Third Eye Chakra

What the third eye chakra governs

Also called the third eye chakra, this energy point lies on the forehead between the brows. Its being blocked can show in symptoms such as headaches, disturbances in sight and hearing and difficulty concentrating. Not only physically but spiritually, people who dislike listening to others, take what they know as absolutely right, do not trust their intuition and cannot see the bigger picture are assumed to have an imbalance here. It sits between the brows. When consciousness reaches the level of the ajna chakra it is freed from the influence of the five elements: the mind is purified, consciousness is transformed and the spiritual side of existence is perceived. A person is cleared of material wants; compassion and forgiveness develop. It is connected to the pineal gland. This chakra is the centre of mental powers, intellectual capacity, memory and will; its element is manas, mental energy. Dreams and visualisation happen here; it is the centre of imagining and perceiving. When it is active the mind is awake and the imagination alive; the capacity to focus increases and plans are easily carried out.

Signs it is out of balance

A person becomes over-attached to their own reasoning, loses flexibility of thought and avoids taking risks. Physically the classic complaints are: not listening to the truth, lack of foresight, memory trouble and low mood.

Working with it

The traditional approach combines posture work, breathing, meditation and stones: coral and agate are the crystals most often used for the third eye chakra. None of this replaces medical treatment - it sits alongside it.