Yoga Journal - Yoga Well-Being - Enchanted Voices
The larynx, Hands says, is located in the fifth, or communication, chakra, which includes the neck, jaw, shoulders, and ears. His patients tend to have tenderness and pain there because they're using these muscles, rather than the diaphragm, to power the larynx. But to move vocal production down where it belongs, he believes, they must resolve buried conflicts in the lower chakras, particularly in the fourth, or heart, chakra, which governs relationships. "This is the area where we carry our baggage," Hands says. "Problems growing up. Mothers, fathers, siblings, spouses, colleagues."
The larynx, Hands says, is located in the fifth, or communication, chakra, which includes the neck, jaw, shoulders, and ears. His patients tend to have tenderness and pain there because they're using these muscles, rather than the diaphragm, to power the larynx. But to move vocal production down where it belongs, he believes, they must resolve buried conflicts in the lower chakras, particularly in the fourth, or heart, chakra, which governs relationships. "This is the area where we carry our baggage," Hands says. "Problems growing up. Mothers, fathers, siblings, spouses, colleagues."
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