What is Kundalini Awakening?
I think about this a lot, truthfully because it is something that people ask me about but also because I don’t believe it is something to be feared.
Kundalini is the often dormant energy within you that holds your truth, your untapped potential, your limitlessness, and your dharma. But this energy has been repressed and suppressed by our various cultures of shame conditioning that we are raised in.
These cultures that program us that there is limited ways of being successful in this life and that to achieve those ways there are limited paths to get us there and if you can’t achieve those goals then there is something faulty, flawed, weak, ineffective, and insufficient in YOU.
You must mold yourself to fit into these boxes that culture has deemed to be “the way” and if you can’t… then it’s a you problem. WRONG!
IT’S NOT YOU IT’S THE BOX!!
When you awaken to this truth and many others, this is the awakening of your kundalini!
Sometimes this awakening happens with the very effective kundalini practices like yoga, mantra, meditations, chanting… but sometimes it happens because of something else entirely, and I believe it can happen more than once.
For me it was when I discovered essential oils and the natural path of healing my depression symptoms that had plagued me for most of my life.
It was the opening into alternative and holistic healing rather than the toxic sick-care system that I worked in that further awakened my kundalini.
It was the discovery of somatic awareness and exploration of my body’s wisdom.
It was yoga. It was music. It was chanting. It was breathwork. It was meditation. It was soulful authentic connection.
There are many ways to become awakened in life to the truth of your purpose, your value, your potential, and your divinity and no matter what path you take they will all be filled with difficulties.
Profound physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual anguish as you uncover the truths that have been suppressed as you come into remembrance of who you are.
It can be completely awful and leave you feeling alone, hopeless, desperate like you want to crawl out of your skin… and it’s all ok.
Awakening is uncomfortable for everyone who opens themselves to the path, and for some it can be too much to bare especially if you isolate or do not have the resources to cultivate balance between the discomfort of the journey and the realities of the life you have created.
Kundalini yoga, meditation, breathwork and chanting are all powerful practices of inner awakening that can be an initiator of that journey, or a complement for your ongoing journey but regardless I encourage everyone to take this journey in a supportive container of love & community with guidance to help you stay grounded, connected, and safe along the way.
This is where I have found my path has led me. I traversed the dark canyon of hopelessness and found the truths of who I am and although I have not arrived, or believe I ever will arrive at some profound end point of my journey, I have travelled far enough to safely support others along their path.
Kundalini awakening, or spiritual awakening is not something to be feared. It is the most incredible and beautiful unfolding that you are meant to embrace. In fact you are craving it. Don’t let the discomfort and fear of it let you turn your back on the truth you are meant to remember.
