How to Heal the Third Eye Chakra

and tend to third eye trauma

If you’re new here, keep in mind that this is the sixth of a seven week series on the healing paths of the chakras. Every Wednesday I share a background piece that offers some context and explores the unique perspective of self that a particular chakra holds, and every Friday I offer a follow up piece with practical advice to guide you on the healing path of that chakra. Next week will be the final week of this series and then it’s back to regularly scheduled programming, and I’d love to know what topics you want me to write about so please drop your requests, questions and feedback in the comments section!

If you read The Healing Path of the Third Eye, Integrating the Separate Self, you already know that the chakra that heals the separation wound, never works alone, so while I will offer plenty of guidance on the healing path of the third eye chakra below, it is a bit more nuanced than the previous ones. 

In order to heal a wound, we must first become aware of it.

The truth is that we all have this wound of separation. It accompanies the cutting of the umbilical cord, weaning and the process of individualization, and it’s not necessarily bad. In fact, for many of us, it fuels our devotion to the spiritual path. 

From the wound of the third eye, the seeker is born- as is, the journey to becoming whole. 

Because the third eye chakra is overseeing the entirety of our subtle anatomy, third eye wounding and healing can play a role in the healing paths of all the other chakras. I don’t say this to confuse you but to empower you, because if you’re working on the healing path of the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart or throat chakras and you feel stuck or plateaued, engaging with the third eye may be the very thing restore your momentum. When I say “engaging the third eye” I mean giving it some attention by practicing the tools I shared in The Healing Path of the Third Eye or the ones at the end of this article.

But remember that I’m a clinician so I use the same skillset to identify the primary wound  at the wheel, as I do to diagnose medical conditions.

With that said, when the third eye wound is present, my clients don’t complain of feeling separate. They complain of fertility challenges and hormone imbalances that often result in diagnoses like PCOS, PMDD, perimenopause & more. They come into my office with the results of genetic testing and family histories they’re desperate to escape from. They suffer from headaches, debilitating indecision and their histories are layered with stories of dissociation and third eye trauma. Often these clients are on the autism spectrum, and/or their parents or partners have accompanied them to the visit and they are the ones doing all the talking because the client doesn’t think anything is wrong.

In my experience, the third eye wound has a unique polarity to it. Either it results in extreme sensitivity (especially following third eye trauma), or those inflicted are too numb to perceive the existence of a problem.

In the years that I’ve been in practice, what I call third eye trauma has definitely become more prevalent. This is what happens when we enter the third eye prematurely. It can feel like a panic attack, extreme sensitivity, anxiety, dissociation or psychosis. It’s a separation from the body. Given the popularity of Kundalini activations, psychedelics, breath work and other consciousness altering experiences in recent years, I’m not surprised that third eye trauma is on the rise.  Below I will offer some tips for tending to this.