The Root of Your Truth

The throat chakra is the fifth chakra and the center of communication. This chakra gives us the ability to embrace and speak our personal/inner truth. Self-expression, truth, clarity, creativity, and communication reside here. 

When we’re connected to this chakra we can honor and express our truth with openness and honesty. We are able to convey our ideas, feelings, thoughts, and intentions out into the world. Our truth does not always require being expressed through words. We can transmit our truth through any form of creative self-expression including writing, dance, painting or music. The beauty of creative self-expression is that it allows us to channel our truth into our own personal brand of art/style. 

And so, this chakra serves as a creative gateway for our lower and upper chakras to be expressed and made manifest. We can bring the desires of our sacral, the power of our solar, and the love in our heart to be emitted through our throat chakra. Similarly, the inspiration that we receive through our crown chakra and the vision that we see for ourselves/the world in our third eye also gets filtered and channeled through the throat.  

Our connection to this chakra not only gives us the capacity to connect to our authentic self-expression, but it also allows us to be open to listening to others, to be receptive to another’s truth. This chakra gives us the ability to find the sweet balance of listening and speaking while compassionately and effectively communicating with others. 

Today’s Practice: We are multidimensional and multi-passionate beings. Below are some questions to reflect on: 

• Are you allowing yourself to express the full spectrum of your being/truth? 

• Have you been putting yourself in a box and not fully allowing yourself to explore all aspects of your self-expression/truth?

Remember that we are constantly growing and evolving, and it’s natural to shift into expressing yourself in a new way or to add to how you’re already expressing yourself. Give yourself permission to do so. 

Sanskrit Name: Vishuddi 

Location: Base of the throat 

Element: Ether

Color: Blue

• Wear the color blue, eat blue foods, work with blue crystals to strengthen this energy center
  
  

Affirmation: I speak my truth with confidence and ease. 

Mantra: HAM

• Practice chanting this. The vibration of this sound is said to activate and cleanse this energy center. Additionally, singing, humming or chanting any song will help to activate and strengthen this chakra.
  
  

Sound: ‘eye’ as in my

• Practice chanting this sound and focus on the vibration of the sound in your body
  
  

Frequency: 741 hz

• Facilitates opening to your authentic self-expression. Can assist in growth of creativity and creative ideas. May help release outer influences, views and ideas, and promote ability to express oneself (can be found on Spotify or YouTube).
  
  

Aromatherapy: Peppermint, Sage, Chamomile, Rosemary, Clove.  

The Root of Love

The heart chakra is the fourth chakra and serves as the energetic bridge that connects our lower/physical chakras (root, sacral, solar) to our upper chakras (throat, third eye, and crown) also known as our spiritual chakras. Acceptance, compassion, forgiveness, empathy, and love reside in this energy center. This chakra is the source of unconditional love. Love for ourselves, others, and our environment. It gives us the capacity to feel and connect to the ever-present flow of love that’s all around us. When we’re connected to this chakra, we can be moved by (the beauty of) the world. To breathe it in, hold it in our hearts, and send it back out the world.

The love that lives in our hearts is boundless and limitless. It transcends ego and is powered by divine love. An open heart allows us to give love, unconditionally, with no strings attached, because this is the way of our heart. To give love simply to give love. This is our heart’s true nature. And though our heart loves unconditionally, it is also wise and knows when to take a moment to pause its outpouring in moments when we require giving back to ourselves. To renew and nourish ourselves with our supply.

At the same time, some of us hold this reservoir of love so tightly to our chest not extending it out to others for fear that any ounce of love given will be not be replenished. But that is not the case because whatever we give will come back to us. Maybe not immediately or in the same form that it was given. But it will always be gifted to us in another way, in some other form, at some other time. The energy of love is a continuous cycle. It is never-ending. It is a wellspring.

And yet, many of us were conditioned to not express the truth of our heart, its words, its love, and its desires. Expressing and revealing our heart’s truth is a practice. Being both patient and gentle with ourselves through this process is required. Once we connect to the authenticity of our heart, we may find it easier to express its truths and openly release the loving energy that lives inside of it. To soften to it, and let it breathe outside of us. When we attune to our heart’s truth, listen to its calls and embrace it without judgment, the more easily it becomes to stream its unfiltered essence into the world.

Today’s Practice: Give yourself love through lovingkindness (metta) meditation. When you have a moment, get into a comfortable position, tune into your heart space, and slowly repeat the following out loud or in your mind (3x):

May I be held in lovingkindness.

May I be happy and safe.

May I be healthy in body and in mind.

May I always have enough.

May my heart know peace

Notice how your heart feels after this meditation. The warmth and openness that lives in this center is always available to you, is generated by you, and rests within you.

If you have the capacity to extend love to others today, repeat these wishes to 1) someone that means a lot to you, 2) someone you’ve met casually who you might not know well/someone “neutral”, 3) someone you might have a difficult relationship with, 4) all beings (people and animals everywhere)

Sanskrit Name: Anahata 

Location: center of chest/heart space 

Element: Air 

Color: Green

• Wear the color green, eat green foods, work with green crystals to strengthen this energy center
  
  

Affirmation: I am open to giving & receiving love 

Mantra: YAM 

• Practice chanting this. The vibration of this sound is said to activate and cleanse this energy center
  
  

Sound: ‘ah’ as in saw  

• Practice chanting this sound and focus on the vibration of the sound in your body
  
  

Frequency: 639 hz

• Facilitates foundation for healthy relationships and interconnection. Enhances communication, understanding and love. Meditate or listen to this frequency (can be found on Spotify or YouTube).
  
  

Aromatherapy: Rose, Pine, Jasmine, Lavender

The Root of Your Power

The solar plexus chakra — the final of the lower chakras that relate to the physical realm.  As the name implies, it is our sun.  Our light. The light that lives within us that extends and emanates outside of us. It the source of our personal power. Our confidence, purpose, authenticity, willpower and identity live here.  It’s who we are at our core. Our magnetism, and energetic essence that is felt by those around us. 

The solar plexus is our drive. It is the fire within us that gives us fuel to follow our purpose, and forge a new path. It relates to our personal freedom. And leads us to our own transformation. It is all about the self (self-worth, self-trust, self-confidence, and self-authority). It is the light within us that illuminates our path. 

It is our gut instinct providing us with clarity and direction. Leading and guiding us. When we’re connected to this power center, it supports us in carrying out our unique purpose in the world. It’s the energy that gives us the power to bring our desires and ideas, that live in our sacral, to life. This energy simultaneously has the power to give life to our dreams, and brings our dreams to life. It fuels our momentum and feeds our direction. Forever burning and transforming. A self-sustaining energy that we have the power to kindle and ignite. And as we feed it, it feeds us in return. Giving us the power to propel us forward and ignite our personal power within, our purpose. Our direction. Our beautifully transformative force.  

Today’s Practice: In what ways are you dimming your light/not honoring your personal power? Is there something you’ve been thinking about doing that you haven’t taken action on because it looks different than what everyone else is doing/how everyone else is doing things? Remember we all have our own unique process, path and purpose. And your way of doings things will reflect your inner light and power. What’s one action step you can take today to get back into alignment with your personal power?

Sanskrit Name: Manipura 

Location: in between upper abdomen and breastbone/stomach area 

Element: Fire

Color: Yellow 

• Wear the color yellow, eat yellow foods, work with yellow crystals to strengthen this energy center

Affirmation: I am confident & authentic

Mantra: RAM

• Practice chanting this. The vibration of this sound is said to activate and cleanse this energy center
  
  

Sound: ‘oh’ as in go  

• Practice chanting this sound and focus on the vibration of the sound in your body
  
  

Frequency: 528 hz 

• Facilitates self healing and positive transformation. Also know as the “love frequency” and is said to bring transformation and an increased amount of love energy, clarity of mind, awareness, and inner peace. Meditate or listen to this frequency (can be found on Spotify or YouTube)

Aromatherapy: Rosemary, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Grapefruit, Chamomile.

The Root of Creation

The sacral chakra is where our creative ideas are born. Joy, passion, pleasure, and creativity live here. It is the center of our creative life force. A manifestation portal where our ideas are planted and come to life. As seeds grow in the darkness of the soil, so do our creations. For them to come alive, we must feed them with our creative energy, and tend to them in all of their stages.

Getting in touch with this energy requires us to open ourselves up to the creative essence flowing within us — our desires, passion, pleasure, and joy. It requires us to be both the vessel and the guide for these energies to be expressed through us in whichever way they desire to be expressed. This can look like movement, dance, connection, play, or any other form of artistic expression. The element associated with this chakra is water. And like water, our creative energy wants to move freely. It does not want to be restricted or blocked. And neither do our emotions, which are also housed in this center.

Our emotions can serve as a doorway for our creative self-expression. They are interwoven. Being in touch with our emotions and our body’s inner landscape allows us to not only connect more deeply with our creativity, wants and desires, but also with the external world and others. A quote that comes to mind is ‘people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.’ The same holds true with life. Can you hold the depth of the moment in your body without closing off to it? Can you breathe in the fullness of the moment?

Connecting deeply with ourselves gives us the capacity to connect with and experience life in all of its fullness and depth. To fully experience and hold all of life’s pleasures. To meet life with an open heart and body, and allow life to move through us. Unrestricted. Free-flowing. And the same goes for connecting with others. When we’ve connected with ourselves on an intimate/deep level, the deeper we can connect with others, and experience intimacy in all of its forms — emotional, mental, and physical. This is why it’s so important to give attention to and nourish our root chakra because when we feel safe and secure in our body and the world, we can experience life more richly, deeply, and with pleasure.

Today’s practice: Give yourself permission to relax into life’s simple pleasures. The next time you’re enjoying a cup of coffee, a meal, a walk, or a connection with a loved one, can you drop into that moment a little deeper? Can you slow it down in your mind and breathe in the fullness of the moment (the warmth, the taste, the joy, or sensations of the environment) into your body? Soften into the moment and allow the emotion to expand into your body.

Sanskrit Name: Svadhisthana 

Location: Below navel 

Element: Water

Color: Orange

• Wear the color orange, eat orange foods, work with orange crystals to strengthen this energy center
  
  

Affirmation: I am creative

Mantra: VAM

• Practice chanting this. The vibration of this sound is said to activate and cleanse this energy center
  
  

Sound: ‘oo’ as in you  

• Practice chanting this sound and focus on the vibration of the sound in your body
  
  

Frequency: 417 hz 

• Facilitates positive change/transformation and creativity. Meditate or listen to this frequency (can be found on Spotify or YouTube)
  
  

Aromatherapy: Clary sage, rose, neroli or sweet orange, cinnamon.