Speaking One’s Truth by Helen Frys
I was always such a shy quiet child. When I first started school, I never wanted to be seen or heard. That way I knew I would never get into trouble. Even if I knew the answers to the teacher's questions, I wouldn't put my hand up. That was way too scary, and I certainly didn't want to take the risk of being ridiculed and laughed at. No, I was never going to bring attention to myself. Wow, how things have changed! Far from being reserved, I now want to speak up and to teach. I've become an author; I run workshops and share my message. So how did I go from one extreme to the other?
found myself unable to breathe, I felt very uncomfortable and began choking and coughing. This was when I realized I had some serious issues here. So I breathed. I got in touch with my inner child. I used crystals and I meditated – all to help me let go of this fear that had me quite literally gripped by the throat. I studied the throat chakra, and found it was about expressing ourselves, expressing our truth, allowing spirit to have a channel for the energy to come to us, giving us physical vitality and energy to accomplish our purpose in life.
It was by going within and having a good, hard look at myself, at all those parts of me I didn't like or even loathed. By doing this, I gave myself the best gift ever. I gave myself the gift of self-love. But I've jumped ahead a bit here. So let's take a step back, to where it all began for me. It was in 1989 that I first discovered the power of the mind in a weekend seminar, how thoughts can become things and what we think about all day long is what we manifest. I was blown away by this new knowledge, and thus began my journey into personal development and metaphysics. Not long after that, I began working with a rebirther who became my friend and mentor for the next two years. She basically held my hand as I journeyed into the deepest, darkest parts of myself, and she gave me the courage to let go of such deep pain and replace it with love and light. My next phase was studying for a certificate in Spiritual and Holistic healing. My teacher became my mentor over the next four years. This was where I learnt about the chakras. And this was when I realized I had one incredibly blocked throat chakra. During a throat chakra meditation I literally
I also challenged myself to get up and speak in front of others. I was given the opportunity to teach the classes I had been taking, with the support and assistance of my teacher and mentor. I was so excited, but also so scared. The first class I was to teach, you wouldn't believe it, but I actually lost my voice. AAhh, repressed fear coming