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I want to talk about something that doesn’t get discussed enough when people are trying to develop light language: your fifth chakra, also known as your throat chakra, and the possible blockages that can manifest there.

The fifth chakra is tied to your second chakra, the sacral; that’s your seat of creativity and sensuality. The fifth chakra is where that creativity actually gets expressed, through voice, writing, singing, any form of expression really. So if there’s a block here, it’s going to impede your ability to develop your light language gift, because that gift needs a clear channel to come through.

It helps to know which direction your imbalance runs. If this chakra is undercharged, you might need to work on strengthening your voice. That often looks like getting more familiar with who you actually are, understanding your own personal truth, so you can stand firmer in yourself and speak with more confidence and honesty. If you tend to bite your tongue, hold back, stay quiet out of fear of retribution or judgment or just standing out, that’s worth looking at.

On the other end, if it’s overcharged, you might notice yourself talking too much, sharing too much, or channeling too much energy there without it being in balance with your other centers.

There’s a third condition too, one I don’t think gets talked about enough. I call it still or blocked. This is different from undercharged, it’s when you’ve actually silenced yourself. Usually this comes from someone in your life telling you, directly or indirectly, that you weren’t meant to be heard, that your voice had no value, or maybe you felt attacked every time you did speak up. If your fifth chakra is truly blocked like this, this might be a situation where working with an energy healer can help. It can jump start that center opening back up and help you move through the unprocessed emotions that caused it to close in the first place.

I can speak to this personally too. I was a pretty vocal kid, but somewhere along the way I shut that down. It took years of working through it, releasing fear of judgment, releasing the fear of drawing attention to myself, before I could really clear that center. And it wasn’t until I did that work that my own sound healing gifts started to develop at all. So I say all of this not as theory, but as something I’ve actually lived through. That clearing had to happen before anything else could come through.

A few free practices that can help with the undercharged or overcharged states, even though they sound simple:

Journaling. Five or ten minutes a day. Write how you feel, just your emotions, nothing more. If you don’t have much to say, pick one word for how you felt that day. The goal isn’t the writing itself, it’s recognizing and expressing what’s there so it doesn’t stay stuck in your field weighing you down. This journal is a dumping ground, anger, jealousy, bitterness, all the stuff we don’t say out loud but still carry. It’s not for rereading. When you’re done, bless it and throw it away, or burn it in a little ceremony. Get the cheap paperback notebooks, fifty or eighty pages, you’ll fill them fast and there’s something really cathartic about letting them go. If writing isn’t your thing, voice notes work the same way, say what you feel, then delete it with a small blessing when you’re done.

Singing. Not performing, just making noise because you like to. Start quiet if you need to, shower, car, wherever you’re alone. The clearer this chakra is, the easier it becomes to express yourself. If you’ve ever felt something so strongly that all you could do was cry instead of say it, that’s not a flaw, it can just mean there’s a lot built up in there that hasn’t found its way out yet.

Drawing or painting. This is another form of expression, and for anyone who’s drawn to creating art, it can be a really powerful outlet. The caveat here is the same as with journaling: try to draw or paint how you feel, not what you think it should look like. It’s not about the finished piece, it’s about the expression and release of whatever emotion is moving through you in that moment.

All three of these practices clear that energy center, and in my experience, that clearing is what makes room for your light language and other spiritual gifts to develop further.

Have you noticed your own throat chakra running undercharged, overcharged, or blocked? What’s helped you work through it?

No doubt you’ve heard about the seven main chakras of the human energy field. But have you taken the time to learn about the eighth?

Let’s start with what’s called the stellar gateway. This is the doorway between your crown chakra and your eighth chakra, sometimes called the soul star. It’s where divine light and energy from the eighth chakra filters down through your crown and moves through the rest of your body. When you fully open to it, you let go and allow that light, sometimes described as a white ray, to fill you and carry you into higher realms.

The symbol connected to this chakra is called the divine seed, or the blue pearl. There’s an old Indian tradition that speaks of a tiny blue light said to be the key to life itself. That light activates once your crown chakra has been opened.

As for color, the eighth chakra is associated with ultraviolet light, which we can’t actually see with normal vision. If you try to picture it, think of a deep violet with green spiraling bands moving through it.

If you’re working with this chakra, there are some higher vibrational crystals that can support you, clear quartz, selenite, and amethyst are good ones to start with if you’re new to this. One thing I’ll say clearly: if you’re opening your eighth chakra, protect your energy. Take clearing baths whenever you feel like something’s impacted you, this center can leave you more sensitive to psychic energy than you’re used to.

So what does it actually mean to open this chakra? The eighth is where higher spiritual perception and deep wisdom live. Working here can bring real change, personally and professionally. You start to move beyond the small self and feel a pull toward something bigger, often a genuine desire to help heal the planet.

When this chakra is closed, you might feel disconnected. Separate from the larger community around you, unclear on your soul’s purpose.
This is also the chakra that holds your karmic residue, old patterns and behaviors you’ve carried with you from other lifetimes. As your consciousness expands beyond this one life, part of the work here is releasing what keeps you clinging to old patterns and cycling on the wheel of reincarnation. Opening the eighth chakra means letting go of the small self and connecting with the larger one, the self that’s part of the whole universe.

If you’ve already got spiritual gifts developing, this is often where you gain access to the Akashic records, the record of lessons you’ve carried from past lives. This is also where you’re likely to meet spiritual guides, angels, and ascended masters, and where your psychic gifts tend to accelerate. Ultimately, it’s the doorway to your higher self, and where you start to understand your soul’s contract and true life purpose.

Has anyone worked with their eighth chakra before, or is this the first you’re hearing about it? I’d love to know what you’ve experienced or if you have any questions.

No doubt you’ve heard about the seven main chakras of the human energy field. But have you taken the time to learn about the eighth?

Let’s start with what’s called the stellar gateway. This is the doorway between your crown chakra and your eighth chakra, sometimes called the soul star. It’s where divine light and energy from the eighth chakra filters down through your crown and moves through the rest of your body. When you fully open to it, you let go and allow that light, sometimes described as a white ray, to fill you and carry you into higher realms.

The symbol connected to this chakra is called the divine seed, or the blue pearl. There’s an old Indian tradition that speaks of a tiny blue light said to be the key to life itself. That light activates once your crown chakra has been opened.

As for color, the eighth chakra is associated with ultraviolet light, which we can’t actually see with normal vision. If you try to picture it, think of a deep violet with green spiraling bands moving through it.

If you’re working with this chakra, there are some higher vibrational crystals that can support you, clear quartz, selenite, and amethyst are good ones to start with if you’re new to this. One thing I’ll say clearly: if you’re opening your eighth chakra, protect your energy. Take clearing baths whenever you feel like something’s impacted you, this center can leave you more sensitive to psychic energy than you’re used to.

So what does it actually mean to open this chakra? The eighth is where higher spiritual perception and deep wisdom live. Working here can bring real change, personally and professionally. You start to move beyond the small self and feel a pull toward something bigger, often a genuine desire to help heal the planet.

When this chakra is closed, you might feel disconnected. Separate from the larger community around you, unclear on your soul’s purpose.
This is also the chakra that holds your karmic residue, old patterns and behaviors you’ve carried with you from other lifetimes. As your consciousness expands beyond this one life, part of the work here is releasing what keeps you clinging to old patterns and cycling on the wheel of reincarnation. Opening the eighth chakra means letting go of the small self and connecting with the larger one, the self that’s part of the whole universe.

If you’ve already got spiritual gifts developing, this is often where you gain access to the Akashic records, the record of lessons you’ve carried from past lives. This is also where you’re likely to meet spiritual guides, angels, and ascended masters, and where your psychic gifts tend to accelerate. Ultimately, it’s the doorway to your higher self, and where you start to understand your soul’s contract and true life purpose.

Has anyone worked with their eighth chakra before, or is this the first you’re hearing about it? I’d love to know what you’ve experienced or if you have any questions.

No doubt you’ve heard about the seven main chakras of the human energy field. But have you taken the time to learn about the eighth?

Let’s start with what’s called the stellar gateway. This is the doorway between your crown chakra and your eighth chakra, sometimes called the soul star. It’s where divine light and energy from the eighth chakra filters down through your crown and moves through the rest of your body. When you fully open to it, you let go and allow that light, sometimes described as a white ray, to fill you and carry you into higher realms.

The symbol connected to this chakra is called the divine seed, or the blue pearl. There’s an old Indian tradition that speaks of a tiny blue light said to be the key to life itself. That light activates once your crown chakra has been opened.

As for color, the eighth chakra is associated with ultraviolet light, which we can’t actually see with normal vision. If you try to picture it, think of a deep violet with green spiraling bands moving through it.

If you’re working with this chakra, there are some higher vibrational crystals that can support you, clear quartz, selenite, and amethyst are good ones to start with if you’re new to this. One thing I’ll say clearly: if you’re opening your eighth chakra, protect your energy. Take clearing baths whenever you feel like something’s impacted you, this center can leave you more sensitive to psychic energy than you’re used to.

So what does it actually mean to open this chakra? The eighth is where higher spiritual perception and deep wisdom live. Working here can bring real change, personally and professionally. You start to move beyond the small self and feel a pull toward something bigger, often a genuine desire to help heal the planet.

When this chakra is closed, you might feel disconnected. Separate from the larger community around you, unclear on your soul’s purpose.
This is also the chakra that holds your karmic residue, old patterns and behaviors you’ve carried with you from other lifetimes. As your consciousness expands beyond this one life, part of the work here is releasing what keeps you clinging to old patterns and cycling on the wheel of reincarnation. Opening the eighth chakra means letting go of the small self and connecting with the larger one, the self that’s part of the whole universe.

If you’ve already got spiritual gifts developing, this is often where you gain access to the Akashic records, the record of lessons you’ve carried from past lives. This is also where you’re likely to meet spiritual guides, angels, and ascended masters, and where your psychic gifts tend to accelerate. Ultimately, it’s the doorway to your higher self, and where you start to understand your soul’s contract and true life purpose.

Has anyone worked with their eighth chakra before, or is this the first you’re hearing about it? I’d love to know what you’ve experienced or if you have any questions.

I work with a lot of seekers who are searching for connection to something higher, something real, something theirs. And one thing that comes up again and again is this quiet ache: a longing to feel anchored, to know how to listen for guidance, to feel held and aligned in the middle of life’s chaos.

And when I ask, "Do you have a spiritual practice?" they pause. Sometimes there’s a small laugh, sometimes a nervous shrug, sometimes a quick, "I mean, I know I should..."

In all honesty, most of us already have a spiritual practice. We just haven’t been taught to see it that way.

**What is a spiritual practice?**

I hear this question a lot, especially from those who feel disconnected but long for something deeper.

There’s a difference between a routine, a practice, and a ritual. A routine is something you do regularly, a practice is something you intend to do, and a ritual is something you view as sacred.

The morning cup of coffee while staring out the window? That can be a spiritual practice. A walk in the woods while talking to the trees? Sacred. Lighting a candle before bed and whispering, "thank you" to the day? That’s a ritual.

It’s not about how it looks on the outside. It’s how it feels inside.

**My journey creating a spiritual practice**

When I first started exploring spirituality, I didn’t have a background in religion or ceremony. All the things that seemed "spiritual" felt so foreign to me: prayer, meditation, chanting, even lighting a candle with intention. I didn’t know the "right" way to begin.

So I started small. In the mornings, I began speaking to my guides. I’d thank them for watching over me and ask for their wisdom, protection, and love for the day. That was it. And over time, it became second nature.

Then I explored other things like meditation, breathwork, lighting incense, creating cozy spaces that felt sacred just because I said they were. Some practices stuck. Others came and went. That was okay too.

**Today, my spiritual practice looks like this:**

When I wake up, I speak to my guides. I open my window shades and say hello to the plants, the birds, the bugs. It might sound silly, but it connects me to the living world, and that brings me joy. Joy is sacred.

I sit in silence, check in with my energy, and move through my chakras, pausing at each one. I ask, What do I feel here? What do I need? I might sing, tone, or speak light language. It depends on what comes through.

**The practice is what you make it**

Your spiritual practice doesn’t need to be long or elaborate. It doesn’t need to include crystals or candles or chanting in Sanskrit. It just needs to be honest, intentional, and yours.

You can be sipping coffee while watching the sunrise or walking barefoot in the grass or journaling your dreams before bed. If it brings you closer to your Self, it matters.

And if it helps you feel connected to God, Spirit, your ancestors, the Earth, or your higher self—even better.

**Let It Be Yours**

You don’t need permission. But if it helps: you are allowed to create rituals that make sense to you. You are allowed to speak to your guides in the car. To sing to your plants. To light a candle and cry. To give thanks while stirring soup. To let your practice change as you change.

**Try this: a morning ritual for alignment**

If you’re not sure where to begin, here’s a simple morning ritual you can make your own:

✨ Open a window or light a candle to symbolize welcoming in fresh energy.

✨ Place your hand on your heart and take three deep, grounding breaths.

✨ Speak an intention aloud, such as: "Today, I choose to move with clarity and grace."

✨ Sit in silence or place your awareness on your breath for 1-3 minutes.

✨ Close with a moment of gratitude or a soft smile to yourself.

That’s it. Let it be simple, sacred, and yours. And maybe the most sacred thing of all is knowing you can always come back to yourself.

**Deepening work: journal prompts** 📝

1. ⁠What does the idea of a spiritual practice bring up for me emotionally, mentally, or physically?
2. ⁠What small moments in my daily life already feel sacred, grounding, or connected to something greater?
3. ⁠What would it look like if I were to create a spiritual practice that felt entirely mine—with no rules or expectations?
4. ⁠Take what resonates. Leave the rest. Your spiritual path is your own, unfolding with every breath.

Hello lovelies! 👋 I’ve created an energy healing community just for sharing light language experiences, gifts, questions, mentorship, etc. and I’d love for this interested to join. r/lightlanguagehealing

It’s worth saying it again: you are allowed to be angry, to be scared, to grieve, to burn with feelings so deep and visceral that you question how you’re gonna be “normal” again. This is being human, this is part of our learning. The trick is not to get stuck there. Learn to anchor your rage into the earth and transmute it into power so that when the times for action comes YOU ARE READY.

So I never really set out to speak light language, honestly I hadn’t even heard of it before I started doing it. I’d been training in energy healing for like three or four years at that point, doing weekly practice sessions, just building that muscle. And I think I just got to a point where my spiritual gifts were able to develop more.

I think I’ve always been a vocal person, if I’m honest. Like as a kid. But somewhere along the way I shut that down. So a lot of my personal work over the years was about having a voice, using it, being heard, being validated. Releasing the fear of judgment, the fear of drawing attention to myself. And I think clearing all of that is what cleared my throat chakra enough for the sound healing stuff to actually start coming through.

It didn’t start as a language though. It started as sound. And it wasn’t really a choice, it was more of a compulsion, kind of like when you feel a sneeze coming and you know it’s better to just let it happen than try to hold it back. I’d feel that energy building during sessions and I just needed to let it out.

For about a year I was pretty embarrassed about it honestly. I’d warn clients ahead of time, like “hey just so you know I do this weird thing, don’t be alarmed.” Trying to bring them along with me while I figured out what this even was.

It wasn’t until a group healing at a retreat that a colleague said “wait, I didn’t know you practiced light language” and that was the first time I’d even heard the term. So I went and looked into it, and what I found online wasn’t really what I do. A lot of it’s used for channeling or transmissions, and mine feels different, it’s healing focused. Feels like it’s just mine, maybe from star family lineage somewhere back in my soul’s history, but also really rooted in the earth at the same time. I try not to overthink where it’s from these days. I just try to stay in the space where it can come through naturally.

Did your gifts show up gradually like mine did, or was there a specific moment things clicked for you?

I work with a lot of seekers who are searching for connection to something higher, something real, something *theirs*. And one thing that comes up again and again is this quiet ache: a longing to feel anchored, to know how to listen for guidance, to feel held and aligned in the middle of life’s chaos.

And when I ask, "Do you have a spiritual practice?" they pause. Sometimes there’s a small laugh, sometimes a nervous shrug, sometimes a quick, "I mean, I know I should..."

In all honesty, most of us already *have* a spiritual practice. We just haven’t been taught to see it that way.

# What is a spiritual practice?

I hear this question a lot, especially from those who feel disconnected but long for something deeper.

**There’s a difference between a routine, a practice, and a ritual.** A routine is something you do regularly, a practice is something you intend to do, and a ritual is something you view as sacred.

The morning cup of coffee while staring out the window? That can be a spiritual practice. A walk in the woods while talking to the trees? Sacred. Lighting a candle before bed and whispering, "thank you" to the day? That’s a ritual.

It’s not about how it looks on the outside. It’s how it feels inside.

# My journey creating a spiritual practice

When I first started exploring spirituality, I didn’t have a background in religion or ceremony. All the things that seemed "spiritual" felt so foreign to me: prayer, meditation, chanting, even lighting a candle with intention. I didn’t know the "right" way to begin.

So I started small. In the mornings, I began speaking to my guides. I’d thank them for watching over me and ask for their wisdom, protection, and love for the day. That was it. And over time, it became second nature.

Then I explored other things like meditation, breathwork, lighting incense, creating cozy spaces that felt sacred just because *I said they were*. Some practices stuck. Others came and went. That was okay too.

# Today, my spiritual practice looks like this:

When I wake up, I speak to my guides. I open my window shades and say hello to the plants, the birds, the bugs. It might sound silly, but it connects me to the living world, and that brings me joy. Joy is sacred.

I sit in silence, check in with my energy, and move through my chakras, pausing at each one. I ask, *What do I feel here? What do I need?* I might sing, tone, or speak light language. It depends on what comes through.

# The practice is what you make it

Your spiritual practice doesn’t need to be long or elaborate. It doesn’t need to include crystals or candles or chanting in Sanskrit. It just needs to be honest, intentional, and yours.

You can be sipping coffee while watching the sunrise or walking barefoot in the grass or journaling your dreams before bed. If it brings you closer to your Self, it matters.

And if it helps you feel connected to God, Spirit, your ancestors, the Earth, or your higher self—even better.

# Let It Be Yours

You don’t need permission. But if it helps: you are allowed to create rituals that make sense to *you*. You are allowed to speak to your guides in the car. To sing to your plants. To light a candle and cry. To give thanks while stirring soup. To let your practice change as *you* change.

**Try this: a morning ritual for alignment**

If you’re not sure where to begin, here’s a simple morning ritual you can make your own:

✨ **Open a window or light a candle** to symbolize welcoming in fresh energy.

✨ **Place your hand on your heart** and take three deep, grounding breaths.

✨ **Speak an intention aloud**, such as: *"Today, I choose to move with clarity and grace."*

✨ **Sit in silence or place your awareness on your breath** for 1-3 minutes.

✨ **Close with a moment of gratitude** or a soft smile to yourself.

That’s it. Let it be simple, sacred, and yours. And maybe the most sacred thing of all is knowing you can always come back to yourself.



# Deepening work: journal prompts 📝

1. What does the idea of a spiritual practice bring up for me emotionally, mentally, or physically?

2. What small moments in my daily life already feel sacred, grounding, or connected to something greater?

3. What would it look like if I were to create a spiritual practice that felt entirely mine—with no rules or expectations?

4. Take what resonates. Leave the rest. Your spiritual path is your own, unfolding with every breath.

Reading someone’s question about self-loathing a few weeks ago brought back some memories.

I remember living that way. When I was deep in my self-loathing, there was this track that constantly played in my head affirming all the reasons I hated myself. I “knew” I was unworthy. Nobody could convince me otherwise because, to me, it wasn’t a belief. It was just true.

I never thought to question any of it until I read some book about connecting with your younger self.

I can’t remember the title, but the idea appealed to me because I could remember being happy as a kid, and I wanted that feeling back. At the time, I was lonely, exhausted, and in so much pain thinking about a life lived alone.

The book had some exercise where you imagined yourself today interacting with your younger self. How would you speak to them? How would you care for them? How would you protect them?

Idk. Something about that exercise completely undid me.

I remember feeling this overwhelming sense of love and protectiveness toward that little girl, and then realizing she was me and all the horrible things I’d said to her over the years.

That realization broke my heart. i cried for about a week. Then I got really depressed.

I was so heavy with the realization of what I’d been doing to myself, I couldn’t see a way out. Looking back, I think I was hating myself for hating myself. Weird to see that now.

I don’t recall how I got out of that space but I do remember talking back to the thoughts - out loud.

I started creating space between me and the voice in my head that was constantly tearing me down. I separated her from me, as weird as that sounds. Over time there were two voices living in my head. The one that hated me and the one that was learning how to care for me.

eventually one became stronger than the other.

The “mean girl” is still there. I think she probably always will be. But her voice is less than a whisper now, and mostly serves as a reminder of how far I’ve come.

I think that’s what people mean when they talk about integrating your shadow. Not getting rid of it, but bringing it into the light so you can see it clearly

Sometimes what we think is a monster is really just a sheet draped over a chair making a scary shape.

Anyway, reading that question brought all of this back.

It’s strange to think how much changed once I finally started questioning the things I’d always assumed were true.