My Blue Voice
A chakra poem
Monday night yoga
chakra meditation —
my choice is blue
throat-blue,
voice-blue,
being-loud-and-proud-blue,
for not being timid when
speaking my truth,
for not letting others
speak for me,
for choosing authenticity
over propriety,
for finding the roar of my youth
and setting it free in old age,
for telling the world
I haven’t left yet.
This throat chakra meditation was my favorite during the yoga class I used to attend (on a haitus now). It worked. I found my voice and am expressing myself here on Medium, as well as other places in life. I still use the meditation when I am afraid to say what I need to say, when my writing doesn’t flow, when I see injustice and have to be bold and brazen, and when I need to share bad or disappointing news.
The meditation itself is simple. I close my eyes, chant a few Aums to center myself, then I imagine my throat is a natural, warm, vibrant blue color. I see my tongue and mouth and the escaping words as blue. The words hang in the air —…
