Chakra 6 — Brow

·        Primary Focus — Intuition & Self-Reflection

·        Sacred truth of the Mind chakra — Seek Only the Truth

·        Petals — Two energy vortices

·        Element — Light (some say Ether)

·        Sanskrit Name & Meaning — Ajna, (to perceive, to know)

·        Purpose — Pattern recognition

·        Color — Indigo

·        Location — Forehead, brow, carotid plexus

·        Identity — Archetypal

·        Archetype — Seer

·        Demon — Illusion

·        Developmental Stage — Adolescence

·        Developmental Task — Establishment of personal identity, ability to perceive patterns

·        Basic Rights — The right to see

·        Function — Be an inspiration to others

Note — Also known as the Third Eye, this is the energy center is where mind and spirit meet within the physical context. The energy from this point spreads into every cell of the body. All other chakras are dependent upon and rule by this energy center.

Primary Strengths — Intellectual abilities and skills; evaluation of conscious and unconscious insights; receiving inspiration; generating great acts of creativity and intuitive reasoning — emotional intelligence.

Primary Fears — An unwillingness to look within and excavate one’s fears; fear of truth when one’s reason is clouded; fear of sound, realistic judgment; fear of relying on external counsel, of discipline; fear of one’s shadow side and its attributes.

Lesson — Intuition. The right to ‘see’. Trusting one’s intuition and insights. Developing one’s psychic (extrasensory) abilities. Self-realization. Releasing hidden and repressed negative thoughts.

Balanced Characteristics — Intuitive, perceptive, imaginative, good memory, able to access and remember dreams, able to think symbolically, and able to visualize.

Organs, Glands and/or Body Systems —

• Brain
• Neurological system
• Eyes, ears
• Nose
• Pineal gland
• Pituitary gland 

Mental, Emotional Issues —
The sixth chakra links us to our mental body, our intelligence and psychological characteristics. Our psychological characteristics are a combination of what we know and what we believe to be true, a unique combination of the facts, fears, personal experiences, and memories that are active continually within our mental energy body.

• Self-evaluation
• Truth
• Intellectual abilities
• Feelings of adequacy
• Openness to the ideas of others
• Ability to learn from experience
• Emotional intelligence

Physical Dysfunctions —

• Brain tumor/hemorrhage/stroke
• Neurological disturbances
• Blindness/deafness
• Full spinal difficulties
• Learning disabilities
• Seizures

Healing Strategies —
Creative visual art, visual stimulation, meditation, psychotherapy. Coloring and drawing/art therapy; working with memory; dreamwork; hypnosis; guided visualizations; star gazing
 
Brow Chakra Foods —
Dark bluish colored fruits - blueberries, red grapes, black berries, raspberries, etc.
Liquids - red wines and grape juice
Spices - lavender, poppy seed

Tone — A above Middle C

Essential Oils — Rosemary, Juniper, Hyacinth, Lemon, Pine, Angelica Seed