Theme: I Talk
Acknowledging our impacts
Chapter 2: Expression & Posture
How is expressing yourself different from communicating? Well for one, communication implies information has transferred correctly from a source to a receptive audience. This can be in the outside world, such as telling someone to meet you at a location at a certain time, and they confirm they understood you. Or it can be your own internal communication, such as your mouth telling your brain it’s a little dry, and your brain telling your body to get up and drink some water. Expression implies reducing a large quantity of something or a big idea down into a quick, obvious burst, regardless of an audience. I’m a fan of cocktails, and I love the term “express the garnish” where you cut a tiny, beautiful piece of citrus rind, and twist it or squish it juuusst right so that it sprays out an oily aromatic plume of itself that gets all over your fingers and your drink. Even if you throw out the rind afterwards, you can tell it was there. It’s left its mark.
When the throat chakra is out of balance, it’s damn near impossible to speak honestly about our feelings or desires, or to expose any vulnerability. We feel silenced, and we deeply fear judgement for anything we might do that would draw attention to ourselves. We hunch down and hide ourselves. If we can’t be perfect then we shouldn’t try at all. There’s a paralyzing fear of unknown consequences, with or without a reason. But remember: expression doesn’t have to involve communication, a receptive audience, or any audience at all. It could just be a great big feeling you reduce down to a quick, obvious burst. It can be released in your words. Or it can be art, or your actions, activities, cooking, clothing, hair, tattoos, nail polish, a bumper sticker, decorating your house, or driving out to a canyon and bellowing primal screams. When you can’t express yourself, you may feel like you’re living with a lump in your throat. You want to say something, but choke on your words. And when they can’t come out you might cry or yell or panic-spiral or throw things instead. You block your desired expression, and less desirable ones burst out in its place. So if something is going to present no matter what you do, what do you want an expression of yourself to be?
“People act two different ways when they are hurt. People who cover up and hide the wound and let it fester. People who show their wounds and grow like trees.” – Love Alarm, Season 2 Ep. 3
This week’s stretches are all about posture. Go drink a little water, put your face out in the sun, plant your feet steady on the ground, and grow.
Posture part 1 – laying example
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