Ajna Chakra
Sixth Chakra - Third Eye Chakra
The Chakra of Perception
Name: Ajna
Colour: Indigo or purple
Location: Located at the third eye in the centre of the forehead
Systems of the body: Expressed in mental healthy issues, sinuses, nose, ears, pituitary gland, eyes, brain. Malfunctions manifest as blindness, headaches, nightmares, eyestrain, and blurred vision.
| Aura: Spirit | Role: Sustainer/Saviour | Mental Correlative: Acting Spontaneously |
| Gland: Pituitary | Sacrament: Ordination | Mind Function: Self-responsibility |
| Element: Light/Time | Deals with: Insight | Health Care: Understanding stress |
| Sound: Om | Blocked by: Illusion | Physical Function: Adaptation |
| Archangel: Michael | Virtue: Kindness | Planet:Saturn |
| Purpose: I Reflect | Vice: Envy | Deity: Rama, Krishna, Jesus |
| Expression: I See | Grace: Understanding/Discernment | Energy: Love and Wisdom |
Plants associated with the ajna chakra:
| bacopa | fresh oat | passionflower |
| basil | ginkgo | poppy seed |
| blue vervain | gotu kola | rosemary |
| Blue Vervain | hops | rue |
| california poppy | Iris | sandalwood |
| carrot | jasmine | skullcap. |
| chickweed | juniper | star anise |
| Chives | lady’s slipper | Sweet Peas |
| clary sage | lavender | valerian |
| copal | Lupine | Verbena |
| damiana | Morning Glories | Violets |
| elecampane | Mugwort | wild indigo |
| eyebright | myrrh | Wild Onion |
| frankincense | Pansies | wormwood |
Indigo, a regal, dark blue-violet, is cool (yin) and calming. It is associated with our psychic awareness, intuition, and memory.
Indigo is soothing and antiseptic. It can help balance fear, frustration, and negative emotions; it helps one to be less aware of pain yet fully conscious. Use indigo for pain, poor motor skills, posture, menstrual irregularities, hair loss, and eye and ear disorders.
In foods, indigo appears as a blue with a black overtone, as in black beans, blackberries, or plums. Indigo foods are often good sources of Vitamin K and lycopene.
Indigo is inspiration, imagination and peace of mind. Similar to blue, indigo fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants and phyto-chemicals which help promote healthy function of the brain, pituitary gland, sinus, vocal cords and the lungs, as well as boosting the immune and respiratory systems.
Black Beans
Black Cherries
Black Currants
Black Olives
Black Raspberry
Black Soybeans
Blackberry
Boysenberries
Liriope Muscari (Evergreen Giant)
Plums
Prunes
Garden/Meditation Feature: Something that reminds you of intuition. e.g symbols such as OM, fibonacci spiral, vesica piscis, flower of life, tree of life, third eye, eye of horus, etc.
Crystals or Stones: Amethyst, lapis, quartz, sodalite, blue sapphire
Themes: Associated with intuition, thought, intuition, clairvoyant perception, light, colour, seeing, visualisation, imagination, vision, telepathic energy.
How to Balance this Chakra in other ways: Meditate, lay down with a crystal or a small pyramid on your forehead, visualise an indigo blue flame. Mandalas
