Behavioral Characteristics

• Expression, in particular ability to express your truth, to speak out

• Communication, whether it’s verbal or non-verbal, external or internal

• Connection with the etheric realm, the more subtle realms of spirit and intuitive abilities

• Propensity to create, projecting ideas and blueprints into reality

• Realizing your vocation, purpose

• Good sense of timing

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Imbalance

• Lack of control over one’s speech; speaking too much or inappropriately;

• Not being able to listen to others

• Excessive fear of speaking

• Small, imperceptible voice

• Not being able to keep secrets, to keep your word

• Telling lies

• On the opposite side, a closed throat chakra might manifest as excessive secretiveness or shyness

• Lack of connection with a vocation or purpose in life

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Physical Symptoms

• Chronic sore throat

• Frequent headaches

• Dental issues

• Mouth ulcers

• Hoarseness

• Thyroid problems

• Laryngitis

• Temporomandibular disorders of the jaw (commonly known as TMJ)

• Neck pain

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Emotions

Balanced

Relax, communicate freely, express ourselves, be who we are, honest, truthful, congruent; be silent and intuitive

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Imbalance

Fear of speaking; powerless to speak out; fear of being judged, rejected, which can lead to feeling out of control, hurt, sad, negative and resentful; inability to express thoughts; shyness; inconsistency in speech and actions; social anxiety; inhibited creativity; stubbornness; detachment