Heal Your Throat Chakra Inner Child (Includes Powerful Meditation)

Summary

Vicky Howie explains that the throat chakra is associated with authentic self-expression, communication, personal truth, and following through on commitments. In her framework, the “throat chakra inner child” is the five-year-old self, an age when children are learning language and beginning to interact socially.

Howie encourages listeners to reflect on childhood experiences that may have made it difficult to speak freely, such as being told to stay quiet, discouraged from expressing emotions or needs, or asked to keep family secrets. The meditation is intended to help listeners reconnect with their younger selves and feel safer expressing themselves.

Meditation and Self-Care Practices

1. Settle in safely: Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and focus on the natural movement of your breath. Do not meditate while driving or operating machinery.
2. Relax your body: Imagine soothing golden energy moving from your head down through your body.
3. Meet your five-year-old self: Visualize the child and notice what they look like and how they might be feeling.
4. Offer reassurance and listen: Tell the child, “I’m here for you,” and invite them to share anything, including secrets. Remind them that they don’t have to carry their experiences alone.
5. Ask what support they want: Offer affection or a comforting position in a way that feels right to the child.
6. Reconnect: Imagine joining with the child as one, welcoming a renewed sense of wholeness and willingness to express your truth.
7. Journal or talk afterward: Write about the experience or share it with someone who will listen.
8. Write or draw with your non-dominant hand: Howie recommends this as a way to explore the feelings and awkwardness of being a young child learning to write and communicate.

Purpose, Identity, and Commitments

Howie describes purpose and identity as evolving rather than fixed: people can change, and what feels true or meaningful may shift over time. She encourages people to make thoughtful commitments by being clear before making a promise and making an effort to follow through.

Presenter/source: Vicky Howie of Chakra Boosters.