Chakra 5 Vissudha: Speaking Your Truth

Vissudha Chakra, located in the throat, is the center of communication where you develop your voice and speak your truth.

It is directly linked to your personal integrity, your power of choice and your expression of creativity. Its related element is ether with its symbolic color of sky blue. Ether also governs  breath, prana, life force.  Visshuddha supports your unity with all things, and it governs clairaudience.

Focus: Communication

Color:  Blue

Seed Sound: Ham

Sense Organ: Ears and Mouth

Associated sense: Hearing and Speech

Essential Right: To Speak

Essential Oils: Can be used in bath or specified oil burner prior or during meditation

Bergamot – facilitates the ability to express the truths that arise in your heart

Chamomile – allows you to voice the truth calmly

Eucalyptus – aids in rejuvenating creativity

Tea Tree – releases creative energy that helps you reach your potential

Peppermint – assists you in making ethical choices

Frankincense – helps you feel more secure and confident

Sandalwood – boosts confidence

Crystals & Gemstones

Turquoise – improves communication and clarifies intuition

Aquamarine – reduces stress and helps creativity

Amazonite – increases pychic abilities

Lapis Lazuli – acts as a natural antidepressant, raises self-esteem

Flourite – cuts through woolly thinking, assists in the completion of projects

Blue Calcite – fosters trust

Chrysocolla – facilitates stability and serenity

Incense: Myrhh, resin

Foods: Natural sweeteners; raw honey and fruit juices. Liquids in general; water herbal teas. Tree growing fruits; apples, pears, plums, peaches and apricots. Purifying herbs; horehound, slippery elm, salt and lemongrass.

 Physical body: neck, throat, esophagus, ears, mouth, vocal cords, trachea, jaw, shoulders, teeth, tongue, cervical spine, thyroid, and hands.

Chakra location: Throat

The rhythm of music,  dance, singing, and communication through writing and speaking are all fifth chakra expresions.

Visuddha means “pure” or “purification.”

Some yogis notice that drinking more water and letting go of tobacco and dairy helps to loosen up the neck and shoulders and clear the voice of Visshuda.

Singing, reading poetry aloud, scripting all support vibrations and rhythms positively affect your body, down to the cellular level.

Deficient Visshuda chakra leads to neck stiffness, shoulder tension, teeth grinding, jaw disorders, throat ailments, an underactive thyroid, and a fear of speaking.

Excessive Visshuda energy leads to excessive talking, an inability to listen, hearing difficulties, stuttering, and an overactive thyroid.

Depending on the ailments, neck stretches and shoulder opener asanas, including Camel Pose and Pranayama can aid the fifth chakra.

Balanced Characteristics: You communicate articulately, are a good listener, have a good sense of rhythm,  creativity, discover your vocation/career, have integrity and are non-judgemental

Pranayama breathing

breathing deeply, expanding your lungs and exhaling through your mouth focuses energy on your throat.

Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana 

tucking your chin into the throat chakra also activates your thyroid and parathyroid glands, the glands associated with the 5^th chakra

Sasangasana 

Again, tucking your chin firmly into the spot between your collarbones where your throat chakra is located, as well as your thyroid and parathyroid glands, the glands associated with the 5^th chakra become activated, balanced, healthy with blood flow

Meditation for Vissudha Chakra

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