Do you ever hear a tiny voice inside your head warning you about a person you just met? You ignore that voice only to regret it later. This voice guides you in many other instances of life as well. That subconscious voice is your intuition, it is your sixth sense that speaks to you, and is located in your third eye chakra.
Located between the eyes, at the center of the forehead, the third eye chakra is represented by the color blue or indigo. Apart from being in charge of intuition, the third eye chakra is also affiliated with our mind, intellect, and the central nervous system. A healthy third eye chakra leads to a higher consciousness of the self and overall wellbeing.
If your third eye chakra is disturbed, the world seems less bright; a feeling of low self-worth might take over your mind leading to pessimistic thoughts. You might lose your ability to make the right decisions for yourself.
Third Eye Chakra Stones
Several stones promote harmony in your third eye chakra, a few of which are listed below.
1. Lapis Lazuli
With its dark blue color and golden shimmer, the Lapis Lazuli is a semi-precious stone. It is sure to remind you of the famous ‘Starry Nights’ painting by Vincent Van Gogh and is just as precious and beautiful.
Since prehistoric times, the stone has been used in jewelry and sculptures. But apart from this, the stone has been used for expanding the Third Eye due to its healing properties.
The stone promotes and enhances mental capabilities that keep you more aware of your surroundings and help in healing the third eye chakra.
Natural Healing Properties:
- Lapis Lazuli energizes the Third Eye and amplifies intellectual capabilities and enhance mental tolerance.
- Lapis lazuli encourages self-awareness by stimulating the soul into allowing you to see the clear perspective of a problem.
- Meditating with Lapis lazuli will connect you with inner-truth, subsequently promoting self-awareness. Lapis Lazuli stones will guide you to take charge of your life due to better self-consciousness and awareness.
- Its mental healing powers helps its users to overcome deep-set trauma and grief as it helps to reduce clutter in mind by encouraging rational thinking.
How to use it:
- Place a flat polished Lapis stone on your Third Eye and practice visual meditations. You could visualize yourself taking initiatives that help you achieve goals and targets.
- Wear the stones as bracelets to keep them close to your body. The touch of the stone will allow your body to heal your aura and third eye chakra.
Interesting facts:
There are several other interesting facts about the stone that proves its effectiveness to heal third eye chakra. Let’s take a look at the most important ones below:
- The Lapis Lazuli stone is an ancient stone. The Ancient Egyptians used and treasured it. Thus it is one of the first stones to be sculpted and fashioned into jewelry.
- It was treasured so much that many archaeologists find traces of stone in ancient graves. Many believe that they used it to keep their life more balanced.
- Because of its bright blue color, in ancient times, Lapis Lazuli was used to compose makeup products such as eye shadows.
2. Iolite
This beautiful, transparent blue colored stone can influence many traits that are associated with the Third Eye, including self-confidence, self-awareness, and strength.
The stone is pleochroic- it shows different colors when turned into different directions. While it can look dark blue from one direction, Iolite can appear almost colorless from another direction. It is widely used to balance the third eye chakra because of its numerous healing properties.
Natural Healing Properties:
- Iolite balances the feminine and masculine traits of your character. It results in inner peace and paves the way for spiritual growth and increased consciousness.
- Due to increased consciousness, Iolite encourages creative thinking and imagination to surge.
- By balancing your third eye chakra, Iolite enhances intuition leading to better decisions.
How to use it:
- Keeping iolite near your energy field, by using it as jewelry in the form of bracelets leads to an invigoration in imagination.
Interesting Facts:
- In ancient times, the Viking mariners used these stones as a compass for their adventures on the high seas. This shows how the stone can certainly enhance your imagination and increase a sense of direction.
- Iolite is said to be the perfect 21st wedding anniversary gift.
3. Amethyst
A widely known stone, amethyst belongs to the Quartz family and is available in a variety of colors ranging from light pink to a deep purplish hue. Amethyst is considered to be a representation of peace, harmony, and modesty. It is one of the most widely used and effective stone to realign the third eye chakra.
Natural Healing Properties:
- Wake up rejuvenated due to the calming properties of this stone that helps in a better night’s sleep.
- Amethyst has healing energy that can liberate you of any energy blockages allowing your intuition to be free from negativity by reverting it into positive energy.
- Amethyst promotes peace of mind, allowing its wearers to remain calm and tranquil.
- Amethyst realigns the Chakras and gateway between the Crown Chakra and the Third Eye. This rejuvenating energy of the universe to reach the mind.
- Amethyst also invigorates memory formation as it clears the mind.
How to use it:
- Use amethyst in long necklaces or bracelets that can be placed on the forehead throughout the day whenever the wearer needs to uplift intuition.
- Place amethyst at various spots in your home and office to allow you to make better daily decisions as its energy frees your intuition.
- Meditate near an amethyst stone and visualize it in your mind to benefit from its healing properties.
Interesting Facts:
- The mention of Amethyst can be found in the Old Testament as one of the 12 stones associated with the 12 tribes of Israel.
- Amethyst is also associated with piousness and hence used by Bishops of Catholicism for inner reflection.
- In ancient times, high lords who wished to stay sober would have goblets made of Amethyst. Wine would be served to the guests while the purplish hue of the stone would enable the Lord to drink water and to stay sober.
Use These Stones to Balance Third Eye Chakra
Using third eye chakra stones will help you in keeping your mind at peace and free you of anxious thoughts. They will help you in focusing on your dreams and goals. You will be able to make integral decisions with certainty due to a strong intuition. If you feel that your creativity is hindered because of negative energy and negative thoughts, using Third Eye stones will enable you to believe in yourself, allowing you to chase your creative dreams.
At the end of the day, we can all run low on our intuition and creative fuels. The active use of these stones in our lives allows us to stay in touch with our third eye chakra.