Third Eye Chakra

The third eye chakra—called Ajna in Sanskrit—is one of the seven main energy centers in traditional Hindu and yogic systems.

A detailed illustration of the Ajna chakra, featuring a stylised purple design with the number 3 enclosed in a triangle and intricate patterns surrounding it.

It is located in the center of your forehead, just between your eyebrows, and is associated with intuition, insight, and inner awareness.

  • Name: Ajna (means “perceive” or “command”)
  • Location: Forehead, between the eyebrows
  • Color: Indigo (deep blue-purple)
  • Element: Air
  • Associated qualities:
    • Intuition
    • Imagination
    • Wisdom
    • Clarity of thought
    • Spiritual awareness

The third eye chakra is often described as your “inner vision”—not literal sight, but the ability to:

  • See beyond surface-level reality
  • Trust your instincts
  • Understand deeper truths
  • Reflect and gain perspective

When it is balanced

You will generally feel:

  • Mentally clear
  • Intuitive and perceptive
  • Open to new ideas
  • Connected to your inner guidance

When it is out of balance

A blocked or underactive third eye chakra will show itself as:

  • Confusion
  • Poor Judgement
  • Lack of Imagination

An over active third eye chakra can look like :

  • Over thinking
  • Anxiety
  • Living too much in fantasy

Practices associated with the third eye chakra

People who are working with the third eye chakra are often engaged in:

  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Visualization exercises
  • Quiet reflection

Links to the Physical Body

A balanced third eye chakra aids in balancing the pineal gland. It also is linked to the eyes, the ears, the brain, and the nervous system. Problems in any of these areas often times show an unbalanced third eye chakra, which suggests an emotional block around insight and perspective, sometimes caused by not seeing through illusions, either those we have created ourselves, or that others have created and we have been deceived into believing. There is a strong link to a fear of exploitation, being used.

Enhancing Self Awareness enables us to sense when the body is signalling that a story we are telling ourselves needs to be changed from within. Understanding our thoughts, emotions and physical body, as well as our patterns and habits, enables us to see where we are stuck and make changes which then enhance our physical health.

So, with the third eye chakra, understanding how we see things, why we see things in certain ways, understanding the stories we sell ourselves, seeing how others perceive themselves and us, and also not submitting to a particular perspective if it doesn’t feel true, helps us come to deep authenticity – true seeing with our inner eye.