Third Eye Chakra (Ajna)

Color: Indigo

Position: Brow

Focus: “I See” and “Seek Only The Truth”

Crystals: tanzanite, sapphire, lapis lazuli

Rights: to see

Developmental Stage: adolescence

Demon: illusion

Key Words: intuition, imagination

Connections: 

1. Chakra of the Mind (Eastern religion): lessons related to mind, intuition, insight, and wisdom
2. Sacrament of Ordination (Christianity): to receive or bestow the grace to make sacred one’s path of service
3. Sefiroh of Binah and Hokhmah (Kabbalah): Binah is the energy of the Divine mother, representing understanding and the intelligence of God. Hokhmah is the energy of wisdom and the contact point between the Divine mind and human thought

Issues: image, intuition, imagination, visualization, insight, dreams, vision, self-evaluation, truth, openness to the ideas of others

Excess: Too much energy inward causes an over bombardment of psychic input which diminishes clear seeing.

• SIGNS: hallucinations, delusions, obsessions, difficulty concentrating, nightmares

Deficiency: Unable to see out. Self-reflection is narrow and egotistical.

• SIGNS: insensitivity, poor vision, poor memory, difficulty seeing future, lack of imagination, difficulty visualizing, poor dream recall, denial, mono-polarized (one true right and only way)

Balance: intuitive, perceptive, imaginative, good memory, good dream recall, able to think symbolically, able to visualize

Physical Effects: vision problems, headaches, neurological disturbances, full spinal difficulties, learning disabilities, seizures

• SPECIFIC: brain tumour/hemorrhage/stroke, blindness, deafness

Healings & Meditations: create visual art, visual stimulation, meditation, psychotherapy (colouring and drawing, art therapy, working with memory, connecting image with feeling, dreamwork, hypnosis, guided visualization, past life regression therapy)

1. Visualize an indigo, five-pointed star between your eyebrows - Let each of these points represent wisdom, knowledge, discernment, imagination and intuition. Picture these 5 characteristics flowing into you life. Imagine the colour indigo filling you up and centering you. Allow this light to bring peace and calm into you and your life.
2. Dream Work - Dreams are very intuitive and, a lot of the time, they show you your unconscious thoughts and feelings. They can portray very important messages that can help you move toward your life’s purpose. Paying close attention to your dreams opens up your third eye. If you’re having trouble accessing or remembering your dreams, follow these steps:
1. Make an affirmation that you will say every night before falling asleep that says that you will remember your dreams.
2. Review your day from start to finish before falling asleep.
3. Upon waking up, review any dreams you might remember without moving your body position. If you have already moved, it may help to remember the dream by returning to the same body position you were in while having the dream.
4. Every morning, write down anything you remember about your dreams. Evaluate the meaning behind each dream. What feelings arose within the dream? What objects were there in your dream? Could they symbolically represent an aspect of your life? The more you pay attention to your dreams, and your subconscious mind, the easier it’ll be to remember them.
5. Vitamin B or melatonin can help with remembering dreams.
3. Encouraging & Improving Visualization - For those who have difficulties visualizing images or scenarios through your mind’s eye, try these techniques:
• Visual Art: Draw each chakra as it feels to you. Evaluate the drawings to see what needs work and be aware of the energy of each chakra in regards to what you drew.
• Collages: If drawing doesn’t appeal to you, try making a collage based on a certain topic or situation relevant to you. Meditate using this collage and add to it as you continue to change and grow.
• Mandalas: Make a mandala for each chakra with the corresponding colour. Use each mandala to meditate with when focusing on the specific chakra.
4. Creative Visualization - This technique is used for visualizing the things we want to manifest into our lives. Start by meditating and visualizing the situation you want to manifest. Absorb your bodies responses and feelings into your chakras. Imagine yourself already in that situation, don’t make an effort to visualize it. Once you have successfully visualized and felt the situation, let it go. Picture it being released from your thoughts into the universe where it will manifest.
5. Guided Visualization - Lay on your back and let yourself fall into a meditative state. Have a friend, or listen to a recording, read or tell a story specific to the situation of your choice.  The story must have a resolution where the healing takes place. Visualize the story through your mind’s eye as you hear it and let yourself feel and explore it. Experience it through your body and mind.