Bhrumadhya Drishti is fixing the eyes on an object in the
practice of Yoga. Bhru in Sanskrit means an eye brow. Dhrishti means sight. Bhrumadhya
means the space between the eyebrows, particualry the middle point between
them.
In Yogic practices it indicates ‘gaze’ or ‘fixing the eyes’
on an object, which may be located inside the body, e.g. chakras (the energy
centers) situated along the spine, or it may be an external object like the tip
of the nose or the midpoint between the eyebrows.
‘Inner graze’ and ‘outer gaze’ are the two forms of drishti.
Bhrumadhya Drishti (the space between the eyebrows) is the
location of the sixth lotus in the ascending order called ajna chakra. It is
the seat of the mind. Fixing the gaze helps to arrest the movements of the mind
and makes it steady in laya (a state of tranquility).
When the mind and breath are silenced together with
pranayama (a sustained practice of breath control), inside the vacuum in the
ajna chakra called bhrumadhyakasa, the eyes, half-open, cease to wink and see
anything. This state is called Shambhavi mudra. It causes the third rudra
granthi (knot of ignorance) to open up. That makes for the state of liberation (Hatha Yoga Pradipika:
IV – 37; IV 74–76)
In Yogic texts (Hatha Yoga Pradipika: IV – 36 – 40) and (Advayatarak
Upanishad 1 – 8), words like lakshya, tarak yoga or simply taraka are used in
place of drishti.
The inner graze is called ‘antarlakshya’ or ‘antardrishti’
while the outer gaze is called bahirlakshya.
In Hatha Yoga Pradipika, nasagra drishti (the nasal gaze) is
said to be associated with padmasana (the lotus pose) (I.44), while bhrumadhya drishti
(the frontal gaze) is said to be a part of siddhasana (the adept pose) (I.35)