INDIGO
indigo contains a deep idealized harmony into which you can blend…
Indigo is a deep, introspective color between blue and violet. It is the color of intuition and perception. The creation of the color is steeped in tradition across cultures and relates to rules and religions as well as mystery and intrigue. Indigo is shown scientifically to promote a concentration mindset and has an effect on both balance and coordination. Indigo can appear as dark purple in the physical rainbow and occasionally as royal blue in our fabrics. Indigo has significant recognized associations with sincerity, harmony, inner awareness and wisdom.
In our subtle bodies, indigo relates to our meditative abilities and exercises in self-inquiry.
SUBTLE BODY
Third Eye (Anja)
The sixth of the chakras, the Third Eye, or Ajna in Sanskrit, means “beyond wisdom.” The third eye is the chakra of insight, awareness, clarity, and spiritual connection and provides perception beyond what we see with ordinary sight. The third eye connects the external world and our internal knowing, allowing us to fully integrate what we see with what we know and what we feel - allowing us to move beyond oneness and to experience a unified connection with the whole.
Location: The forehead, between the eyebrows.
Key Concepts: intuition, psychic perception, dreams, imagination, foresight, vision, manifestation, awareness
Energy: Mind
Actions + Mantras: Actions: I SEE.
I AM INTUITIVE.
I SEE AND THINK CLEARLY.
I AM CONNECTED TO MY HIGHER POWER.
I TRUST MY INNER KNOWING.
I OPEN MYSELF TO NEW ENERGY AND EXPERIENCE.
I LIVE IN ALIGNMENT WITH MY AUTHENTIC SELF.
I SURRENDER TO THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL.
Sense: Insight
Sensory Organs: left eye + lower brain
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SOUND
Musical Key: A
Ājñā by Osel (Medicine Buddha Mantra album, Track 8). Purchase here. Stream here.
Adoratherapy, A Playlist of Songs for your Third Eye Chakra. Listen here on Spotify.
Meditative Mind Third Eye Chakra Sound Bath: bathe in this sound here.
Corresponding Mantra Sound / Chant: SHAM - listen to the sound here.
NATURE + MOVEMENT
Physical Element: Transcendent element
Crystal: Lapus Lazuli
Foods: eggplant, purple cabbage, beets, purple kale, grapes, cacao
Activity to balance your Third Eye Chakra: Gaze gently at the sun during the first few moments of sunrise or sunset and contemplate your connection to nature, your surroundings, and the whole. More simply, send gratitude to your third eye, to your innate intuition and your ability to connect with all beings.
Yoga Postures: Balasana (child’s pose), Uttana Shishosana (puppy pose), Prasarita Padottanasana (wide-legged forward fold), Viparita Karani (legs up the wall), Makarasana (dolphin pose).
POEM — Indigo, Donna Dolorical
In the middle of the night
By the middle of the room
Midway ‘long the darkened floor
Veiled by the half-light of the moon
Stands a girl a-waltzing with her pillow
One arm raised in half an embrace
The other clutching at half a heart
Willing it to break with grace.