The Chakra System: Third Eye
About Ajna
- Colour: INDIGO
- Sanskrit Name: Ajna (to perceive)
- Element: Light (Luminescence)
- Location: Brow (centre of the head, slightly above eye level)
- Glands: Pineal
- Purpose: Pattern recognition
- Base Issues: Intuition, imagination
- Orientation to Self: Self-reflection
- Identity: Archetypal
- Right: To see
- Demon: Illusion
- Addictions: Hallucinogens, marijuana
- Developmental Stage: Adolescence
- Mantra: Seed sound Om (Ohm), resonant sound Mmmm
- Hindu Deities: Shakti Hakini, Paramasiva (form of Shiva), Krishna
- Yoga Path: Yantra yoga
Balanced Characteristics
- Intuitive
- Perceptive
- Imaginative
- Good memory
- Ability to recall dreams
- Able to think symbolically
- Ability to visualize
Healing Practices for the Third Eye Chakra
- Create visual arts, visual stimulation
- Meditation
- Psychotherapy such as art therapy, working with memory, drawing parallels between image and feeling, dreamwork, hypnosis, guided visualizations, past life regression therapy
Deficiency in the Third Eye Chakra
- Insensitivity, poor vision, poor memory, inability to look into the future, denial
Excess in the Third Eye Chakra
- Hallucinations, delusions, obsessions, difficulty concentrating, nightmares
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