with Ether-element yoga

   Plow Pose (Halasana), Fish Pose (Matsyasana), Shoulder Stand (Sarvangasana). These poses are traditionally associated with opening the Throat chakra.

3. 3

   Meditate on the center

   This is the one center the tradition works through sound, so make some. Hum whatever note arrives first and let it run on well past the point you meant to stop it, then start again lower. Keep a blue stone in sight while you do it rather than in your hands, so that nothing about this is tactile. Vishuddha means especially pure, and the classical reading makes this center a filter rather than a source: what arrives as feeling leaves as speech, or else does not leave. Carry on until the humming starts to feel like a way of not saying the thing. Then stop humming and go and say the thing.

4. 4

   Speak the affirmations

   Repeat affirmations like "My voice matters and my truth deserves to be heard." daily. See the affirmations guide linked below.

5. 5

   Nourish with Ether-element foods

   Blueberries and blackberries, Herbal teas (especially slippery elm, licorice root), Honey and lemon water. The tradition associates these with the Throat chakra.