Powerful Chakra Meditation to Open Third Eye
Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique
Charka Meditation from Kundalini Yoga
Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique Background
One of the best chakra meditation techniques is of course the traditional AUM Mantra Meditation to Open the Third Eye, and in this article I am going to give another great chakra meditation technique for opening the all important Third Eye which comes directly from the school of Kundalini Yoga.
Opening and balancing the Third Eye Chakra (Ajna Chakra) is a key step in one’s spiritual evolution, as the Third Eye is the seat of intuition, and having this center functioning optimally gives one access to the guidance of the Inner Guru. To learn more about the chakras you can read the article, Kundalini Yoga Seven Chakra System Overview.
This particular chakra meditation technique uses many different facets of Kundalini Yoga technology to accomplish it’s goals. It uses the power of Yoga Breathing (Pranayama), Yoga Mudras (Eye and Hand Positions), Yoga Numerology, Visualization and the power of Concentration Meditation to activate and open the Third Eye Chakra.
Briefly, the Third Eye chakra is located in the center of the brain and can be stimulated by concentrating on center of the forehead, in between the eyebrows. As mentioned above, the Third Eye Chakra is responsible for intuition and controls the function of the eyes and perception. It is related to the number 16, and AUM is the seed sound for it. Another article which explores chakra meditation techniques, which might interest you, is the following: Top 3 Chakra Meditation Techniques.
This Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique is the 10th meditation in our Free Online Guided Meditation Techniques E-Book.
Lord Shiva Third Eye Meditation Video
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Benefits of Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique:
Primary Benefits:
- Opens the Third Eye Chakra, building intuition and insight.
- Builds mental fortitude, mental focus and willpower.
- Calms the mind and bestows inner peace and silence.
- Promotes the acquisition of Psychic Powers.
- Helps penetrate the veil of duality and see the non-dual nature of Reality.
Secondary Benefits:
- Improves the visual system.
- Improves the respiratory system.
Cautions for Practicing Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique:
- Initially this technique is certainly challenging to do. It will take some commitment as well as willpower on your part in order to master it, so be patient.
- If you use the additional emphasis on opening the Third Chakra by holding Shambhavi Mudra (explained below), make sure you are not straining your eyes excessively when doing so.
Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique Illustration
Instructions for Practicing Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique:
- As per the illustration above, sit up on your heels in rock pose, raise your arms straight out to the sides at a sixty degree angle and have your hands bent at the wrist pointing outwards as shown. If rock pose is difficult for you, you may also sit in sukh asana (simple cross legged) or even on a chair for this meditation if you like.
- Gather all your attention and focus on the center of your forehead, right between the eyebrows. You may feel a slight pressure, or other such sensation building there as you practice this meditation.
- Now comes the hard part :-D. Start to inhale in sixteen parts and exhale in sixteen parts. This means that sixteen tiny sniffs will be used to make one inhalation and sixteen tiny sniffs will be used to make the following exhalation. Continue this breathing pattern for the duration of the meditation. If sixteen sniffs is too many, start with eight and build up from there.
- With every sniff visualize a tiny silver hammer tapping the center of the forehead. So 16 taps during the inhalation and 16 taps during the exhalation.
- Start with 1 minute, build up to 3 and then onto 11 mins. From there you may push further if you like, building up to 31 minutes.
Advanced Third Eye Chakra Meditation Technique:
- If you are comfortable with the above technique, and are ready for a greater challenge then apply Shambhavi Mudra throughout the practice to enhance the affect on the Ajna Chakra. Shambhavi Mudra is applied by keeping the head straight, eyes closed, but turning the eyeballs upwards such that you are trying to look through the center of the forehead. If you do apply Shambhavi Mudra, please do not strain the eyes and release it if the eyes tire, while continuing with the rest of the meditation.
i have to say i have looked at several people trying to teach yoga and explaining it and u have to be the best one yet. I do want to know that with all these breathing techniques you show the way u do them they seem to get more oxygen into the body in different ways. The one with the 3rd eye is the rate the oxygen goes in or the way the brain is taking it, i would love to know.
I’ve been practicing a certain form of shambavi kryia for the past 3 years.
The initiation was a mind blowing experience. Ever since, the practice has been a steady improvement in terms of my health, my mental clarity and sharpness, my overall mood.
I try not to think too much about it, but recently, when I close my eyes to go into deep meditation, I tend to get out of it feeling electricity throughout my body and a constant feeling of beating (like a heart beat) in my third eye.
I thought I knew what my body was capable of doing…How little did I know.
it’s too hard to concentrate…..it’s too noisy here…before i have a third eye..but it close now..what i’m going to do to open this again?
Pls help
I have been doing kapalbhati and i noticed that my right side of my face is vibrating. Few days later, I see that my jaw is more to the right side of the face and my cheek bone is higher making my face very asymmetrical.
So I stopped doing yoga all together. However, My body is generally very asymmetrical. For ex, my right foot is smaller, my left wisdom teeth are not out like my right etc.
My question is: is kapalbhati fixing my body and making it more symmetrical or is it making it worse?
Pls answer
Besides that I have noticed a beautiful glow on my face and I no longer look pale/ yellowish!!
Hi Tanya,
Yes that is perfected fine.
Best,
Anmol
Hi, I was wondering if I can recite my god’s name in three syllables rather than wah hey guru? Will that be ok? I apologize for such question. I’m already feeling so guilty since yoga is not widely accepted in my religion.