The sixth chakra, Ajna, is located in the area of the third eye, which is found in the space between the eyebrows. It encompasses the pituitary gland, eyes, head, and lower part of the brain. An invisible yet powerful third eye, this is your center of intuition. A spiritual chakra, which means “beyond wisdom,” Ajna leads you to an inner knowledge that will guide you if you let it. An open sixth chakra can enable clairvoyance, telepathy, lucid dreaming, expanded imagination, and visualization. Your Third Eye perceives what the five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound cannot and can act as an alarm and warn you of situations and more if you tune into it and exercise it regularly. For people more psychically and spiritually inclined, working on the Ajna opens up your Third Eye to sights beyond this realm, recognizing the sight of energy in our world, higher dimensions, spiritual beings, past lives, guided meditations, and more. Sometimes this means helping others as a psychic, medium, tarot reader, etc. More often, it is a means to help you with your soul’s own spiritual growth. This path should not be travelled lightly because it will change your understanding of the world and bring up truths you may not want to face.
Healing and Re-balancing your Third Eye Chakra
Just like any of the spiritual chakras the Third Eye is best balanced through meditation. Often, new meditators will report having a tingling feeling in the third eye or equate it to a headache. A tingling or pulsating sensation around the area of the third eye during or after meditation is a sign that you are opening this blocked chakra.
Meditation
A good breathing technique is called Brahmari or the bee breath. Doing this technique for two minutes or more will alleviate tension in the head and it works to open the sixth chakra.
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Yoga and Chanting
Poses can help to open the Third Eye Chakra Any where the forehead is pressed down is a good one for the sixth chakra. Try child’s pose (Balasana) with your forehead pressed to the floor or a yoga block. Dolphin pose is another helpful pose when you lift the head up to look toward the floor.
Please take advise from a Yoga specialist before embarking on such an exercise programme.
A wonderful way to open this fifth Chakra is by chanting, singing, humming, and reading aloud.The mantra sound for this Chakra is SHAM.
The colour of this Chakra is Indigo therefore wearing clothes of this colour or having decor or accessories around you will help to balance this Chakra.
Gemstones for the Third Eye Chakra are:
Sapphire Also considered a crystal for the Third Eye Chakra, Sapphire is wonderful for opening the three upper chakras (Throat, Third Eye, and Crown). In doing so it paves the way for clear and honest communications.
Lapis Lazuli A calming stone, Lapis Lazuli enables you to relax, harmonizing the bond between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Lapis Lazuli calms the mind so rational thought and objectivity – not stress or panic – guides all thoughts and actions. As a result, communication and perception are clearer and more reliable.
Iolite Strengthens the connection to your intuition and inner knowing, and is a powerful tool for astral travel, shamanic visions, guided meditations, and any form of visualization.
Please see our Gemstone section for products that can assist you with healing and balancing your Third Eye Chakra.