What is the Throat Chakra?
The throat chakra is an energy centre, located at the base of the neck. It includes the neck, throat, voice box, lungs, thyroid and thymus. It is associated with communication, creativity and expression and with the colour blue.
What is the Lung Channel?
In Chinese Medicine, the Lung organ is associated with the immune system and the skin. The lung channel is located on the arms and hands. It’s emotion is grief. If your lung energy is deficient, you may have symptoms of: cough, frequent colds, underactive or overactive immune system or asthma.
How are the Lung and Throat Related to Fertility?
The throat chakra and the lung channel are not often classically associated with fertility. But they are very important, just as the immune system is key to a healthy hormonal balance, implantation and pregnancy. Immune system issues such as elevated NK cells can cause the cells made in the thymus, to incorrectly recognise an embryo as a foreign body leading to recurrent miscarriage, IVF failures and implantation difficulties. This role of the immune system relates to the lung (and spleen) in Chinese medicine. The thymus, the organ of the immune system which creates the Natural Killer cells, is located at the base of the sternum, where the throat chakra is.
Healing the throat chakra is important in dealing with the emotions of grief associated with the fertility journey. The grief of infant loss and miscarriage, the grief of loss of family members in childhood or in adulthood who you would have expected to be a part of your role as a Mother. Developing your courage and strength to advocate for yourself and speak up for your truth is an important part of the fertility journey. Being able to do this from a higher perspective in terms of speaking from the heart and speaking with love whilst setting healthy boundaries in the midst of challenge is one of the attributes of a healed throat chakra.
Symptoms of a Throat Chakra/Lung Imbalance?
Physical | Emotional |
Frequent colds | Fear of speaking up |
Cough | Low self-esteem |
Skin issues – eczema, red skin, dry skin, psoriasis | Difficulty setting boundaries |
Headaches or neck/shoulder pain | Inner child wounds – ignored, criticised, judged |
Raised NK cells | Easy going until triggered |
Recurrent IVF failure | Conflict with others |
| History of being bullied |
Why is the Throat Chakra so Important for Females and for Inner Child Healing?
When I was 3 I broke my collar bone, near to the location of my throat chakra. It was my first memory. I didn’t cry, because I didn’t want to make a fuss. I showed my Mum and told her I didn’t need to go to the hospital. When I look back on this memory, I recognise that I was prioritising someone else’s convenience over my physical pain. I knew it was serious enough to warrant a visit to the hospital, but I didn’t value myself, even at age 3. I felt a sense of responsibility to put other people before myself. We did go to the hospital and I did heal. But I find it interesting that I had a throat chakra imbalance at a young age and this manifested throughout my life starting with issues of being bullied at school. When I started my healing journey, one of the first things I focused on was the throat chakra. Healing the throat chakra really does dramatically improve your self-confidence and self-belief.
I’ve since noticed the link with fertility and healing of the feminine energy in general. For example:
How many women have been blocked from speaking our truth, ignored, silenced or undervalued?
How many women have learned to keep quiet to keep the peace or meet expectations of others in family situations or relationships, resulting in holding back from real emotions?
How many women have been criticised, judged, bullied or teased?
How many women have 'over-reacted' instead of responding with peace, due to staying silent too long?
These are all common issues that females have historically dealt with. And they are all elements of a throat chakra in need of healing.
The Throat-Sacral Chakra Connection
The sacral chakra is located in the lower abdomen and includes all of the fertility organs. It is associated with sexuality, relationships, fertility, creation and birth. Trauma and wounding of the sacral chakra, whether this is from sexual trauma, toxic relationships, trauma of miscarriage or loss, can lead to grief, low self-confidence and self-esteem, leading the person to believe they are not enough and therefore they don’t tend to speak up for themselves.
Air, the element of the throat chakra is a masculine element. And therefore, many of these healing elements relate to learning how to deal with potential negative masculine influence or conflict whether that is a person, society or culture.
The Throat-Sacral Connection in Society
Collective throat chakra healing and purging is taking place currently in society. It is not a coincidence that current sexual abuse scandals coming to light are in the music industry. Sexual abuse being related to wounding of the sacral chakra and the music industry being related to the throat chakra. Those who speak out and heal their throat chakras are speaking on a world stage and what they are speaking about is ultimately purging for the sacral chakra. The entertainment industry is a microcosm of society.
The positive message that we can take from this is, when you heal your throat chakras, it triggers sacral chakra healing, which is paramount for the success of a fertility journey.
We are creating a new world that your children (the children who are ready to incarnate now) are an integral part of. The old paradigms of trauma, wounding, subjugation of women, abuse of children and the vulnerable will not be able to survive in the higher vibrations. The old systems and structures are crumbling now. As we affirm what we no longer are willing to accept, whether this is on a societal or a personal level, we heal the throat chakra through speaking the divine truth, the truth of a more peaceful and caring society.
How can you Heal your Throat Chakra?
Singing
Playing or listening to music
Chanting / prayer
Public speaking/ teaching
Journal
Blue, tortoise, aquamarine crystals
Wearing the colour blue
Active listening
Throat chakra meditation
I have written a new throat chakra meditation and look forward to using it as part of the acupuncture treatments this week.
Have a great week and hope to see you in clinic soon!
Natalia
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