Kundalini Rising

[Shallah Kali]

I believe that my kundalini might be rising and be part of the reason some old issues from my early years have been shook loose. A few months ago I noticed that my lower chakras would vibrate or pulsate at times especially when I exercised and not just during me fumbling my way through a beginner yoga tape. That has continued off and on since then. My lower back has been acting up for the first time in half a year. And the emotional stuff is overwhelming at times. I wouldn't exactly call it flash backs since I am not totally caught up in it obvilious to the rest of the world. It is more like I am plunged into the mood and mindset for a hour or longer of different difficult times in my life. One time I feel like I did when in my early teens and another I am in the moodscape of kindergarten. In between I will feel good - even fantastic and then I am back in another moodscape. blech.

Now as I don't ahve any of the extreme reactions I have read many others have had I wonder ifI really am having Kundalini rising. No psychotic breaks, not all over body shaking, no increase in psychic phenomina (other than my shielding leaking more than it has in a year or more), no spontaneous yoga or other movements. Maybe I am just having a comparitivley mind case.

Whatever this maybe I would like to learn more about Kundalini and how to cope with it. When I have searched so far I keep finding things about how to make it rise which I do NOT want. If it is rising that is a-ok. I just want to tone it down a bit, actually quite a bit if I can to a more sedate and comforable pace. I don't mind takeing out the psychic trash, I just don't want to have to do it all at once thank you very much.

So does anyone kow of any good sites or books about handling kundalini? I came across something about it having it's own intelligence so I thought what the heck and have been trying to talk to it like it was one of my inner kids or similar work. Hopefully that will have some effect but if there is more known on how to cope I would appreaciate learning of it.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Hi, have you been reading Karen Bishop's "What's up..." energy alerts and books?

I find them to be exceptionally representative of my own dramas and internal issues, and their shifting in regard to the changes in the world energy. I Have a Dream has been posting them, you can't have missed them. Check them out if you haven't.

If this isn't applicable, you might want to contact the Vedanta Center in your area; they believe in allowing the Kundalini rise of its own accord in relation to standard spiritual progress, and might have some ideas in how to damp it down.

I've read Yogananda's literature on raising it, and he recommends a non-spicy diet (no pepper, garlic, etc.) as well as eating only the foods closest to the sunlight (wean yourself of animal flesh), as well as nightly dabbing all orifices and the back of the neck with a cold, wet cloth. This is advice for those who are actively -increasing- their Kundalini flow, so it might assist in leveling your experience. I hope all's well, let us know what you find...

[conscious evolution]

2. Stay grounded and ride it out.

You will come out the otherside a changed person.

Never forget that no matter how wierd or wild it gets it will come to an end.The more you fight it the longer it takes.

[LaurenG]

3. First -don't be upset with the process

just allow whatever you're feeling to happen. You aren't losing your mind and yes it does what it's intended to do with or without our "permission". Are you a Reiki practitioner? Sometimes that energy will make parts of us vibrate. My feet and hands feel the energy - they vibrate all the time. The memories and "clearing" are all a part of the process. It does shake us up, sometimes literally.

A good basic book with explanations of different states is "Kundalini and the Chakras- a practical manual" by Genevieve Lewis Paulson.

Try to just relax and allow the process without judgment or fear. You're safe.

PM me if you'd like.

[Shallah Kali]

4. Hi yes I am attuned to Reiki. This has a very different feel

REally intense Reiki can make me turn red all over, break out in a sweat and tingle. Mostly I just get hot hands unless the recipient really needs the energy then it gets more intense. What is happening lately is very different type of sensation and mostly centered in the root chakra area about 3 inches around.

In addition to the emotional clearing I keep having spells of exhaustion even when I take sublingual bs which usually perk me up. I will feel great and BOOM it's like an energy vampire swooped by and sucked the physical energy out of me. Maybe it is my body wanting more down time to adjust to the increase in nonphysical energy.

I am trying to go with the flow just like I was taught in conventional emotional work. Shutting down just blocks everything up worse than ever. I am hoping to find ways to co-operate better with the process and see if I can't clear the psychic debris out more gently before the kundalini blasts up against it if I can't slow it down safely.

I will look for that book & google some more.

[Shallah Kali]

5. I think the Universe loves me - I got 2 books on Kundalini/Spiritual Emergence @ goodwill weeks ago

and then I forgot I got them. They were only 99cents a piece! I just stuck them in my bookshelf to read later and just walked past them. DOI!

A sourcebook for Helping People in Spiritual Emergency by Emma Bragdon PHD

Energies of Transformation A Guide to the Kundalini Process by Bonnie Greenwell Ph D


One more think I just caught myself doing a mudra (sp>?) and realized I have been doing little arm waving movements when I am at home alone while holding my thumb tip touching my ring finger's tip. That's a mudra right?. Can a person DO stuff like this and blank out? Well it's still better than those poor souls who have to do full body moves!

[conscious evolution]

7. Its part of a Mudra

What it sounds like you are doing is completing a meridian circuit for chi to flow through.
Let me get back to you on whether that is a good thing or not.

[Metta]

6. resource

I've been studying with this woman for a few years now and her stuff is on the money conerning k.

www.kundalini-teacher.com


... best to you.

[Shallah Kali]

8. The past few days has been more peaceful even though there were more purging periods

I am trying to go with the flow and trust the process & Universe/Divine although I will resist at first out of habit when an emotional blitz starts. Those are really rough and I hope to find an easier way to release the old stored emotional crap.

I am having more periods of either heightened empathy or my shielding is failing. I feel as raw as I did as a teen where I felt like I was going through life without skin on over my raw abraded nerve endings. I have only occasionally had these periods during PMS and it's the wrong time for that.

Tuesday I saw my therapist who does bodywork and teaches yoga. I had previously mentioned some of the things I had noticed acting up before this session but I chose to focus on other issues that seemed more urgent at the time. This time I told her everything that has been going on and she agreed it is Kundalini. She thinks that with the energy work I have done over the years on myself and with others is the reason I am not having a full blown violent experience like those I have been reading of. I certainly hope this is true so I won't have to deal with even more emotional purging and involuntary yoga postures and all the rest :hide:

In the end we focused on releasing old and stagnant energy especially from my root chakra to assist the clearing. The day before I had experienced a very bad period. Tuesday I only had some small stresses. Today I had two small bad periods. Well, maybe I should term them Unpleasant instead of bad as it truly is a good thing to clear this stuff out, just blasted unpleasant and wrenching when it occurs.

hmm. Maybe I should mention that one of my issues is hoarding. I am not a full blown hoarder who saves *everthing* and collects lots of things compulsively. Still is a minor issue as I live with my Mom who has a clean/neat Thing along with a Thing against owning much stuff. She also has a Thing about lots of paper together possibly causing fires all by themselves but I refused to budge so many times when it came to my books that she finally stopped trying to get me to get rid of them. It is the stuff of sitcoms when one of my Issues conflicts with her Things. Arguments that as long as my Hoard is in my room what does it matter that I have clothing I haven't worn since I was in Jr. High I would ask. Nope gotta get rid of it. Just knowing it is in my room makes her brain itch the way the idea of getting rid of it does mine. I took a ton of stuff to the goodwill last fall (although I was blubbering by the end) and a nice big bag this spring but even knowing I have gotten rid of 80-90% of clothing that doesn't fit or looks dreadful on me (All Hail What Not to Wear Brit version) my dear Mom is still twitchy and gave me another We Have Too Much Stuff!!! rant tonight. Not that she raised her voice or anything but it is that same lecture I have heard since I was a kid no matter how little stuff we had. This time for a change I pointed out some things she had that could stand to be given to the Goodwill considering she has never used them or once every year or two. She tried to redirect things to my stuff but I stayed calm and wouldn't budge. She said we had too much stuff and I wanted to know what of besides my clothing and my free-after-rebate shampoo/conditioner collection. I have lost a lot of weight in the past 6 months and I won't get rid of my big clothes until I know my weight is stable. I simply can't afford to buy another wardrobe even at thrift stores every time my weight changes. If I hadn't hung on to things from back when I last gained weight after my Dad died I would be stuck looking like kid playing dress up more often that I would like. Anyways to finally conclude this epic story the good thing was that a few hours later I was able to go through my closet and dig out a couple grocery bags of old but good clothing that will never fit me again unless my bones shrunk fat cells to give to the Goodwill. BTW is it possible for someone to keep growing bone structure wise in their 20s? I always thought growth (other than fat) stopped in the teens but I apparently grew quite a bit back then.