Throat Chakra

	Indicators of Fifth Chakra Imbalances: Difficulty talking about your own emotions  Weight Issues (i.e., repress communication by eating food) Trouble listening in the form of: dominating conversations and/or having multiple conversations happening at once. Interrupting others conversations to be heard. Exaggerations, and trouble telling the truth.  Difficulty laughing, when it used to be easy. Sense of humor wavering. Trouble with an otherwise good singing voice. Creativity stifled, unable to create, write, paint, etc. Trouble finding the right job or vocation. Flitting between jobs. Wavering morality and integrity but unsure how to stop. Thyroid, ear (including hearing), nose, neck and dental problems.
Responses:	Communication, diplomacy, integrity, creativity, vocation
Location:	The throat
Governs:	Thyroid, head
Colors:	Light Blue, Turquoise
Scents:	Hyacinth, White Musk, Lavender, Patchouli
Gemstones:	Blue Lace Agate, Angelite, Blue Topaz, Blue Kyanite, Lapis Lazuli,Blue Chalcedony, Blue Calcite, Sapphire, Blue Opal, Aquamarine Nuances: Blue Lace Agate Inspires, improves grace. The eyes.. Angelite Removes anger. Protects. Especially useful for telepathic communication with Spirit Guide. Blue Topaz Remove arrogance in speech, help bring communicated wishes to reality. Blue Kyanite Calms, stimulates communication. Dream recollection. (Never needs cleansing)  Blue Apatite Enhance creativity. Hunger suppression. Blue Chalcedony Promotes Good Will in speech. Blue Calcite Clear and activate the Chakra. Blue Sapphire Improve psychic ability and communication. Blue Opal Courage to speak the truth. Creativity. Aquamarine Brings harmony with truth, calms and sooths.
Petals:	A Light Blue Flower said to have sixteen petals.
Comments:	If you were traumatized between the ages of 16-21, 46-51 or 76-81, you may have an unbalanced Fifth Chakra.  The Fifth Chakra is about speaking to others in a kind and loving manner. It's about diplomacy, truth, integrity and our vocation. It's about feeling equal with others (not superior or inferior). Are you over-weight? Over-weight persons may find their Throat Chakra imbalance manifests as over-eating. People will often stuff food down their throats rather than risk open communication on risky or potentially painful issues--such as expressing their true feelings. Are you the quiet type? Who may go days without speaking more than a handful of words? Do you fear you'll put your foot in it? Say the wrong thing at the wrong time? So you don't speak at all? Or are you the type who needs to dominate conversations? Do you never stop talking? Do you deeply fear what might happen if you do stop talking?  If your speech puts others down (even in the most subtle ways), you may have a Fifth Chakra imbalance. Do people look afraid of you? Fear to confide in you? Fear to be alone and intimate with you? Do you find you never laugh? Or have you lost the ability to laugh? Do you lack a sense of humor? Or does your sense of humor inflict pain on others?  Do you hate noise, even music? Is your singing voice not as good as it used to be?  Are you obsessed with truth and integrity? Or conversely, often tell untruths or exaggerate the truth to make yourself feel superior?  This Chakra also rules the ability to communicate with spirits (Channeling) as well as Clair-audience (hearing spirits). If you'd like to promote those activities or be able to turn them "off", stones for this Chakra may help. Physical symptoms of an imbalanced Fifth Chakra may include problems with the Thyroid gland, ears (hearing included), eyes, sinuses, throat, teeth.
Therapy:	Chakra Therapy might include laying the proper gemstone upon the Fifth Chakra for 5-25 minutes. You may find surrounding yourself with the Scents of the Fifth Chakra helpful. Since this is the Chakra of music, you may find playing the music of your choice helpful when working with this Chakra. Visualize a Bright Light Blue Vortex of light in the shape of a flower emanating slightly upward from your throat. Visualize speaking to others in a kind and loving way and being spoken to in the same way. Imagine this Blue Light sending away all negativity, all feelings of superiority and untruths. When you feel cleansed, ask the Blue Light to bring in the ability to communicate in ways that draw persons to you, to bring in the abundant creative energy of the cosmos, telepathy, and intuition--pulling it in. Let the Light Blue Flower expand and grow in power. Then close the petals and keep the power inside to be drawn upon as needed.
Mantras:	"I am in the brotherhood of man, neither better nor worse than any man I meet." "I listen. I speak." "Om" (The familiar chant)