Hi Infinitelove

"An amazing thing occurred! It was conveyed to me that I'd lost my sense of power. Yes, power. This gland is located at the Power center of the body...or so I've been led to understand... the Throat chakra...where we voice our power. At the age of 54, I feel that so much has shifted as a result of being a woman at this age. I 'know' it's societal programming, yet it has been drummed into my head that as a woman loses her youth, ergo, her power."

That makes you a very sensitive person!

Emotional/mental aspects of poor functioning thyroid gland are about giving up on yourself and feeling hopelessly stiffled. Also feeling some sort of humiliation because you feel you never get to do what you want to do. Also, there's a sense that you're at the back of the queue and you're not going to get your turn.

This is what you can do to change the energetic flow:

1. You move beyond your old limitations by creating a new set of beliefs with new rules that wholly support YOU. Write them down - what do the rules need to be in order for you to feel your power again? what new beliefs must you have?

2. Hold your hand over the thyroid regularly, speak to it, tell it how much you LOVE it. Ask it to heal, because love heals.

3. Tell your thyroid gland you totally forgive it for what has happenend, plus ask it for forgiveness for all the negative thoughts you have had because of it. Tell it you are ready to start again.

4. While you hold your hand over your thyroid, close your eyes and imagine healing golden light being emanated through your hand to your thyroid area.

5. And every day, speak to it, like you already know how to. Ask it, "what can I do to serve YOU today?" and obey - for your mind and body already knows the answer, you only need pose the question and listen.

Bless you on your healing journey!
Maya

Bathing in cold water is helpful. Kelp might be a good a good thing to take. Read that taking four drops of Iodine a day is helpful. Swimming in sea water helps.

"At the age of 54, I feel that so much has shifted as a result of being a woman at this age. I 'know' it's societal programming, yet it has been drummed into my head that as a woman loses her youth, ergo, her power."

IL --

When I read this I was reminded of a couple of things.

First, a friend told me once that thyroid problems in women are a symptom of "voicelessness" -- which is what you sort of said in your post. And here especially around men, which is where many women most feel the loss of youth = loss of power "connection."

I was also reminded of a different friend's book. ("The Ecstatic Journey," by Sophy Burnham.) In it she discusses how women achieve great power and spirituality beginning around their 40s. I have not read it for several years so am relying upon memory, but this really clicked with me when I read it. Sophy has written before on the saints, and one point she makes in the EJ is that if you look at the lives of the female saints, you see that a lot of them have their great spiritual breakthroughs in their 40s. (There are many who commit to God in early adolescence, too, leaving that big childbearing-years time in the middle as maybe a time when God knows we are too busy to do much else!)

I have always looked at 40 as the time when women really hit their stride. I have had some good role models along those lines, but apart from that I think wisdom, experience, and spiritual nature can really coalesce and help move us into a place of power as women. Not compared to men or to younger women, but as ourselves. And I think one of the challenges or gifts of the 40s and 50s is to find a "voice." I wonder if we do that, how our thyroid will react...

Just some thoughts. Thanks for an interesting topic to think about. I always enjoy your (and your husband's) posts!

Laura
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Actually it is good to lose your sense of power if:

1.you have been one that has used will to squelch others
2. to have the outcome in the way you want it
3. had or have so much ego in your physical body that you use it to influence

It is not unusual that this transformation would occur in your 50's, when you have enough security in who you are to let go of power. I came into mine and left it all in the 50's.

You are reliving a karmic stage in your life, where you have learned it is time to let go of power and see the design that was meant for you without any interference from force or power.

If you are sensitive you can feel the power "pushing" through the solar plexus, which is most likely diverting the flow up through the heart and throat and pineal gland.

Yes the throat chakra is very special, most of society (that is aware) is moving into heart centered living- no power there, none needed. The next stop is the throat chakra which needs a little juice to speak the truth (kindly)

Power is a force that requires the old chaos into order into chaos, or the for every action there is an equal reciprocation- this is the energy of karma

If you can have pateince with your "lack of power" and picture you light bodies carressing you, the angels holding you, the whisper of the brath and hands of love all around you..you may feel supported in you time of transition

Congrats

well ive not been on this forum before, (so apologies if someone has allready said this,) and find your replies very interesting, but for me at age 57 and having had chronic fatigue for 10 years, and only 3 yrs ago diagnosed as hypothyroid and tried most of the armour etc stuff which I felt gave me a false sort of energy which I was not happy with, so continued searching, and started Liver Flushing according to Andreas Moritz 6 months ago with amazing resuts, Andreas says flushing kick starts underactive thyroid and I would say it has for me.