Discover what the Throat Chakra is associated with, learn to identify if it could be out of balance, and integrate tips and tricks in your self-care routine to work on that centre.
A chakra is an energy centre in the body, associated with different principles. You can use your knowledge of the chakra system for your self-awareness and self-development. These centres can be correlated to specific types of life experiences, lived emotions, and life patterns. You can use different tools, such as gemstone talismans or essential oils, to work on energy centres that you want to support or bring more awareness to in your life.
See also: How to Use Chakras for Self-Development
Table of Contents
- 1 Throat Chakra Associations: Communication & Integrity
- 2 Throat Chakra Themes
- 3 Why you would want to work on your Throat Chakra
- 4 Signs your Throat Chakra is out of balance
- 5 How to Balance your Throat Chakra
- 6 Throat Chakra Talismans
- 7 Throat Chakra Gemstones
- 8 Throat Chakra Gemstone Bracelets
- 9 Throat Chakra Essential Oils
Throat Chakra Associations: Communication & Integrity
The Throat Chakra, located at the base of your throat, is traditionally called the Vishuddha centre, and is all about expression. The Throat Chakra deals with life lessons related to your will and self-expression.
The Throat Chakra is associated with self-expression and is intricately connected to our will and integrity. The voice is a channel for truth, exteriorizing internal spiritual processes, and the quality of our communication is associated with how attuned we are to ourselves. Maturity involves speaking our truth, and fully tapping into the expression of emotions and feelings, whether this involves expressing discontent, crying, laughing or other. Tapping into self expression allows us to honour our truth, attune ourselves to spiritual inspiration, and reach new levels of creativity.
Throat Chakra Themes
- Communication
- Integrity
- Creativity
- Serenity
- Spiritual Bonding
Why you would want to work on your Throat Chakra
You could be interested in working on your Throat Chakra if you want to amplify your honesty and openness. You may have messages to share with the world and are ready to advocate for the causes you believe in. You may want to support the full expression of your self and your messages in a truthful and aligned manner. You could want to work on this energy centre to facilitate communication, explore creative ways of expressing yourself and all that you are, to connect with the world and others on a higher level.
A trait associated with an unbalanced Throat Chakra is dishonesty, towards yourself or others.
Signs your Throat Chakra is out of balance
Here are examples showcasing how your Throat Chakra could be out of balance. It may be over-active or under-active, which leads to different expressions of energy in your life.
An over-active Throat Chakra is associated with useless or even harmful communication, which can be very disconnected from your authenticity. This could include talking behind people’s backs, gossiping, spreading rumours or even flat out lies. Your goal is not to transmit truth but to entertain, deceive or slander. Dishonesty is at the forefront of your expression, with yourself and with others. When you do this, you cannot tap into the depth of your potential and creative powers, and it prevents your from creating valuable connections with your soul family.
An under-active Throat Chakra is associated with shutting down emotions and communication. You could be lacking the maturity required to listen and speak your truth (perhaps to protect yourself). In this scenario, you are not positively attuned to your individuality, because you see it as a nuisance to interconnection. You may lack truthfulness, saying yes when you mean no, and no when you mean yes. This greatly affects the quality of one’s engagement with the world and the depth of connection that can be developed.
In order to work on this chakra, one must reconnect with the notion of personal truth. A great tool to attune yourself to your authenticity is to journal, seeing as this is something you do strictly for yourself. You can explore not censoring yourself, and really tapping into what you feel and how you see things. This way, you can start befriending yourself, and this will give you the confidence to share your authenticity with the world.
How to Balance your Throat Chakra
Balancing this energy centre involves integrating creativity in your life, as well as deeper levels of self-awareness in regards to your self-expression.
Self-care practices can take many forms:
- Explore connecting with your true internal dialogue, using journaling. Explore what are your core truths, and where you censor yourself (inside yourself and outside in the world)
- Explore creative pursuits, such as art-making, writing non-fiction, fiction or poetry, or singing.
- Enjoy silence, particularly in the early moments of your day, if possible.
- Monitor yourself to see where you are censoring yourself or not being honest with what you choose to do, and who you choose to be with in your life. See if you can calibrate to deeper levels authenticity in your spoken words and actions.
- Use essential oils to stimulate your senses and anchor in your intentions
See also: About Aromatherapy
Throat Chakra Talismans
Different gemstones are associated with this energy centre, and are attributed different properties that relate to its principles. Throat Chakra gemstones are associated with ideas of communication, gentleness, harmony, creativity and spirituality.
You may keep your gemstones in specific places of your choice. Some enjoy keeping them in their room, displayed in a pretty bowl. Others like keeping specific gems in their workplace, such as on their desk, to be reminded of their associations. You can also create a little ritual altar for yourself, in a space where you can focus on meditative practices and prayer.
See also: What is a Talisman?
Throat Chakra Gemstones
Here is a list of gemstones that can be used as talismans to connect you to the energies and concepts of the Throat Chakra. Click on their names to learn more about their individual properties. Another fun trick is to browse the pocket stone category, and see what you are intuitively drawn to.
Throat Chakra Gemstone Bracelets
A gemstone bracelet is a great way to keep in mind your specific intentions. The gemstone bracelet works just like a talisman, meaning it connects you with precise energies and concepts you want to align yourself with in your life. It can be seen just like a good luck charm, which keeps specific concepts of harmony, communication, Divine Feminine energies, inspiration and self-expression.
- Amazonite – Gentle Alignment & Creative Self-Expression
- Amazonite – Communication & Creativity
- Angelite – Harmony & Angelic Guidance
- Aquamarine – Wisdom & Clear Communication
- Blue Apatite – Awakening & Manifestation
- Chrysocolla – Connecting Heart & Voice
- African Turquoise – Heart & Soul Objectives
- Sodalite Bracelet – Intuition & Higher Self
Throat Chakra Essential Oils
Essential oils are amazing tools for energy work, as they have a very quick effect on the body. Your sense of smell is directly connected to the brain, and can trigger a physical reaction in as little as 20 seconds. Depending on the essential oils used, the reaction can be soothing, relaxing, grounding, energizing, uplifting or focus-enhancing.
If you are interested in learning more about how essential oils work on the body, you can download my free introduction to essential oils MP3 course here. In it, I delve into what essential oils are, how and why they are so effective on the body. After understanding this, you will be better placed to delve into how essential oils work on the emotional system and can be used for energy work.
Essential oils can support anchoring in specific intentions. You can integrate the use of specific oils or specific blends in your self-care practiced. For example, you may use them symbiotically with practices such as meditation, breath work, yoga or stretching. As you soothe your mind and body into a relaxed state, you will link specific scents to the experience, and will be able to use the oils as an energetic “pick me up” throughout the day, whenever you need it. This is a fun and playful way of connecting with the intentions and mindset you are anchoring into your lived experience.
The following blends were specifically designed with themes of the Throat Chakra in mind. Click on their respective links to learn more about the properties of the gemstones and essential oils they contain.
Mental Clarity (Howlite) Essential Oil Blend
