The Crown Chakra is located at the highest point of the forehead. It is associated with the pituitary gland, although some will argue it be the pineal gland. Located at the base of the brain the pituitary gland releases hormones that affect other glands and body functions. The Crown Chakra is mostly concerned with co-ordination. The pituitary gland and diencephalons coordinate to ensure the smooth running of bodily functions while the cerebellum helps us coordinate muscles to achieve balance, posture and movement. As adults, returning to early forms of locomotion such as crawling on all fours, can assist the cerebellum in gaining full muscle control. Many types of learning difficulties can be helped by exercise that utilize opposite parts of the body. Coordination problems can occur on many levels throughout our life. Dyslexia for example, often results from poor coordination between the hemispheres of the brain. The following is a simple exercise that is helpful when dealing with coordination.

Ultimately the Crown Chakra helps coordinate one with the world. A well balanced Crown Chakra helps one be in the right place at the right time, meet someone you need to talk with, and have strange events work out well for you, for it is feeding you good information. When the Crown Chakra becomes imbalanced one has the tendencies to use freeing ourselves from emotional attachments as a masl for refusing to accept personal responsibility. While non-acceptance of responsibility brings greater freedom, it does not allow for personal growth. One may use detachment as an excuse to avoid a ferarful unwillingness to allow change, but this closes our-selves for other possibilities.

The Crown Chakra is concerned with openness and when one approaches life with an over attachment to closed way of thinking or feeling one will be unable to deal with reality. When this happens one needs to consider all possibilities, showing compassion for others and one's self. Unless this energy is first directed towards compassion towards yourself, allowing healing at the Crown Chakra, it will be impossible to truly be compassionate towards others. An interest in spiritualty, this is different from religious beliefs, may open new awareness of throught and activity that will help break old behavior patterns, allowing one to become more fulfilled. However, balance is required in this new enlightenment to keep one from becoming a dogmatic idealist with possible megalomania tendencies or from becoming filled with new amazing ideas, but not being able to grasp these new ideas long enough to integrate them usefully into life. Balance must be achieved, allowing all chakras to work efficiently in order to experience the tangible qualities of reality without loosing perspective.